Safer Travel Communications Officer
Qualifications
Specialist Skills and Knowledge:
Essential:
- Knowledge of news and the media environment.
- Knowledge of marketing and effectively communicating through various media.
- Understanding of social media and web based engagement.
- Discretion and awareness of confidentiality.
- Qualifications and experience:
Essential:
- Proven writing skills
- Proven communications skills
- Experience of using social media effectively
IT skills
- Multi-agency partnership work
Desirable:
- Press or PR experience
- Experience of dealing with major initiatives or experience
- Recognised journalist or PR qualification
- Experience creating or designing graphics and/or digital content
- Media law, data protection legislation and copyright law
Point of contact
Rachel Crump-rachel.crump@westmidlands.police.uk
Vetting
Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.
Medical
Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.
Location
16 Summer Lane, Birmingham B19 3SD
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.
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