We are looking for a Senior Communications Officer (Maternity Leave Cover) to join our multi award winning Communications Service in London’s most exciting borough.

You will be responsible for overseeing communications for one of the council’s biggest directorates. Whether it is campaigns, media, social media, consultations, newsletters or our quarterly Our East End publication, your work and that of your team will play a key role in how we engage with our residents to make Tower Hamlets a better place together.

To do that you will need to understand our audiences, develop our channels and plan and evaluate content.

As a manager, you will also support, develop and inspire those around you, so you should already have experience of working in a busy communications team.

You will be joining one of the best public sector teams in the country. Over the past few years, we have won national awards for campaigns, social media, ethics and crisis management.

But we want to achieve much more.

The role is for a senior, high calibre public sector communications specialist with;

• Significant experience in external communications
• Strong newsletter, social media and consultation experience
• Excellent eye for detail, design and writing skills
• Political nous
• Strong relationship management skills
• Experience working in a local authority or government organisation is preferable

You will have an amazing place to work with.

Tower Hamlets offers the best of London in one borough. We have an amazing assets including Brick Lane, Columbia Road and Spitafields markets, museums, galleries and other destinations including Truman Brewery and Victoria Park; we provide the third highest economic output of the UK with Canary Wharf and City Fringe; world class educational institutions including Queen Mary University and Barts NHS Trust and a rich history from the Tower of London to the docks, which has led to one of the most diverse populations in the country.

Excited? Then apply to join our team.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 

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