SYP - Communications Officer

Role: Communications Officer

Department: Corporate Communications

Location: Carbrook – Force HQ, Sheffield 

Term: Fixed Term Contract / Secondment until 31 March 2020

Band: Band E

Salary: £28, 713 - £33, 108

Hours per week: 37 Hours per Week

See attachments for CVF Role Profile

South Yorkshire Police are looking for a talented Communications Officer with experience of working in a busy communications environment to join our team.

The shiny new team is eager to go and we are looking for just one more person to add to our team of communications officers. Each of the communications officers is responsible for internal and external engagement, media relations, and campaigns. This brings opportunities to deal with everything from communicating changes in the way we work to leading the communications for a major incident.

You will need to be able to travel across South Yorkshire and take part in an out-of-hours rota, which will be one weekend in eight. 

If you believe you are ready for this challenge, we would love to hear from you and your timing could not be better. We have a clear plan as to where we need to be and how to get there and are now well on that path. The inspectors of policing have assessed our work as ‘good’ and the Communications Department has achieved national recognition with a host of industry awards. 

For more information regarding the role responsibilities, please see the CVF Role Profile. 

For further information about this post please, contact Carrie Goodwin on Tel No. 0114 252 3848.  Please do not contact this number for an application form. 

FOR INTERNAL SECONDMENTS - To apply for this post as a secondment you must have the support of your Line Manager and Head of Department. This should be sent on a GEN2 / email that to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk. Please ensure that in the subject of the email contains the Job title and closing date of the role. Without support, your application will not be considered any further. 

Applicants must meet the minimum checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for all individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history period of 3 Years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police. 

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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. 

Closing date: Tuesday, 27th November 2018 

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South Yorkshire is a culturally diverse area and to ensure that our service is fully representative of the communities we serve we welcome applications from all under- represented groups and individuals wishing to work part time.