HP - Corporate Communications Manager

Priory Road
£42,492 - £45,435
Permanent

Role: Communications Manager

Department: Corporate Communications

Location: Priory Road, Hull

Term: Permanent

Scale: MP5

Salary: Circa £42k pa

Hours : 37 Hours per week

Please see attachment for Role Requirement

Like every UK Force, Humberside Police is a busy place. We serve communities across four counties – Hull, East Ridings, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

Our 999 and 101 call centres deal with almost half a million calls a year. Our Officers and staff are in every part of the community, responding to the public’s needs, protecting vulnerable people and investigating crime. From low-level anti-social disorder to serious crime – and everything in between, we are often the service of first and last resort for the public.

If you would be proud to represent the men and women of Humberside Police, to tell their story and help them to keep the public informed and engaged with our work, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

The Corporate Communications Department is responsible for making sure that Humberside Police provides timely and accurate information to the media and to our communities about our work, we support police operations to find vulnerable and wanted people, we make sure that the public have access to information to protect themselves and reduce crime and we help our police officers to engage with their communities to build trust and confidence.

We are looking for an experienced Communications Manager, who can lead a team in a very fast-moving environment, make timely decisions, and manage competing demands.

The successful candidate will lead on the strategy and delivery in the areas of media relations, social media, issues management, digital engagement, social media, and internal communications.

The post holder will have 5-7 years’ experience in a busy communications environment, a communications related qualification and experience of a modern public sector organisation.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV, and covering letter, detailing why you would be suitable for this role, to: recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk

For more information contact Suzanne Hughes, Head of Corporate Communications on 01482 578290.

Closing date: 23.55 on Monday 4th December 2017

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and an agreement is made with the HR Manager - Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Humberside Police welcome applications from underrepresented communities.  For further information on positive action within Humberside Police, please visit the positive action page:

http://www.humberside.police.uk/diversity-and-positive-action

This opportunity is closed to applications.