Communications and Engagement Officer
Tower Hamlets Early Help and Children and Families Service (EHCFS) team is pivotal in delivering the Councils Early Help offer for children, young people and families in the borough. We are looking for an experienced and competent Communications and Engagement Officer.
This role is responsible for working closely alongside the Communications and Engagement Manager to develop and deliver high-quality, dedicated internal and external communications, engagement and marketing support for the Early Help & Children and Families Service. This includes tasks spanning administration, design, procurement, copywriting and content creation.
The role will be contributing to the Service’s engagement work through Corporate Communications and be responsible for identifying, engaging and building relationships with people in the community and key stakeholders to raise awareness of Family Hubs. This is a front facing role and not available for hybrid working. We require the successful candidate to work on Wednesday PM, Thursday and Friday.
Additional Details
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.
We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.