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Communications Intern (12-months FTC)
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Communications Intern (12-months FTC)
About The Role
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people and the opportunities we create together. As a Communications Intern, you’ll have the chance to kick-start your career in a fast-paced and creative communications environment, gaining valuable hands-on experience while supporting the promotion of services that make a real difference to local communities. Working as part of our Communications Team, you’ll gain exposure to a wide range of specialisms including media relations, social media, marketing, internal communications, and events, helping you build the skills and confidence needed for a successful career in communications.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone at the start of their career who is eager to learn, develop new skills, and make a meaningful contribution within a supportive and collaborative team.
What will you be doing?
- You’ll support a variety of communications activities, working alongside experienced professionals to help deliver engaging and effective communications across the Council.
- From drafting social media content, press releases, and internal communications to supporting campaigns, events, and digital content creation, no two days will be the same.
- You’ll also help monitor media coverage, support the production of newsletters and briefings, and build relationships with colleagues across the organisation to help showcase the positive work taking place across West Northamptonshire.
This role will give you the opportunity to gain practical experience across multiple communication channels while developing a broad understanding of how communications supports a large and complex organisation.
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- You’re enthusiastic, creative, and keen to build a career in communications.
- You enjoy writing, have a good eye for detail, and are confident communicating with a wide range of people.
- Whether through education, voluntary work, personal projects, or previous experience, you have an interest in storytelling, social media, and creating engaging content.
- You’re someone who enjoys learning, takes initiative, and can work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong organisation skills, a positive attitude, and a willingness to embrace new challenges will help you succeed in this role.
- Most importantly, you’ll share our passion for making a difference and bring energy, curiosity, and creativity to everything you do, reflecting our THRIVE values and helping our communities to thrive.
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About Us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit, and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate, and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
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We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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Job Details
- Salary: £26083 - £26495
- Salary Frequency: Annual
- Working Hours: 37
- Job Reference: Ref/162341/8890
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Closing Date: 19 July, 2026
- Job Category: Communications Marketing & PR
- Location: Northampton, United Kingdom
- Job Posted Date: 6 July, 2026
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