Events and Marketing Officer (Headquarters, Kent) Maternity Cover

Essex Police and Kent Police; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job description

Events and Marketing Officer (Headquarters, Kent) Maternity Cover

Location of Role: Maidstone

Advert Closing Date: 01/05/2025

Starting Salary: £40,170.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Secondment/fixed-term

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Kent Police’s Corporate Communications team on a fixed term maternity cover contract.

Applications are invited from motivated individuals who have experience in designing, developing and delivering events and marketing, as part of a communications team which provides a high-quality service for the force.

This versatile role requires the successful candidate to develop publicity campaigns both internally and externally which reflect the force’s commitment to providing a first-class service to the people of Kent.

The post holder will be required to work across the force and with external partners and suppliers to deliver events for a range of different targeted audiences, whilst also being able to satisfy corporate identity standards and guidelines. They will also be able to understand complex and sensitive issues and implement communications plans with competing deadlines.

An ability to monitor and review their own work for future learning, as well as stay up to date with best practices within the marketing, social networking and communications industries are both vital. A knowledge of policing is desirable but not essential.

Reporting to the Head of Digital, Internal Communications and Marketing, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in using a broad range of communications materials and channels as well as provide sound professional events and marketing advice to officers and staff of all ranks.

Please evidence the following in your application:

1. Background in events, preferably for a large organisation,
2. Experience in marketing,
3. Decision-making,
4. Internal consultancy,
5. Ability to analyse critically.

For further information about this role, please contact Natalie Hardy 59701, Head of Digital, Internal Communications and Marketing at Kent Police, [e-mail], 07816 290931.

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £45,591.00.

Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CVs, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at [e-mail] stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain.

If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.