Do you have experience working within communications and utilising social media? Then apply to be our Assistant Business Partner: Media & Engagement now!
Corporate staff
North Somerset
Hours: 37 Per Week
Salary: £31,586 - £34,314
Closing date: 08:00 Monday 7 July 2025
Contract: Permanent
Location: Police & Fire Headquarters, Portishead
Interviews: 17 & 18 July 2025

SUMMARY OF ROLE

Under the supervision of the Senior Business Partner PR & Engagement, you will be responsible for the delivery of effective and impactful external communications, media and public relations and engagement across multiple channels to achieve departmental objectives aligned to AF&RS values, promoting safety advice and maintaining public confidence.
You will design and develop targeted and creative AF&RS campaigns, feeding into national fire and rescue service campaigns, using audience insight and behaviour changing strategies, to improve the Service’s ability to communicate effectively with our communities.
You may also be considered for the other vacancy with the Corporate Communication Team, should your skills and experience align closer to that criteria.

SOME OF THE THINGS YOU’LL BE DOING

• Lead on daily planning, content generation and delivery of external communication across the Service.
• Write engaging and impactful content such as press releases and news items for the website, promoting the Service’s achievements and raising awareness of key community and fire safety messages.
• Plan, design and develop innovative and creative campaigns to positively influence the behaviour of the Service’s external and internal audiences, promote community and fire safety advice and maintain public confidence.
• Facilitate and support AF&RS presence at events through the liaison and briefing of internal and external audiences.
• Work with the Senior Business Partner PR & Engagement to identify the appropriate use of new media as a tool to reach and communicate with our diverse communities and specifically those members of our community who are ‘hard to reach’ or vulnerable.
• Learn, engage with and maximise the web-based applications and content management systems being used as key communications channels
• Produce creative live and scheduled content, leading on the day-to-day management of the Service’s social media accounts.Provide reactive crisis communications support in response to a significant organisational issue or major incident.

WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 2023 LEGISLATION WAS AMENDED TO ENABLE ALL FIRE & RESCUE SERVICES TO UNDERTAKE STANDARD DBS CHECKS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. ALL JOB ROLES REQUIRE A STANDARD DBS CHECK, WITH CERTAIN DEFINED ROLES REQUIRING AN ENHANCED CHECK. THESE WILL BE RENEWED THROUGHOUT EMPLOYMENT.

Avon Fire & Rescue Service is committed to securing equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all members of our community who are currently under-represented at Avon Fire & Rescue Service, particularly women, Disabled people and members of ethnic minority communities.