Deputy Communications and Engagement Manager

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is launching an ambitious five-year plan to tackle the housing crisis. We're collaborating with residents to develop our strategy to address housing affordability, insecurity and need.

We’re looking for an experienced and dedicated professional to lead on communications and engagement across our housing services. You will take an overview of the directorate’s communications needs and work with communications officers to deliver excellent campaigns.

You’ll have experience of developing campaigns, engaging diverse audiences and using a range of communications channels. You’ll proactively look for ways to improve our services and deliver innovative solutions. And you’ll be comfortable building relationships with teams and individuals at all levels of the council.

We offer a work environment which is stimulating, fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

From the world-famous sights of Greenwich town centre in the west to Thamesmead in the east and from Greenwich Peninsula in the north to Eltham in the south, our communities are diverse. We want our workforce to reflect and respect this diversity and bring richness, productivity and innovation.

We are based in Woolwich, but the job will involve a mix of office, home and off-site working.

If you’re ready to be part of our exciting journey, please apply now, or contact us to discuss the job.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Rosie Groves;    rosie.groves@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     0208 291 5042  

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.

Interview Arrangements: During this time, our priority for all of our recruitment activity is to make sure our applicants, hiring departments and new starters are informed, safe and supported. Careful and thorough consideration will be given to interview arrangements and for any essential in-person recruitment, we will ensure this is held in a suitable, secure setting with additional arrangements to ensure any current safety requirements are fully adhered to.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.