Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Communications and Engagement Senior Officer (Digital Content and Livestream)
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Communications & Engagement Senior Officer
Permanent
Location: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Manchester city centre)
Politically restricted post
Ability to drive required
Overview
Greater Manchester has a powerful story to tell and we’re looking for a creative digital content and livestream specialist to help us tell it. This is an exciting opportunity to create video, photos, events and social media content for one of the UK’s most high-profile city-regions.
Although the role covers a range of digital content and audio-visual tasks, we're especially interested in finding someone with solid photography skills, including flash photography.
As a Communications and Engagement Senior Officer (Digital Content and Livestream) you’ll be collaborating with the talented Audio-Visual team, producing impactful content for Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), the Mayor of Greater Manchester, the Deputy Mayor and our partners.
You’ll be joining a team taking award-winning photos, shooting and editing captivating videos, delivering high-profile event production and creating high-quality podcasts. Your work will be helping people understand what is happening across Greater Manchester and why it matters.
You’ll bring creativity and technical expertise, delivering exceptional content in a fast-moving environment. If you’re organised, creative and passionate about creating content that informs, engages and moves people then this is the role for you!
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be a key contributor helping bring Greater Manchester’s priorities to life through content creation and events production. In this role, you will:
- Support the work of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Communications and Engagement service by providing digital content and livestream services.
- Provide photography, video, livestream, audio and editing services to support GMCA’s vision for Greater Manchester – as set out in the Greater Manchester Strategy and GMCA Corporate Plan – and ensure our work and the devolution powers which help drive it are recognised and understood by our colleagues, partners and the public and that they feel engaged and involved.
- Support GMFRS requirements, providing photography, video, live event support and other digital content creation as required.
- Work with AV colleagues to deliver livestreamed events, including high-profile press conferences, scrutiny meetings, and staff events.
- Work closely with the Audio-Visual team and internal colleagues from across GMCA, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), as well as suppliers and external partners.
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This role sits at the heart of a high-profile, high-impact communications service, and you’ll play a key part in how Greater Manchester communicates with the people it serves.
What you’ll bring
- Hands-on experience producing high-quality digital content for a high-profile organisation, with the ability to film and edit at pace.
- Experience creating high-quality content and complex livestreaming for high-profile events, with a strong focus on reliability, accessibility and technical excellence.
- Good writing skills and editorial judgement, able to translate complex ideas and cutting‑edge policy into clear, engaging content for different audiences.
- Calm, resilient and adaptable with sound judgement under pressure and managing competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
- Collaborative and skilled at building effective relationships across a large, complex organisation, working confidently with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.
- Committed to public service values, ensuring content is engaging, accessible and aligned with GMCA’s vision, missions, values and behaviours.
Why join us?
At GMCA, you’ll help deliver our shared vision of a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life. You’ll work on stories that matter, from major policy announcements to community‑led initiatives and you’ll help shape how millions of people understand the work happening across our city‑region.
You’ll also join a supportive, creative communications service that values innovation, wellbeing and professional development.
Ready to help shape Greater Manchester’s story? If you’re passionate about content creation, events, and the chance to make a real difference for our city-region, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
As an employer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
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We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about us, please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
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Hybrid working
This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our Manchester city centre office with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.
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