Senior Communications Executive

Job Introduction

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Communications Executive to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Senior Communications Executive, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 4 days per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

You will take on the role of Senior Communications Executive within the Media and Campaigns Team. The team is led by the Head of Media and Campaigns and you will report to a Strategic Communications Manager. You will play a key role in leading and developing effective communications campaigns, including targeted campaigns for specialist sectors and programmes. You will help to enhance the Met Office’s external reputation and contribute to increased revenue, customer recruitment and retention.

Your key duties

• Plan effective and integrated communications campaigns and annual sector plans, to increase Met Office revenue, reach and engagement, and promote and protect organisational reputation.
• Deliver innovative and targeted communications activities across multiple formats and channels within communications plans, to maximise profile of Met Office brand, products and services, supporting corporate campaigns as required. Provide evaluation and measurement of communications activities.
• Act as a communications consultant for specialist programmes to achieve maximum impact and profile of the Met Office brand, to increase revenue and customer recruitment and retention.
• Be an active part of the social desk roster performing daily operational duties as required, to deliver day-to-day weather/service information to the public, media or a specialist sector audience, while continually evolving our offer and considering the news agenda.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.

As our Senior Communications Executive, your total reward package will be up to £46,974 annually, which includes:

• £33,794 base pay.
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Whilst this is a temporary position until June 2025, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position.
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

1. Live and breathe it - Experience of working in a marketing and communications environment and ideally a business or marketing-related degree or other suitable qualification (e.g. CIM, CIPR).
2. Experts by nature - Demonstrable experience in developing targeted communications plans which support corporate goals.
3. Experts by nature - Demonstrable experience of communications project or campaign management and delivery, meeting challenging targets.
4. Experts by nature - Confidence and ability to convince others of a course of action, even when it is not the obvious one.
5. Live and breathe it - Strong teamwork skills and flexibility in approach to work with the ability to prioritise and juggle multiple projects without losing focus, leading external and internal resources to meet challenging deadlines.
6. Experts by nature - An ability to write creatively and convincingly and experience of latest communications techniques including online and social media.

How to apply

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you. Apply below with your CV and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date Monday 20/05/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 04/06/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

How we can help:

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via careers@metoffice.gov.uk . You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.