Senior Campaigns Officer WCC622346

Senior Campaigns Officer WCC622346

• Salary range: £42,912 – £46,854 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience.
• Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
• Hours per week: 36
• Contract type: 1x Temporary for 3 months and 1x Temporary for 6 months
• Closing date: 8 October 2025
• Interview date: 13 October 2025

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF DAPHNE’S INSIGHT

Corporate Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where passionate and expert professionals go above and beyond for their colleagues every day.

Daphne, our champion for people with learning difficulties, is a real beacon. She doesn’t just advocate for colleagues with these difficulties, she teaches managers how to identify and understand the conditions and support their teams at work. Daphne has an innate ability to see the human behind every situation, helping them capitalise on strengths and overcome challenges to be their very best. With her empathy and expertise, she’s a natural. But then, a lifetime of managing her own dyslexia and dyspraxia brings with it unique insight. Our people – and ultimately residents – benefit every day.

Please view the extraordinary story of Daphne’s Insight here.

The Role:

As a Senior Campaign Officer, you too can make a powerful contribution. Join a growing team, learn new skills, broaden your portfolio, and work on campaigns and projects that will make a difference in the heart of London.

You’ll design and deliver strategic, audience-first campaigns that support council priorities and corporate objectives, using government-backed planning frameworks. You’ll turn to data and insight to inform your decision-making on the most effective interventions, channels and tools to engage and influence audiences. You’ll scan and interpret the local government and communications landscape to identify and manage risks, while making the most of opportunities. Once a campaign is in progress, you’ll regularly evaluate its effectiveness and identify areas for future improvement.

Each campaign will have a key message, and you’ll drive it forward, ensuring that every team is on the same page. That’ll entail developing strong relationships with senior stakeholders, explaining the scope of the work and keeping them updated throughout. It’ll also involve overseeing shoots, writing copy, and working with media to promote campaign ideas. At all times, you’ll make sure that content is in line with our brand and objectives. And that each campaign delivers effective, measurable and transparent outcomes. You’ll take ownership by chairing meetings for planning and delivery. We’d also like you to inspire the team – promote inclusion, encourage openness and constructive feedback, and support the creative processes.

Together, we’re building an exciting team that is bringing to life strategic campaigns with insight-driven, cut-through content. This is your chance to have a positive, lasting impact on the communities we serve.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

To this role, you’ll bring a proven ability to develop and deliver successful communications and engagement campaigns across diverse channels. Skill in proactive strategy, clear messaging, and working independently with minimal oversight. You’re able to segment, understand audiences, and create communication that meets their needs. You have demonstrable experience creating online content – matched with strong communication skills, whether it be in copywriting, editing or visuals.

As this is a council role, you’ll need to be experienced and comfortable handling sensitive enquires, including liaising with stakeholders to minimise reputational risk. It would be great if you have worked in a political environment before, where you’ve had to accommodate differing perspectives across the organisation. You have knowledge of issues facing local government, as well as the legal, financial and political context of public sector engagement. Building collaborative relationships across the council and externally will be key.

Our work can get busy. You’ll be comfortable in this environment and able to juggle responsibilities and prioritise effectively. We’d like you to bring a thoughtful, practical approach to problem solving so that our suggested changes are successful and support the people of Westminster.

A marketing or communications degree would be useful – but equivalent professional experience also works for us.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.