Internal Communications and Engagement Officer NEW Stockport Council Posted today Stockport £31[...]

Stockport Council has big ambitions do you? We’re creative, inclusive and transforming our borough at pace, leading one of the UK’s largest town centre regenerations. We’re building vibrant neighbourhoods, new homes, better transport and great jobs across the borough making Stockport a place people want to live, work and stay.

We’re looking for a talented Internal Communications & Engagement Officer to help bring that ambition to life for our colleagues. In this newly created role, you’ll join a growing team already making a real impact creating communications that connect colleagues to our strategy and values, and drive action. You’ll strengthen our people-focused culture by developing and delivering engaging content, campaigns and events that bring people together, including our regular Colleague Briefing sessions.

Working closely with the Communications Lead (Internal and Workforce) and colleagues across HR and Organisational Development, you’ll help design, develop and deliver strategic internal communications and engagement plans that drive behaviour change, boost leader visibility, support organisational performance, and encourage a meaningful two-way dialogue at all levels.

You’ll take a proactive approach to internal communications - identifying and shaping content from across the organisation and sharing it creatively across a range of channels to bring our plans to life, including digital, video, face-to-face engagement, newsletters, intranet content and LinkedIn.

You’ll also play a key role in planning and delivering internal events, making sure they are well organised, engaging and run smoothly. Alongside this, you’ll deliver targeted campaigns on key priorities such as health and wellbeing, EDI, and reward and recognition, while working closely with the wider Communications team to amplify great stories about Stockport building pride and advocacy right across our workforce.

We’re looking for someone who is creative, proactive and self-driven - someone who takes ownership and thrives on turning ideas into impact. You’ll help shape the stories we tell, keeping colleagues informed while bringing our values and culture to life in a way that truly connects. Strong communications, writing and stakeholder management skills are a must. If you can add video editing and basic design skills, even better.

You’ll report to the Communications Lead (Internal and Workforce) and be part of a team at the heart of the organisation - trusted to work with autonomy while influencing and supporting leaders at every level. You’ll create communications and design engagement initiatives that are strategic, empowering and full of heart, playing a key role in strengthening our Team Stockport culture and making the council an even better place to work.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the values and behaviours that can help use make sure we keep people at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Victoria Conway, Communications Lead Internal and Workforce on victoria.conway@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

This post is politically restricted under the terms of the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act. This dictates that you must seek the council’s permission before taking up any additional appointments or positions.

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There is a contractual requirement for this role to form part of the On Call Communications Rota which operates Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays from 8am to 8pm. A standby allowance is paid for each shift (as at 1 April 2025). The postholder will be on the rota approx 6 weekends a year.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.