Total 3 PR / Media / Communications job vacancies in Newcastle, NE11 0YY

At Singleton Council, our employee promise is simple: ADD VALUE. BE VALUED.    As an employee of Singleton Council, you will join an engaged, safe, sustainable and performing (ESSP) workforce who work collectively to create community. 
Singleton Council has a long and proud history. From our agricultural foundations to our abundant natural resources, we are more than just New South Wales largest producer of coal. Singleton has developed into the economic beating heart of the State and a centre of industry, heritage, tourism and community.
Here at Council, we offer a wide range of services, supporting our community vision to be vibrant, progressive, connected, sustainable and resilient.
Were committed to providing an environment where everyone has the opportunity to contribute their unique skills and expertise to make a meaningful impact, while also recognising and appreciating your valuable contributions and ensuring you





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In this role, you are accountable for: Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with the Communications team at the Department of Health and Social Care and at other arms length bodies, journalists and senior managers at the NHSBSA. Acting as a business partner to specific service areas, working collaboratively with senior management teams to understand their communications challenges and developing innovative solutions that benefit the business and the customer, helping to deliver the NHSBSAs business strategy. Working closely with the Freedom of Information team to ensure context is provided to responses where appropriate. Taking a proactive approach to media relations and working with Heads of Service to brief key journalists on NHSBSA initiatives as appropriate. Writing press releases, media responses and content for external publications, ensuring appropriate tone of voice and that the NHSBSA narrative and key messages are reflected. Collating and delivering media and campaign monitoring reports, which will form part of an overall performance dashboard for the Communications and Marketing team. Dealing with highly complex and sensitive information where you will need to influence and persuade senior managers to take an appropriate communications approach. Managing crisis communications for your service area and working across the organisation to ensure messages are reflected internally and externally as appropriate. Developing, implementing and evaluating high quality, external communications campaigns using the Government Communication Service OASIS model to influence demand and behaviour change, particularly increasing awareness of our services and how to access them correctly. Ensuring your communications activity uses data and insight to understand what our customers need, how they behave, how we can change behaviour and to evaluate our work. Working with colleagues in the wider Communications and Marketing team to develop a communications forward plan to map out activity. Developing a good understanding of activity across the wider Communications and Marketing team to ensure work is complemented and not duplicated, and to identify joint opportunities for promotion. Building strong and positive relationships with senior colleagues and networks across the NHSBSA and acting as the communications link between your service area and other government departments, professional bodies and key journalists. In addition to the above accountabilities, as post holder you are expected to: Undertake additional duties and responsibilities in line with the overall purpose of your role and as agreed by your line manager. Demonstrate NHSBSA values and core capabilities in all aspects of your work. Foster an environment where your own and colleagues safety and well-being is promoted. Contribute to a culture which values diversity and inclusion. Comply with NHSBSA policies, procedures and protocols as they apply to your role.

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is an exciting opportunity to join our very successful and thriving English and Media department, who work together very closely, sharing ideas, resources and strategies to build on existing good practice. The department is committed to excellence in teaching and learning. As a team, the department believes in a caring, positive, stimulating environment in which to support students in their learning and to help them to develop into mature, responsible young adults. As colleagues, they provide a similar degree of warmth and support. The department has very high expectations of students and of themselves, but also believes in maintaining a sense of humour and genuinely enjoy working together.

What the school offers its staff

This is an interesting and demanding post, but one which will give the right candidate an opportunity to be part of a committed and dedicated team of teachers and support staff, whose prime aims are the continuing improvement and development of the school and the support and encouragement of its students. All prospective applicants must be prepared to teach English Language, English Literature and Media Studies at GCSE and A-Level if appointed though teaching A-Level may be unlikely in the successful candidate’s first year in role. Training and support for all qualifications is offered within the department who consistently achieve excellent outcomes.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.