Overview
Communications Business Partner – Public Affairs and Policy – New Shire Hall, Alconbury, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced, forward thinking Communications Business Partner for Public Affairs and Policy to join our Communications team at a pivotal moment. This is a senior, high profile role at the heart of the council’s strategic direction, leading proactive campaigns and behaviour change activity that supports delivery of our priorities as set out in the Strategic Framework.
As one of our senior communications leaders, you will help ensure the council communicates clearly, confidently, and transparently with residents, partners, stakeholders, and colleagues. You will play a central role in amplifying the council’s voice where it matters most, and in shaping awareness, understanding, and action around complex policy priorities and major organisational change, including Local Government Reorganisation and place shaping.
You will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders and elected members, providing insight into the wider public affairs landscape, and helping shape the organisation’s narrative through high quality, insight led communications. Your work will support effective decision making, good governance, and strong relationships with communities and partners.
This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about proactive campaigning, influencing behaviour, and embedding communications as a core enabler of policy delivery, service improvement, and organisational change.
This is a rare opportunity to:
- Lead campaigns that directly support delivery of the council’s Strategic Framework.
- Influence policy development and place shaping through proactive and purposeful communication.
- Drive meaningful behaviour change that improves outcomes for residents and communities.
- Play a key leadership role during a period of significant organisational change.
If you want a role where your expertise has real strategic impact, we would love to hear from you.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Matthew Hall, Head of Communications , Work mobile: 07383 832752 or email Matthew.Hall@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
You will be a confident and resilient communications leader with:
- Extensive experience delivering public affairs communications and behaviour change campaigns in a complex organisational environment.
- Proven ability to work closely with senior leaders and elected members, providing trusted advice and guidance.
- Strong experience of designing and delivering proactive campaigns that support policy priorities and organisational outcomes.
- Excellent writing, editing, and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues for a range of audiences.
- Experience of leading and developing high performing teams, and building organisational capability in communications.
- Sound judgement, and the ability to operate calmly and effectively under pressure.
- A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and to supporting the council’s ambition to become a Net Zero organisation by 2030.
Relevant degree level study is essential. Professional communications qualifications or postgraduate study are desirable.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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