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Role: Senior Social & Digital Media Officer

Department: Corporate Communications Unit (CCU)

Scale: MP7

Salary: £41,907 – £45,147 & On Call Allowance

Location: Priory Road, Hull

Hours:  37 hours per week (Full-Time) (The post holder must be flexible to meet the demands of the role which may involve working other locations and outside the force area.)

Contract: Permanent

Humberside Police is dedicated to ensuring community safety and building public trust and confidence through effective communication and engagement. As we strive to maintain a strong and positive presence both online and offline, we are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Social & Digital Media Officer to join our Corporate Communications team and lead our digital communications efforts.

We are looking for a creative and strategic individual to oversee the Forces external digital communications and platforms to enhance the reputation of the Force and increase public trust and confidence.

You will supervise a small team of Local Policing Engagement Officer and be the lead specific projects in digital and social media communications, assist the communications Senior Leadership Team in reviewing and executing our social media strategy, and align these efforts with our business plan to deliver the needs of the Operations Commands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recognise the importance and provides effective two-way engagement on social media and is able to use the correct tone and language in responding to and engaging with public comments to offer a voice for the force on digital channels.
• Helps to maintain the corporate identity and brand of Humberside Police across all social and digital media channels.
• Provides effective and efficient written and visual communications and information which positively and proactively promotes the force and enhances community safety and reassurance through digital communication channels and products to reach a range of external Force.
• Develop and deliver advice and training to enhance the digital communication capability of the workforce and to promote the use of digital and social media internally to increase our reach and opportunities to increase confidence and satisfaction within our communities.
• Monitor, analyse and evaluate the use of social and digital media, compiling reports to highlight best practice, performance and engagement, implementing and embedding proven methods to improve service delivery.
• Offer strategic advice on all social and digital media communications to the senior management team.
• Performs such other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.

What the role requires:

• Have a high level of academic ability supported by a communication related degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• Thorough working knowledge of internal and external communications best practices.
• Significant experience of working in a social and digital media role in a large, complex organisation.
• Has experience of writing copy and producing content for social and digital media channels. Is able to source own material to produce positive news. Experience of producing videos/photography
• Excellent leadership skills and the ability to inspire a team.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence and negotiate with partner organisations and senior leaders in the business.
• Ability to think outside of the box and consider the wider implications.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.

Perks of working for Humberside Police:

From great perks, agile working and professional development, we want you to have the best possible journey throughout your Humberside Police Career.

Our Police Staff work extremely hard, which is why we are proud to offer a host of reward and recognition schemes. Whether it’s Cycle to Work scheme, Gym and health schemes, we have the perks ready for you to benefit from.

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Further Perks:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Training and development opportunities
• Coaching & Mentoring Scheme
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities (Discounted Healthcare, 1st year free and 2nd year subsidised)
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Flexible/Hybrid working where applicable.
• Generous pension scheme
• Blue Light Discount
• Access to the forces onsite gyms
• Free on-site car parking
• Humber bridge tag (If travelling from the Southbank)

Pre – Employment Checks and Eligibility:

• Internal applicants MUST have completed a successful probationary period and tenure (if applicable) before applying for another role within the force.
• Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria of at least 3 years continuous residency in the UK to apply for roles with Humberside Police.
• Successful candidates will undergo a vetting procedure pre-requisite of employment. (Please note, with holding any information asked by the vetting department, may delay the vetting procedure, or result in your vetting been refused and the offer of employment been withdrawn)
• Tattoo’s will be reviewed as a part of the recruitment process to ensure we maintain a level of professional standards and to make sure the images do not cause offence or are unacceptable.

Contact point for applicants:

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk

How to apply for the role:

To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.

Please note, you must wait 3 months before submitting another application if you have applied for THIS role within the last 3 months.

For Information & Advice on completing an online application, please follow the link below.

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/triagetool?triage-select=Understanding+the+recruitment+process

Closing date: Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 23:55

Interview date: W/C 16th December 2024

It is not likely that closing dates will be extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and would need to be with the permission of the Recruitment Manager and Line Manager of the role.

The Recruitment Manager can authorise to close any vacancy before the closing date stated on the advert.

Attachments:

• Role Requirement
• Guidance for completing your application.
• Recruitment Brochure
• Preferred candidate roadmap

Humberside Police welcome applications from underrepresented communities.  For further information on positive action within Humberside Police, please visit the positive action page:

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