COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

Job description

Reference

HUL/25/0586

Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)

£36363 – £39152

Occupational group

Marketing & PR

Job term

Full Time

Appointment type

Permanent

Hours

37

Division

Regeneration & Partnerships – Directorate

Closing Date

10 November 2025

Proposed Shortlisting Date

12 November 2025

Proposed Interview Date

26 November 2025

Place of work

The Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA

For an informal discussion please contact

Victoria Coates

Contact telephone

07702 922 746

Are you passionate about storytelling, creating meaningful engagement opportunities, and delivering impactful internal communications? Do you thrive in a lively environment where your work helps shape organisational culture and support change? Do you have experience in planning and delivering communication campaigns?

Hull City Council is seeking a talented and experienced Communications & Engagement Officer to join our Internal Communications team. As part of the wider Corporate Communications team, you’ll have a pivotal role in developing and delivering internal communications that inform, inspire and connect our workforce.

The role will see you support and advise the council’s senior management and collaborate with colleagues across the council and our partners. You’ll develop and deliver internal communications strategies, plans and engagement opportunities that support the council’s priorities, values and change programmes. You will also progress existing and new internal communication channels, and create and manage high quality, engaging multimedia content, which you’ll evaluate, review, and improve.

If you’re a confident communicator with relevant experience and skills, we’d love to have you on our team.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Victoria Coates, Internal Communications & Engagement Lead on 07702 922 746 or victoria.coates@hullcc.gov.uk

Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.

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Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is classed as ‘politically restricted’ under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended). The full details of the restrictions are set out in the Statutory Instrument, but broadly the restrictions prohibit candidature from public elected office; holding office in a political party; as well as involvement in political activities such as canvassing or public speaking/writing.

Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Standard Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, ad hoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.