Senior Communications Officer - Internal

Team: COM - Communications Job Family: Providing - CBG11 Salary: £42,396 - £45,758 per annum pro rata Contract Type: Hybrid - Fixed Term until 1st May 2027 - Maternity cover Hours: 30 hours per week Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month. Closing Date: 19th November 2026 Interview Date: Between 24th and 27th November 2026 - Stage one interview (online assessment tasks for one hour). Next stage interview to be confirmed after. About the Role: We’re looking for a talented Internal Communications Officer to join us on a short-term contract in our ambitious Communications and Consultation team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a communicator with experience to make a meaningful impact - supporting colleagues across the organisation and helping ensure staff are informed, engaged and inspired. You will have proven experience managing your own varied and busy workload, meeting tight deadlines, and communicating effectively with customers at all levels of the organisation. You’ll play an important role in planning, creating and delivering high‑quality communications across our established internal channels, including supporting organisational change programmes. This is a busy, fast-paced role requiring a strong work ethic, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work well under pressure. You will demonstrate sound editorial judgement, excellent writing skills and a keen eye for detail to help ensure our messages are clear, consistent and aligned with our organisational values. Experience in internal communications roles is essential and organisational change experience is great but not essential - but you will need to have the ability and motivation to learn and develop at pace. What We’re Looking For Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and creatively. Demonstrable experience leading and delivering internal communications strategies, campaigns and organisational change communications. Strong ability to identify, develop and manage engaging content across a range of internal channels and audiences. Experience managing and developing internal communication channels, including digital platforms such as SharePoint intranets. Ability to use insight, analytics and evaluation to measure impact and continuously improve communication effectiveness. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence and provide trusted communications advice to colleagues and senior leaders. Experience planning and delivering staff engagement initiatives and events that support organisational culture and business priorities. Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment. Our Offer We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack. Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack. For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Anna Copperwheat at anna.copperwheat@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or 0300 300 4671 (Tuesday - Friday, 9am - 3pm) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline. Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours . Please book your place here. More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council