Communications Account Manager

The starting salary for this role is £41,127 per annum for working 36 hours per week. This is a 24-month fixed term contract. 

This exciting and purposeful Communications Manager role will lead the planning, implementation and evaluation of Surrey County Council’s Children, Families & Lifelong Learning (CFLL) communications, using strategic tools and channels, both internally and externally. This is a hugely rewarding role and plays a vital part in helping the directorate achieve its purpose: ensuring children and young people are seen and heard, feel safe and can grow.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing the communications priorities and strategies across the CFLL directorate, often to tight deadlines and with conflicting priorities, and would be expected to support with complex and sensitive issues at times.

This 24-month contract will build on positive and productive relationships, will provide professional communications advice to senior officers, directors and Cabinet Members and will have experience leading communications officers to deliver high quality outcomes.

The role will deliver both planned and reactive work, alongside the wider communications team. 

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The job advert closes at 23:59 on 04/12/2022 with interviews to follow.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Abbey Cortazzi on 0781 354 2017 or by e-mail at abbey.cortazzi@surreycc.gov.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.