View Vacancy - Communications Officer (IRL24.126)

The British Embassy in Dublin is part of a world-wide network, representing UK political, economic and consular interests overseas, and is now recruiting for a Communications Officer.

This position forms part of a dynamic Communications team, who will ensure that our communications is current, projects a positive image of the UK and represents all of the Embassy teams and the depth of our relationship with Ireland. 

The Job Holder will proactively work on a variety of communication tasks, from monitoring media in Ireland, to helping plan communications around events as well as assist with campaigns and evaluation. They will work across the Embassy including with our devolved government teams and with UK Government Departments on issues ranging from prosperity to culture and high-level visits/events. 

You will need to use insight to plan communications activity that is relevant to our audience as well as effectively putting our messages out there in an interesting and engaging way, suggesting new, innovative ideas that could help us cut through the very busy media landscape. In addition, full evaluation of our pro-active output will be key as this will help measure success of campaigns as well as make sure we are always improving our communications.

You will monitor media for items of interest to the UK and prepare daily and weekly summaries for embassy colleagues as well as colleagues in the FCDO and wider government machine.

Finally, as part of the role, you will need to co-ordinate our Embassy crisis preparations. Working across teams to ensure we are ready to respond should an incident arise. 

The job holder will need to be prepared to work flexibly, with occasional out of hours duties (time off in lieu will be given) and to occasionally travel regionally and overseas. 

All staff are required to contribute to the wider corporate activities of the Embassy and to support high level visits as required.  

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Deliver communication plans and evaluate outcomes;
• Work with event leads on comms requirements, acting as the first point of contact in the comms teams for any event;
• Monitor UK and Irish media for Ireland/UK stories, prepare transcripts of key interviews/speeches as well prepare daily press summary;
• Lead on administration for the team, including updating and maintaining the comms grid;
• Help deliver traditional and social media activities on our and partner channels and monitor social media accounts for mentions/comments/questions and responding to queries/acting on items of interest;
• Crisis preparation co-ordination as well Crisis communications;
• Cover other roles in team when they are absent.

• Fluency in both oral and written English (minimum of C1 level for CEFR framework*);
• Knowledge of the Irish media scene and commonly used communication channels in Ireland;
• Social media skills including Twitter and Facebook;
• A self-starter able to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues;
• Able to travel domestically, regionally and internationally (occasionally at short notice);
• High standard of written and spoken English;
• Communications based educational background and/or relevant work experience.