Communications Officer - 10 weeks - £19-24 ph

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Communications Officer to work for a large public sector organisation in Edinburgh. You will be a part of the website team and play a key role in the development of the organisations website. You will work alongside Content Designers and play an integral part in providing administrative and operational support

Essential skills:

• Demonstrable experience in a communications role
• Experience in understanding audience needs and business objectives
• Demonstrable experience in project coordination
• Experience of facilitating team meetings, webinars, events and/or conferences online
• Proficient in creating accurate, engaging and compelling content that resonates with an online audience.
• Proven knowledge of SEO and implementing best practices when creating web content.
• Confident researcher, using a variety of methods to produce web content, including job profiles, blogs, and case studies
• Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards and using them to inform the development of web content for all users
• Ability to respond to confidential and sensitive situations with confidence and discretion, utilising tact, diplomacy, and persuasion skills when necessary
• Line management skills and experience including coaching and/or mentoring of team members
• Proven expertise in using Microsoft 365, in particular Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.