We’re looking for a brilliant person to manage all the digital platforms and content for the Community Engagement Team. We want someone who can develop innovative ways to raise awareness and engage communities with a key focus on understanding community need and improving services.
This is a relatively new post to develop our digital engagement approach and increase engagement. It is 18.5 hours per week that can be worked flexibly both from the office and home working.
If you would like more information or an informal chat please email Gabs Tiranti – Interim Community Engagement Manager on
[email protected]
Interview date: To be confirmed
Contract type: Permanent
About the Role
We’re looking for a Digital Engagement Officer to join our team and help support the growth and development of our engagement with tenants, leaseholders and residents of the city.
It’s a powerful thing to connect with other people over shared experiences and to come together to bring change. Now more than ever, people are turning to the online world to form connections, seek information and find support.
We’re looking for someone who has a passion for community engagement, an understanding of the importance of co-design, and the ability to work proactively and flexibly to meet the ever-changing needs of an active and engaged community. We want someone skilled in reaching new communities, as we’re committed to widening our engagement opportunities to reach more diverse and minoritised communities.
You’ll make sure that we are capturing community insights, to shape our ongoing focus.
So, if you’re a whiz at creating fun and informative community content, understand the importance of bringing a human touch to moderation, and can bring passion and excitement to the continued development of our communications to reach communities, we’d love to hear from you.
The post holders will be expected to be in the office some days to connect with the team, but this role will retain some flexibility for working from home (hybrid working).
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.
We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.
All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants’ responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
