Staff Engagement Officer
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- England,South West,Gloucestershire,Cheltenham
- full-time
- £37,728 - £41,516 per annum
Job Description:
Join Cheltenham Borough Council as a Staff Engagement Officer and take the lead in enhancing how we listen to and engage with our staff.
Location: Cheltenham, GL50 9SA
Salary: £37,728 to £41,516 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 3rd January 2025
Come and work for an award-winning organisation!
We are an ambitious and forward-thinking council. We are committed to making Cheltenham a better place to live and work, enabling communities and businesses to thrive whilst protecting what is good about our town.
We aim to be an employer of choice where everyone is treated fairly and feels valued and respected. We aim to provide a stimulating and rewarding working environment that encourages our people to work together, provides opportunities for them to reach their full potential and achieve a healthy work/life balance.
Staff Engagement Officer – The Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Engagement officer to make a big difference by helping us shape and deliver our staff engagement strategy and action plan to achieve our strategic priorities. With your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, you will be responsible for developing and implementing creative, targeted staff engagement activities.
Working with us in the L&D, HR and Project & Change teams, you will create engaging ways to support the delivery of our people activities connected to learning, development, management of organisational change, embedding our culture and values, projects and programmes.
Staff Engagement Officer – Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver improvements to the way we listen to, communicate with, engage, and motivate
our people, developing appropriate and targeted channels of communications and
engagement activities that are relevant to the differing needs of our workforce
- Proactively identify and develop opportunities across the business for our people to
have a voice that is listened and responded to
- Design and deliver communication plans for a range of communication channels and
audiences that contribute to organisational change
- Responsibility for developing a forward plan of timely, relevant content across a variety
of platforms that engages our people in the wider operation of our services
- Develop creative and engaging content and recognition opportunities that focus on key
messages as well as showcasing our people and their achievements
- Plan and deliver a series of events to include internal staff engagement events as well as
external profile-raising events such as career/recruitment fairs that attract future
employees
Staff Engagement Officer – You:
- GCSEs (5 A-Cs or equivalent, including Maths and English)
- Relevant degree and/or professional qualification e.g. CIPR, CIM, IIC or equivalent
experience
- Experience of implementing internal communications campaigns
- Experience of writing engaging content
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Creative flair and ability to translate CBC’s priorities and values into communication
plans that support our organisation’s objectives
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing deadlines
- Great interpersonal skills and ability to work with different teams and colleagues to
achieve positive solutions and outcomes
- Analytical skills with the ability to interpret information and identify inaccuracies
- Experience of delivering internal communications channels, including videoing, face-to
face events, posters etc
- Experience of using design packages such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Canva and Adobe
packages etc to create simple, engaging graphics
Staff Engagement Officer – Benefits:
- An excellent pension scheme. You will be eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- A generous holiday entitlement of 26 days rising to 31 days after five years. Part-time employees receive a pro rata entitlement of 26 days
- A flexible and agile working environment. We aim to provide opportunities to work from home or elsewhere and offer flexibility in working hours
- A comprehensive programme of learning and development
- Two days paid time off for volunteering
- Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes
- An employee counselling service
- Free eye tests (for some posts) and contribution towards the cost of glasses
- A cycle to work scheme
- Low-cost town centre parking for some jobs, depending on work location
- A commitment to employee wellbeing
Applications
The council is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing Date: Friday 3rd January 2025
To submit your application for this exciting Staff Engagement Officer opportunity, please click ’Apply’ now!
Location: Cheltenham, GL50 9SA
Salary: £37,728 to £41,516 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 3rd January 2025
Come and work for an award-winning organisation!
We are an ambitious and forward-thinking council. We are committed to making Cheltenham a better place to live and work, enabling communities and businesses to thrive whilst protecting what is good about our town.
We aim to be an employer of choice where everyone is treated fairly and feels valued and respected. We aim to provide a stimulating and rewarding working environment that encourages our people to work together, provides opportunities for them to reach their full potential and achieve a healthy work/life balance.
Staff Engagement Officer – The Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Engagement officer to make a big difference by helping us shape and deliver our staff engagement strategy and action plan to achieve our strategic priorities. With your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, you will be responsible for developing and implementing creative, targeted staff engagement activities.
Working with us in the L&D, HR and Project & Change teams, you will create engaging ways to support the delivery of our people activities connected to learning, development, management of organisational change, embedding our culture and values, projects and programmes.
Staff Engagement Officer – Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver improvements to the way we listen to, communicate with, engage, and motivate
our people, developing appropriate and targeted channels of communications and
engagement activities that are relevant to the differing needs of our workforce
- Proactively identify and develop opportunities across the business for our people to
have a voice that is listened and responded to
- Design and deliver communication plans for a range of communication channels and
audiences that contribute to organisational change
- Responsibility for developing a forward plan of timely, relevant content across a variety
of platforms that engages our people in the wider operation of our services
- Develop creative and engaging content and recognition opportunities that focus on key
messages as well as showcasing our people and their achievements
- Plan and deliver a series of events to include internal staff engagement events as well as
external profile-raising events such as career/recruitment fairs that attract future
employees
Staff Engagement Officer – You:
- GCSEs (5 A-Cs or equivalent, including Maths and English)
- Relevant degree and/or professional qualification e.g. CIPR, CIM, IIC or equivalent
experience
- Experience of implementing internal communications campaigns
- Experience of writing engaging content
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Creative flair and ability to translate CBC’s priorities and values into communication
plans that support our organisation’s objectives
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing deadlines
- Great interpersonal skills and ability to work with different teams and colleagues to
achieve positive solutions and outcomes
- Analytical skills with the ability to interpret information and identify inaccuracies
- Experience of delivering internal communications channels, including videoing, face-to
face events, posters etc
- Experience of using design packages such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Canva and Adobe
packages etc to create simple, engaging graphics
Staff Engagement Officer – Benefits:
- An excellent pension scheme. You will be eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- A generous holiday entitlement of 26 days rising to 31 days after five years. Part-time employees receive a pro rata entitlement of 26 days
- A flexible and agile working environment. We aim to provide opportunities to work from home or elsewhere and offer flexibility in working hours
- A comprehensive programme of learning and development
- Two days paid time off for volunteering
- Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes
- An employee counselling service
- Free eye tests (for some posts) and contribution towards the cost of glasses
- A cycle to work scheme
- Low-cost town centre parking for some jobs, depending on work location
- A commitment to employee wellbeing
Applications
The council is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing Date: Friday 3rd January 2025
To submit your application for this exciting Staff Engagement Officer opportunity, please click ’Apply’ now!
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