Who are we?
Greater Manchester is on a journey to delivering the Bee Network – the city-region’s vision for a joined-up, sustainable and inclusive transport system which supports safe, seamless and affordable end-to-end journeys across public transport and active travel.
TfGM oversees public transport and active travel across the ten district areas of Greater Manchester, serving more than 2.7 million people, and supports the delivery of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s transport priorities, as well as the Mayor’s transport manifesto commitments.
Improving our public transport and active travel is crucial to connecting people with key services and opportunities, and later this year we will become the first city-region to bring buses back under local control since they were deregulated in 1986.
Your Role
Do you have the ability to deliver high quality communications as part of a fast-paced, high-profile strategic communications team?
We are seeking a Communications Officer (Media and Reputation) to support the day to day delivery of TfGM’s media strategy focused on protecting and enhancing reputation through high quality responsive and proactive media engagement.
TfGM oversees public transport and travel across the ten district areas of Greater Manchester, serving more than 2.7million people, and our communications team deals with a huge variety of issues on a daily basis. We support the delivery of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s transport priorities, as well as the Mayor’s transport manifesto commitments.
In this role you will be responsible for media and reputation, including effective engagement that positions TfGM and GMCA regionally and nationally as well as responding quickly to enquiries from a wide range of media outlets.
For further information, see Role Profile.pdf
About You
We are seeking someone with experience of working for a media outlet / in a newsroom environment and/or experience of working in a fast-paced, press office environment and with the ability to work on a number of projects and priorities, often to tight deadlines. You must have excellent writing and influencing skills, be able to build strong relationships with colleagues at all levels across the organisation and be a self-starter - able to quickly get up to speed on new topics.
The nature of the role will mean some work outside normal hours and you will be required to be part of an on-call rota.
About Us
A salary of £29,990-£34,758 per annum depending on experience
- 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
- Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
- Generous pension scheme contributions
- Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, w.essential to the role
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When submitting your CV and covering letter, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the essential criteria, all appointments will be based on merit.
We are a Disability Confident employer and offer support and reasonable adjustments as required. We also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme for candidates who declare a disability; are aged 24 or under who have previously been or currently are in care; are a carer as defined by within the Greater Manchester Carers Charter; and w.the Armed Forces was their last long-term substantive employer; w.they meet the minimum criteria for the role.TfGM is an equal opportunities employer that cultivates and celebrates diversity.
We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Whatever your background and identity. We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds and are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within our workforce.
For more information on working for TfGM including details on our Guaranteed Assessment scheme please visit www.tfgm.com/careers
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