Cardiff
At the Senedd, our goal is to place citizens at the heart of everything we do. The Brand and Design team, part of the Communications Service, ensures our brand is consistent and recognisable.
As Communications Officer, you will support the Senedd’s visual design and branding efforts, enhancing our public image and communication. The team works across all Senedd Commission departments, providing help, advice, and applying our brand to all materials. You’ll also be supporting the Senior Strategic Communications Lead as they set up planning processes. You’ll help them to gather information from across the Senedd and beyond that will allow us to think more strategically about how and when we communicate to reach our target audience.
We’re looking for someone enthusiastic, organised and with great customer service skills to help us as we strengthen our Communications team. If this sounds like you, then please get in touch – we can’t wait to hear from you!
For more information, please view the job description.
Key tasks:
The position will primarily be working within the Brand and Design team, however the role will also provide regular support to the Strategic Planning team and ad hoc support to all parts of the Communications service. This will provide opportunities to gain experience and develop skills across a range of areas.
The Brand and Design team work with all parts of the organisation, making sure the brand is applied consistently everywhere it’s used.
The team develops all design resources and large-scale campaign identities in-house, making sure everything fits within the wider brand.
You’ll need to:
The Strategic Planning team gather and co-ordinate information from the Communications and Engagement service areas, and across the Senedd, to plan our activity so that it has the greatest impact.
The team use evaluation and audience insight to inform plans, and bring together teams to deliver integrated and impactful communication. This team is responsible for co-ordinating weekly planning meetings and a planning grid.
You’ll need to:
The following qualities are not essential for this particular post but have been deemed as desirable. These will only be taken into account in the event of two (or more) candidates acquiring the same score at either application or interview stage.
The language skills for this post have been assessed Courtesy Level Welsh.
Candidates should have the ability to:
To pronounce Welsh names, answer the telephone, greet people or make introductions bilingually
To understand and use proactively familiar, everyday, expressions
To understand very short texts where people are giving basic information about themselves or others in correspondence, on forms or to interpret content using the technology available.
If the successful candidate does not possess these skills, they will be expected to commit to learn them during an agreed period. For further information on the Welsh language levels, please visit our website.
Alongside your salary of £23,781, Welsh Parliament contributes £6,889 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
https://senedd.wales/commission/work-for-the-senedd-commission/
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