Communications Officer

Job title:

Communications Officer

Company

VIVID Housing

Job description

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!We’re hiring a Communications Officer to join our team in Portsmouth! This is a full time, permanent basis working 37 hours per week with a minimum of 20% of this to be office based to promote collaboration and team working within the Communications team and other colleagues across the business.Want to know what we can offer you?

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Here’s the facts about the role:As Communications Officer you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the communications strategy, spanning internal and external communications. You’ll work with the Communications Manager to deliver our communications strategy and plans that support the organisation’s goals. The aim of the role is to enhance and protect the organisation’s reputation and ensure the focus of our corporate communications is integrated and maximises readership across customer, corporate and employee audiences.You’ll create and implement high impact, integrated communications which support key “campaign” areas, working collaboratively with the Communications team and other stakeholders to make sure campaigns and messaging are aligned, reflect our culture and are used to full potential across all audiences. You’ll take a “hands-on” tactical approach, working closely with the Communications Manager to keep focused on priorities and activity.You’ll demonstrate the ability to produce high standards of written and other content, putting customers at the heart of our communications whilst ensuring content is relevant, clear and concise. You’ll be an excellent corporate storyteller with the ability to write and create compelling, creative and informative content suitable for a range of internal and external communication channels. You’ll also play a key role in the effective organisation of a wide range of internal and external events.You’ll need to have active and in-depth knowledge of corporate communication methods and tools within a communications team, hold excellent communications/PR experience including content creation, digital marketing, event management and content management systems for websites and intranets. A Degree level qualification or relevant professional qualification within communications/marketing would be an advantage.Interviews are due to be held in our Portsmouth office on Tuesday 17 December.We’re a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the fifth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.

Expected salary

£30700 per year

Location

Portsmouth

Job date

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:24:25 GMT

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