Communications Team
About us
Are you ready to take your passion for storytelling and eye-catching communications to the next level? Salford City Council is seeking talented communications experts for a range of exciting and significant roles. We’re a dynamic city of sustained growth and strong leadership and an authority with a focus on investing in its people to deliver the best services to residents and communities. You’ll be supported by an energetic, creative team, backed by a ‘can-do’ attitude and opportunity to make your mark.
Salford’s story is a combination of continued economic growth, decisive leadership and partnership working that has transformed our city into a thriving cultural, economic, and residential location. As a result, more people than ever before are choosing Salford as a place to live, work, invest and visit, and Salford is being rebuilt.
We are looking for passionate professional to help us tell our story internally, with partners, residents and media.
About the communications service
Communications is a core function that support the organisation as a whole – across all portfolios and directorates. Our core responsibilities are:
To protect and promote the Council’s reputation, integrity and identity, nationally, regionally and locally, including through proactive media management strategies.
To design, deliver and promote campaigns that help the city and the organisation achieve its priorities.
To design, deliver and promote campaigns and communications that give residents clear information, advice and guidance, signposting to council services and to promote activities, events and opportunities to people living, working and visiting Salford.
To provide professional communications advice to the Council’s leadership, with a view to promotion of the city’s and City Council’s key priorities and values.
We are strengthening our corporate communications function through additional resourcing and a new operating model. We need people to help us to deliver on corporate priorities and our new communications strategy.
This is an exciting time to join Salford City Council; there is major regeneration work underway across the city, alongside internal changes including the Adult Social Care workforce returning in-house through the Unify project (1000+ employees). There are opportunities to influence the national, regional and local government agenda.
There are number of available roles you can join, if you are passionate about delivering excellent communications activity in a creative manner we would like to hear from you.
If you have any questions about the roles available, please contact
Andrew.brunt@salford.gov.uk
Our Vacancies:
Strategic Communications Manager – Media and News
Work alongside and support the work of senior colleagues to develop and deliver key communications strategies for the organisation. Managing the delivery of the agreed Communications Strategy.
Support the Head of Communications to provide high level communications advice to the political and officer leadership, elected members, and officers on communications and reputational management.
Deputise for the Head of Service in providing public relations advice to the organisation and in public relations management of the service area.
Lead a proactive and forward planned approach to external agencies and media relations and ensuring our profile is on a local, regional and national stage.
Support in the delivery of culture change across the organisation, to develop a ‘comms first’ approach, and a digital-first approach wherever practicable.
Change Communications Officer
As Change Communications Officer for Salford City Council you will support the strategic communication of organisation-wide priority transformation and change projects, including the in-sourcing of approximately 1,000 employees from three organisations.
You will report to and support the Senior Change Communications Officer in delivering a change communications strategy and plans to ensure that complex transformation programmes are clearly understood, embraced and successfully implemented on time, with people at its centre, and aligned to the council’s priorities, culture and values.
You will support the effective delivery of inclusive, purposeful communication using a blend of channels, face-to-face engagement and creative storytelling to reach people working in desk-based, frontline and essential service roles.
You will support services across the council and partner organisations to ensure current and future colleagues understand key decisions, feel part of a shared mission, and have the information they need to deliver for Salford’s residents.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of new and transformational work within the organisation that will shape the future direction and work of the council.
Internal Communications Officer
As Internal Communications Officer at Salford City Council, you will deliver day-to-day internal communications activity for the authority, in line with the council’s developing communications strategy and objectives and which aligns with corporate priorities.
Work with the Senior Internal Communications Officer, on an agreed and forward-planned programme of effective internal communication activity that meets the needs of the organisation and works to new, exciting and engaging ways to most effectively reach and engage with all parts of our 4,500 staff working across desk-based, frontline and essential services.
Support the delivery of strategic internal communications plans and activities which build trust and engagement with staff.
Adult Social Care Communications Officer
As a Communications Officer for adult social care at Salford City Council, you will develop and deliver strategic campaigns plans in line with the council’s communications strategy and corporate priorities.
Plan, deliver and evaluate impactful communications campaigns that deliver the council’s strategic priorities, with a focus on adult social care. You will help to build public trust, and foster meaningful engagement with a range of audiences.
You will deliver effective two-way communication between the organisation and a range of audiences using channels including campaigns, media relations, digital and social media, with a positive proactive focus.
Our generous benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged, and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do.
As an employee, you can expect the following from us:
LGPS Employee contributory pension with employer contribution
Holiday allowance up to 34 days
Paid sick leave
Values based organisation with friendly working environment
Leave plus (purchase of additional leave)
Family-related or emergency leave
We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach.
Hybrid working
