Total 4 PR / Media / Communications job vacancies in Birmingham, B23 6DW

At National Highways, we are proud of our purpose - to deliver a better service for road users and to support a growing economy. Millions of people rely on England's motorways and A roads every day, and we want everyone who uses and works on them to get home safe and well.

To help tell our story we need to deliver communications and engagement activity that showcases the positive impact of roads investment, and increases awareness and driver confidence about how to travel safely on our roads.

As a Media Relations Manager within our Press Office Team, you will be responsible for protecting, building and enhancing the reputation of National Highways by providing strategic media handling advice to the organisation, liaising with the media, and providing a proactive and reactive media relations service in line with the communications strategy.

You should be an experienced communicator with a strong news sense and excellent judgement.

This role will be based from our Birmingham office - (40% office based) Some travel will also be required occasionally for team meetings or to facilitate media events within the region.

What you'll be leading on

• Delivering high quality written material, media briefings and communications activity to promote National Highways and enhance our reputation.
• Providing media handling advice, including developing and implementing communication plans to ensure that the most appropriate communication solutions and channels are being used.
• High profile and often complex issues which will require you to use your specialist expertise to achieve balanced and accurate coverage for National Highways.
• Responding to media enquiries and briefing spokespeople, maintaining effective forward planning, and delivering and managing media events/activities.
• Developing relationships with colleagues across the business and journalists, and coordinating activity with the Department for Transport and other external stakeholders.
• You will also participate in an out of hours duty rota to help ensure road users are informed about traffic conditions and to respond to media enquiries.

To be successful:

• A strategic thinker with political awareness
• Experience of working with teams across an organisation to engage with the public via the media
• Outstanding stakeholder relationship skills
• Experience in producing creative and impactful communications activity for a range of media outlets
• Experience of working with the media, and providing high quality written material

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Communication Support Worker

JOB TITLE / ROLE: Communication Support Worker

SECTOR: Education

LOCATION: Birmingham

SALARY: £22ph - £30ph

Do you have a BSL qualification to level 3 or above?

Do you have experience using sign language to interpret for others with hearing impairments?

Morgan Hunt are exclusively working with a college based in Birmingham that are looking for experienced Communication Support Worker to join their exceptional team.

The college are looking for the Communication Support Workers to start ASAP, on a long term full time basis.

About the role:

• To sign for students with hearing impairments
• To overcome barriers to learning
• To create and maintain accurate records on learner's progress
• You will be working with students aged 16+

What the Communication Support Worker will need:

• BSL Qualification Level 3 minimum (or confident signing skills)
• Previous experience of supporting learners with Special Education Needs
• An Enhanced DBS check that is dated within the last 3 months, or is on the update service

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Your new company
We are currently working with a local authority to support them in their search for a Digital Communications Officer on a full-time, temporary basis. They represent 18 local authorities and three Local Enterprise Partnerships. They are led by the Mayor of the West Midlands.
Your new role
As a Digital Communication Officer, you will be working with external and internal stakeholders to initiate, develop and implement digital communications strategies. Raise awareness of the work of the local authority through the delivery of cost-effective, bespoke digital content which support the business priorities of the authority and Mayor of the West Midlands, whilst establishing the authority as a recognised and trusted brand for the citizens of the West Midlands. You will be creating marketing campaigns specifically for Meta and Facebook, you will also work on other social media platforms. You will also be required to create reports of your findings and send these through to your managers to look into further.
This is a full-time position and offers a hybrid working pattern: 2 days in the office and standard working hours of 9am - 5pm.
What you\'ll need to succeed
In order to succeed in this role, you will have experience within a similar role and experience using a number of social media sites, including Meta & Facebook. This role will be an ASAP start, which before starting you will need to pass your reference and compliance checks, upon registration please have your 2 most recent employment details available for reference checks.
What you\'ll get in return
As mentioned above, this position will offer a hybrid working pattern, however they will consider candidates who are looking for fully remote work. Your working hours will be 9am-5pm Monday-Friday and the rate of pay is to be negotiated.

In addition, you will receive:

• One dedicated consultant, specialist in Business Support recruitment
• Exclusive Recruitment partner for Birmingham City Council, Sandwell Council, Coventry Council & Solihull Council
• Exclusive access to the latest office support roles Free DBS Service
• Referral Scheme, £100 for each referral placed
• Access to both Nationwide and Global job opportunities

What you need to do now


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