Senior Communications and Engagement Officer (Gosport Regeneration)

Salary: Band 10, £41,510 to £45,718 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term (up to 12 months)

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)

Interview date: Wednesday 30th April 2025

The Service:

Our marketing and communications team provides a full marketing communications service, managing media relations, marketing, graphic design, and internal communications; we also deliver a range of support for partners, including Gosport Borough Council. Gosport has big ambitions to regenerate a range of sites including local shopping areas and heritage locations, boosted by £18m of levelling up funding.

The Role:

You will be responsible for the strategic coordination and delivery of communications and engagement work across Gosport Borough Council's major regeneration and economic development projects, ensuring residents and key stakeholders understand the ambitious plans for the borough and the benefits they will bring to local communities. You will be responsible for activity around key projects, including the regeneration of Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport's waterfront and the Criterion and work to support local businesses and reinvigorate the High Street.

Who is the person:

We are looking for an excellent all-round communications and engagement professional with the skills and experience, but also the drive and enthusiasm, to successfully lead on communications and engagement for our high-profile projects. You will need to have substantial experience in a communications, engagement, or PR role, proven experience of leading communications for an organisation or major project, strong copywriting skills, a keen eye for media management and experience coordinating and delivering face-to-face engagement and events.

Our Recruitment Process:

Please ensure that you read the job profile for full details on the post. You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work/personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that you will be successful.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we have a successful applicant.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

About Portsmouth City Council:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act. We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focused. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals.