Do you want to help shape and deliver collaborative, high-impact communications for Transport for Greater Manchester’s Bee Network?

Over the past year we have worked with our partners to transform transport in Greater Manchester, building a network fit for a growing city region. The Bee Network has improved the way millions of people travel for work, leisure, and other essential trips, making journeys easier, more accessible and more affordable. This work is underpinning a collective vision for growth that reaches every part of our city region.

It is an exciting time to be a part of this story. Our communications team plays a critical role in connecting people, sharing stories, and celebrating our progress as we deliver for our communities and fostering pride in the Bee Network.

Your Role

This role will play a key part in the delivery of transport communications for Greater Manchester - one of the most ambitious, exciting and high-profile city regions in the UK, where transport is at the heart of the growth agenda.

Reporting to and supporting the Communications Lead, you will build trusted relationships with designated parts of the organisation. Building on these, you will play a pivotal role in the planning and delivery of impactful, coordinated communication campaigns and activities to support the city-region’s transport vision.

You will get under the skin of our projects and programmes, and work proactively to positively position the Bee Network and Greater Manchester’s approach to transport to both internal and external audiences. To do so, you’ll take a creative and imaginative approach using the full range of communications tactics, while supporting and mentoring junior members of the team to deliver excellent work.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

You’ll be based in the Communications team at TfGM, the organisation running the Bee Network - the region’s joined-up public transport system.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

We’re looking for a positive, conscientious and experienced communicator who can spot the stories at the heart of a transport strategy and then get hands-on to bring them to life with a highly collaborative team.

You’ll have substantial experience developing and delivering multi-channel communications campaigns for internal and external audiences. You’ll bring a sound understanding of the range of different online and offline channels and be as comfortable creating a communications strategy and designing briefs, as delivering the tactics within it.

You’ll have a good understanding and experience of corporate communications, from planning and writing strategies, delivering campaigns and events, to supporting the media team, including as part of an on-call rota.

A key part of the role will be ensuring we’re telling a coherent story. Therefore, you’ll need to be curious about different policy areas and highly collaborative, building relationships within TfGM and GMCA and working with multiple stakeholders to deliver on shared goals.

If you’re ready to help us deliver Greater Manchester’s vision and support the Bee Network’s further development, we’d love to hear from you.

What we can offer you

A full time permanent role with a salary of £50,532 - £56,195 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

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