Graduate Marketing and Communications Officer

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Graduate Communications Officer to support our central corporate communications team. The role focuses on social media—creating content, managing and monitoring our platforms—and supporting the development and delivery of communications campaigns and messaging that promote council services, enhance civic pride, and position the borough as a great place to live, work, invest, and visit.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a creative and hard-working team with a strong focus on telling the stories and experiences of our employees and residents in their own voice.

About You

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, engaging content for a range of audiences and platforms.
• Creativity and the ability to generate fresh ideas for campaigns and storytelling that resonate with local communities.
• A recent degree and a genuine interest in local government and public service.
• Proactive approach: takes initiative, shows curiosity, and is eager to learn and grow.
• Well organised and collaborative; works effectively with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our citizens lead long, fulfilling, and healthy lives. We support economic growth, provide high-quality health and care services, protect our most vulnerable, and create strong, supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose, and priorities. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything we do—we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We live by our STRIVE values:

• Support
• Trust
• Respect
• Integrity
• Value Diversity
• Engage

Our employees’ skills, experience, and knowledge are essential to our success, along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm, and motivation to be the best they can be.

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive rewards and benefits package for our employees.

Additional Information

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer sponsorship at this time.

Inclusion and Accessibility

We are committed to developing a culture that respects individuals, appreciates difference, and allows everyone—regardless of background—to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited Disability Confident employer.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the job role criteria.