Information Officer – Staff Officer BT4

Our client is looking for an Information Officer to join their team!

Rate of Pay: £17.94

Location: The post will be Belfast based. Candidates may be required to travel
across NI and therefore must be willing to travel.

Hours: The normal conditioned hours of work are full-time: 42 hours per week which
includes a 1 hour meal break (37 hours net) Monday to Friday. Most offices work flexi-time.

Duration: 3 months initially with possibility it will extend.

Start date: As soon as possible

Job Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Information Officers will generally work under the supervision of a Senior Information Officer. While the precise
duties and responsibilities of individual posts will vary, the main duties and key responsibilities will include:
Supporting Ministers at site visits
across Northern Ireland;

• Providing input for advice to Ministers and officials on communication and
  presentational issues;
• Building strong relationships with colleagues to fully understand communication needs;
• Contributing to the development and implementation of external media handling plans within a fast changing news environment;
• Maintaining and building good working relationships with internal and external key stakeholders, customers and partners;
• Assisting in the delivery of press conferences, and media coverage of important events, announcements and visits;
• Writing news releases, video scripts and other written communications;
• Responding to media queries and maintaining records of queries;
• Providing support on all aspects of communications during a crisis;
• Assisting with media monitoring and being alert to emerging issues;
• Evaluating the effectiveness of communications against objectives and business outcomes;
• Developing innovative high- quality visual content (such as graphics, infographics and digital
  animations) for a range of social media channels, ensuring appropriate content and tone to
  deliver departmental messaging;
• Identifying new social media trends / channels and supporting departments in staying ahead of
  new developments;
• Managing social media channels and measuring the effectiveness of digital content through regular
  analysis of digital analytics;
• Overseeing departmental website updates;
• Assisting with the provision of videography and photography services;

The above list is not exhaustive however it gives a good indication of the main duties of the post. The emphasis on
particular duties will vary over time according to business needs.

Essential Experience & Qualifications required:

• At least two years’ experience, gained within the lastfive years, as a practitioner in public relations, journalism, advertising or a
  marketing environment.
• At least one years’ experience, gained within the last five years, of working with Senior Officials and key
  stakeholders to develop and deliver engaging digital content to promote important announcements, initiatives,
  news or events.

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