Are you seeking a new challenge in social media? Are you interested a role which will shape the activity that will help people to travel across Greater Manchester?

Your Role:

Join our team at Transport for Greater Manchester as a Social Media Officer. In this role, you’ll be immersed in informing, creating and executing a wide range of captivating content for innovative public transport and active travel campaigns.

Who Are We?

Transport for Greater Manchester is committed to enhancing public transport and promoting active travel. As part of our Brand Design and Digital team, you'll be at the forefront of advocating for behaviour change that encourages more people to choose public transport, making a positive impact on our community.

What You'll Bring:

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

We're looking for someone with a deep understanding and experience of social media channels, their mechanics, and current trends. Your nimble, creative flair will be essential in executing captivating campaigns, and you should have a finger on the pulse of popular content creators on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

You’ll have experience in a previous social media role where you have worked to tight deadlines, balancing multiple campaigns at the same time, preferably in an agency environment but not essential.

What We Can Offer You:

You'll be part of a dynamic and creative team responsible for spearheading industry-leading and award-winning campaigns.

You'll be at the forefront of Greater Manchester's transportation evolution, with a significant role in the Bee Networkan integrated public transport system that's set to transform the way our customers travel.

Fuel your creativity and innovation as you work on cutting-edge campaigns that impact the lives of Greater Manchester residents positively. Your ideas will be valued, and your contributions will shape the future of public transport.

This is a permanent role with a salary of £27,841 - £31,915 per annum depending on experience.

Please note the salary is based on a role at band 5 and is indicative only, based on a formal outcome of a job evaluation panel.

Our benefits include:

28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
Free bus, rail or tram travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions.
Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the essential criteria, all appointments will be based on merit.

Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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