Social Media Partner

  • Harrogate
  • College Of Policing

Details : Reference number :

  • 232790 Salary :

  • £30,455 - £41,158- National: £30,455 - £35,518; London: £35,493 - £41,158 Grade :

  • Senior Executive Officer- 2B Contract type :

  • Permanent Business area :

  • COP - CEO Type of role :

  • Communications / Marketing Working pattern :

  • Full-time Number of posts :

  • 1Contents

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About the job

Benefits : Things you need to know

Location

  • College of Policing Harrogate, HG3 1UF, Harperley Hall, DL15 8DS, Ryton, CV8 3EN or London, SE11 5EF. Homeworking and hybrid working are also available.About the job

Summary : This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

About us: We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. Working together with everyone in policing, we share the skills and knowledge officers and staff need to prevent crime and keep people safe. We set the standards in policing to build and preserve public trust and we help those in policing develop the expertise needed to meet the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of the future.

  • We have three complementary functions:
  • Share knowledge and good practice - We create and maintain easy access to knowledge, disseminate good practice, and facilitate the sharing of what works.
  • Set standards - We set standards for key areas of policing which help forces and individuals provide consistency and better service for the public.
  • Support professional development - We set requirements, accredit, quality assure and deliver learning and professional development, promote diversity and wellbeing, and help to nurture and select leaders at all levels.

Following the publication of the Fundamental Review into the College we are committed to boosting professionalism, improving leadership and driving consistency, by being better connected, more dynamic and more relevant.

Job description : Applications are invited for the post of Social Media Partner.

They will also work closely with the rest of the communications team and the full corporate communications professional community, including content creation, acting as the primary focal point for guidance and advice to clients across the College on any aspects of social media.

Responsibilities : All applicants must:

  • Be educated to degree level probably in Marketing or Journalism or with relevant equivalent experience.
  • Have a successful record of developing and delivering social media solutions that are fully integrated with other activity, to engage different audiences. This may have been hands on in-house as a client and/or within an agency environment.
  • Understand social media inside out and know what makes great content, with an eye for a great creative idea.

Please see job description for full details of the role.

Behaviours : We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace

Technical skills : We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Delivering creative and engaging social media content which has demonstrable high reach and engagement.
  • Creating and implementing a social media strategy which improves reach, engagement and sentiment.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own work to ensure deadlines are met, to work well under pressure and manage multi-level priorities and short deadlines.

Benefits : The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits. The benefits we can offer include:

  • Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
  • Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
  • Educational funding and study leave
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Flexi-time (for certain grades)
  • Flexible working hours
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Benenden Healthcare
  • National Dental Plan
  • Discount scheme which provides cut-price on-line shopping
  • Free employee support line
  • Interest free loans for travel.
  • Staff networks: You will have the opportunity to join our employee-run networks to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be heard. There are currently 6 staff networks; Diversity Champions, LGBT, Carer’s, Women’s, Parenting and our Diverse Ethnic Action network. Each network has access to an executive level sponsor.

Things you need to know

Security :

  • See our vetting charter.- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks. Selection process details :

  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. Additional information and eligibility : Vacancy reference: CEO5994

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality