External Communications Consultant

External Communications Consultant Durham, England

Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water
Full Time Durham, England 29685 - 41000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

External Communications Consultant

Salary Durham up to £38,200, Essex up to £38,700
Location Durham or Hanningfield

About the role

External Communications Consultant

Up to 24 months Fixed Term Contract/Secondment

Salary – Durham up to £38,200, Essex up to £38,700

Location –Durham/Homebased or Chelmsford/Homebased


About the role

We're looking for an experienced communications professional to join our Corporate Communications team in Durham or Chelmsford.

The successful candidate will be able to analyse complex information quickly and translate into simple, but effective, language for our customers.

You’ll be required to write for a number of different audiences and channels while being able to deliver effective campaigns in a fast moving and reactive environment.

You’ll be expected to always be on the lookout for media and PR opportunities for the business and be committed to supporting colleagues and keeping them up to date with priorities, targets and objectives.

An important part of this role is also being able to build good working relationships both internally and externally and being able to provide support and guidance as well as challenging when necessary to produce results.

Please scroll to the bottom of this page to access the full job description.


About you

You will need to be proactive, motivated and enthusiastic individual with proven experience of working in media relations. You’ll also have proven experience of being able to build good working relationships with key regional stakeholders (local councillors and MPs) and understand the regions media outlets too.


The successful candidate will be able to research, write and edit engaging and creative content for a range of communication channels (video, digital and social media) as well as produce news releases and provide briefings and manage events.


You’ll be resourceful and resilient; able to manage multiple projects and competing demands. Being able to remain calm under pressure is essential as well as being able to prioritise your time and resources efficiently and effectively to ensure that all your activities and projects are delivered in line with our values.


This is a great opportunity to develop your existing skills. So if you are ambitious, detail-focused, calm under pressure and have experience of managing multiple projects, then we want to hear from you.


Here at Northumbrian Water Diversity, Inclusion and Equity means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within all our teams, structures and organisation

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.


Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.


Colleague benefits

We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer
Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Christmas savings club

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan

External Communications Consultant
Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water

www.welivewater.co.uk
Durham, United Kingdom
Heidi Mottram
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Energy & Utilities
1974
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