CT - Digital Communications Officer
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Job Title: Digital Communications Officer
Salary: £36,334 - £43,804 plus a Location Allowance of £2,148.
Location: Across London
Help Counter Terrorism Policing communications reach new audiences online
Our Counter Terrorism Policing HQ (CTPHQ) Communications Team has a crucial job: helping to keep the public safe from the threat of terrorism. With online reach more important than ever, we need a Digital Communications Officer to help us connect with a population of millions. By placing digital at the heart of what we do, you’ll help us inform and engage, and encourage security-minded behaviour.
This is a chance to contribute directly to some of our most important objectives. With your skills, we can share the work of the Counter Terrorism Policing network and encourage people to take practical – and potentially life-saving – steps to help us.
Reporting to the Head of Digital Communications, you’ll help us produce fantastic content, communications and campaigns that tell engaging digital stories. You’ll plan the strategies behind them and work with a range of partners across the CTP network to deliver them. At the same time, you’ll monitor our social channels, develop our digital platforms, and analyse and evaluate digital media delivery and performance. A source of expert advice on digital issues and engagement, you’ll base improvements and recommendations on insight and best practice.
At this level, you must be a skilled digital professional who can plan, create and manage compelling content. You’ll have a firm grasp of social media and news media, plus the ability to manage, develop and update websites. You’re also be up to speed on photo and video editing and infographics, and quick to pick up new tools and techniques. Organised and great with people, you can advise, influence and explain issues clearly. Please note that you’ll be on-call to respond to major incidents approximately one weekend every three months.
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Developed Vetting (DV) level before taking up the post.
Additionally, this material is of particular sensitivity to the UK and its distribution must be restricted to UK nationals. In approved circumstances dual nationals (of which one element is British) may also be granted access. However, in the event that potential conflicts of interest cannot be managed the post holder will not be able to see the intelligence material and will not be able to perform their duties. For the purpose of safeguarding national security and in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) OR Developed Vetting (DV) clearance and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post.
Confidentiality Agreement
Applicants should also be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.
Please click on the below link to view an online candidate information pack that will you give you an insight into the Met, the competency framework we use which shapes our daily work behaviours, the application process and a host of other information, that will help inform and support your application:
https://sscl-innovation.com/MPScandidatepack/
To apply, please visit our website. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 2nd October 2020.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Knowledge, Skill and Experience:
Digital Communications
- At least two years’ relevant work experience in a communications team in or for a large organisation(s) with a significant external digital media profile
- Experience in managing, developing and updating websites and the technical infrastructure that underpin them
- An excellent understanding of social media and good understanding of news media
- Experience of delivering and taking a leading role in managing reactive and proactive digital media content including creating, planning and managing compelling content for our social channels and third party channels
- Experience of managing and delivering training, keeping across new innovation and channels
- Experience in providing a digital media response during crisis incidents.
- Excellent knowledge of photo and video editing, infographics and the ability to quickly pick up new tools and techniques
Strategic Communications
- Good knowledge of great external digital engagement - a clear understanding of what it looks like and can achieve
- A good understanding of different communication disciplines - internal, press, marketing - and how they can operate together
Communications Planning
- Good experience of preparing digital communication strategies, planning and preparing content
- Good experience of contributing to the effective use of social media channels.
- A good understanding of evaluation approaches and statistical analysis skills to interpret, present and make sound recommendations on data
- Experience in procuring and managing digital agencies
Influencing and Persuading
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to provide communications advice and guidance to others in the organization, including at a senior level and use skills and experience to influence strategies and plans and make judgments on escalating more critical issues
- Experience of representing digital communications issues at high level meetings
- Strong organisational, administrative and project management skills to deliver successful outcomes
Changing and Improving
- A strong ethos of continual improvement and proven experience of using industry best practice existing and emerging, both generally and with particular regard to news media
Leading and Communicating
- Adept at embedding organisational values in all that you do with self-motivation, energy, creativity and a passion for communication
Line Management
- Understanding and experience of line management responsibilities is useful but not essential
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.