Job Description

Office of the Chief Executive

Marketing and Communications Service

Marketing and Communications Officer

PO1/PO2: \xc2\xa333,820 - \xc2\xa338,296 pa (FTE Salary - Pro-rata for Part-Time posts)

1 x 30 hours per week

Temporary for 2 years

Based at Margaret McMillan Tower, Bradford City Centre

We are City of Culture for 2025 and have high ambitions for our district.

Bradford Council is seeking a dynamic and creative communications professional who can work proactively to a high standard and help us get our story across.

Working in the Office of the Chief Executive\xe2\x80\x99s, this is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced and thriving communications team where you will have the chance to work across a number of important areas.

As a team, we are always seeking new marketing opportunities in order to stay in touch with rapidly evolving trends and best practice.

No two days are the same, and you will need to be able to deliver high quality communications with local and national media. You will lead on high-profile campaigns, using a variety of channels and methods to reach and creatively engage with a large and varied audience.

You will also be comfortable working with a range of different stakeholders, advising Councillors, Senior Officers and Staff and Partners on marketing and communications issues in what is a complex environment with a political dimension.

You will have a degree or an equivalent professional communications or marketing qualification and/or at least 3 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in a communication, marketing or related role in the public or private sector. That experience is likely to come from one or more of media relations, PR, marketing or internal, stakeholder or digital communications.

You will be expected to work across all those disciplines to contribute to the provision of an integrated marketing and communications service for the Council and its key partnerships. The role involves occasional evening, weekend and bank holiday work in order to deliver the responsibilities of the post. It also involves being on a rota to provide emergency out of hours on-call communications.

You will also be required to demonstrate excellent written, verbal and digital communications skills, a high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently and deliver under pressure to strict deadlines. You should also demonstrate that you have worked as part of a team or cross-functional team.

For further information regarding this post please contact Clare Bussingham on 07582109315 or email

For any internal applicants, as this post is suitable for secondment, interested applicants need to have secured the secondment agreement with their manager prior to the application.

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council