Strategic Communications Business Partner (Full Time) (Permanent)Renfrewshire Council is seeking a Strategic Communications Business Lead to join our communications, marketing, events, and digital service. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference by joining the Council’s Communications team at a time of unprecedented challenge and change – when effective and engaging communications are essential.
The Council believes that in order to meet the challenges of the future, it will need to work even more closely with partners to develop and maintain a vibrant local economy, provide a sustainable business and cultural infrastructure, and to improve and protect the environment of Renfrewshire.
We want to improve opportunities for all those who live and work in the area, and we need especially to support the vulnerable, ensuring equality and fairness for all. The Council will not deliver these outcomes on its own – but can if it works closely and effectively with the wider community.
Our communications agenda needs to support these aims. As a member of the Corporate Communications team, you will be working proactively with council services and community partners to develop innovative and exciting campaigns and initiatives that ensure Renfrewshire as a whole benefits from an excellent and joined-up communications approach.
You will have a senior role within the team and will be embedded within one of our council services to provide specialist communications support, advice, and guidance to the service director and their senior leadership team.
It is essential you have a relevant degree or qualification (e.g. NCTJ Journalism Diploma), with experience of working in communications/media/public relations, and a demonstrable, proven track record of achievement.
You will have relevant experience of the public sector or a similar diverse organisation, and demonstrable experience of leading and managing complex communications projects, developing internal communications channels, and project management.
It is expected you will have extensive knowledge of the local and national media landscape, as well as awareness of channels including social media and digital platforms.
You will be a strategic thinker with effective negotiation skills, who can work with a range of partners, including senior management. You will have vision and drive, be creative and innovative, and able to work to tight deadlines. You must have a full driving license (sic).
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check; the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
For an informal discussion about any aspect of this post, please contact Colin Orr at colin.orr@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Editor’s Note: I don’t know what the qualifications and salary offered are for a similar post in West Dunbartonshire Council because their communications department refuses to communicate with The Dumbarton Democrat, but we would speculate that the qualifications were less and the salary was higher. We are unable to inform our readership also if the West Dunbartonshire post was ever advertised publicly, or how many applied for it, and who was appointed to it. All this seems entirely undemocratic and not normal custom and practice for a Scottish local authority.