Communications Officer

Health & Care

Communications

Communications Officer

Ref: 001309

Contract: Fixed Term (12 months)

Salary: £34,434 - £38,220 per annum (Grade 6)

Hours: 36.66 per week (flexible working will be offered).

Location: Spindles Shopping Centre, West Street, Oldham. OL1 1LF

Closing Date: Sunday 8th March 2026

Interview Date: TBC.

Hiring Manager: Gemma Killackey, Senior Communications Manager, gemma.killackey@oldham.gov.uk

Role Overview:

We’re looking for an ambitious and skilled Communications Officer to support the strategic delivery of Oldham’s Families First Partnership (FFP) Programme.

The aim of the Families First Partnership (FFP) programme is to transform the whole system of help, support and protection, to ensure that every family can access the right help and support when they need it, with a strong emphasis on early intervention to prevent crisis.

High impact external and internal communications will be vital to drive and deliver the implementation of a new operating model.

Key Responsibilities:

• To deliver high-quality core products and outputs across internal and external communications, which meet strategic objectives.
  
• To support development and delivery of modern, proactive and creative multi-channel communications strategies to achieve corporate objectives and priorities, and to lead development of specific campaigns end-to-end working with colleagues across services.
  
• To use staff and resident insight to shape effective messaging and activity and use evaluation techniques to monitor success of activity and return on investment on all spend, undertaking ongoing monitoring, evaluation and producing reports as required.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will be able to:

• Analyse and interpret data and present it effectively to various audiences to inform decision-making.
  
• Communicate effectively and be confident to challenge when advising and supporting senior officers
  
• Excellent organisational skills to agree, develop and manage the provision of appropriate business intelligence; ensuring managers have access to appropriate and timely information about their service and Oldham.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

Our Benefits Package:

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.
• Peer support groups

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

If you’re an applicant with disabilities, aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer, someone who has served in the Armed Forces, or you’ve participated in the GM Elevate Programme, and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.

Data and Privacy:

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Important Information:

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.

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