Senior Communications Executive

at  Met Office

JOB SUMMARY

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Communications Executive to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Senior Communications Executive, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 4 days per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we’ll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Live and breathe it - Experience of working in a marketing and communications environment and ideally a business or marketing-related degree or other suitable qualification (e.g. CIM, CIPR).
• Experts by nature - Demonstrable experience in developing targeted communications plans which support corporate goals.
• Experts by nature - Demonstrable experience of communications project or campaign management and delivery, meeting challenging targets.
• Experts by nature - Confidence and ability to convince others of a course of action, even when it is not the obvious one.
• Live and breathe it - Strong teamwork skills and flexibility in approach to work with the ability to prioritise and juggle multiple projects without losing focus, leading external and internal resources to meet challenging deadlines.
• Experts by nature - An ability to write creatively and convincingly and experience of latest communications techniques including online and social media.
  Benefits
  Alongside your salary of £33,794, Met Office contributes £9,158 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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YOUR KEY DUTIES

• Plan effective and integrated communications campaigns and annual sector plans, to increase Met Office revenue, reach and engagement, and promote and protect organisational reputation.
• Deliver innovative and targeted communications activities across multiple formats and channels within communications plans, to maximise profile of Met Office brand, products and services, supporting corporate campaigns as required. Provide evaluation and measurement of communications activities.
• Act as a communications consultant for specialist programmes to achieve maximum impact and profile of the Met Office brand, to increase revenue and customer recruitment and retention.
• Be an active part of the social desk roster performing daily operational duties as required, to deliver day-to-day weather/service information to the public, media or a specialist sector audience, while continually evolving our offer and considering the news agenda.