Communications
Ensuring our voice is heard
The work of the ICO is of national and international significance - and it affects everyone in the UK.
Ensuring our voice is heard
The work of the ICO is of national and international significance - and it affects everyone in the UK. All organisations need to be aware of their obligations and the public need to be aware of their rights. Whilst we need to maintain our solid corporate reputation as an influential organisation that people trust, respect and turn to for advice and expertise.
We are proud that public awareness of information rights is already extremely high. However, whilst high profile data losses have drawn a lot of attention to the importance of our work, they have also damaged confidence in the protection of public information. Rebuilding that faith means convincing organisations that good information practice is essential for protecting individuals and the reputation of the organisation.
Teams throughout the ICO come to us as a vital first step in planning projects or initiatives to ensure that good communication is built in from the start. We help them plan communications, formulate messages, identify audiences and determine the right tools for the job.
What skills do we look for?
Naturally you will need to be a good communicator who can help us to get our message across in a number of different ways. As well as all-round experience in communications, you should be professional, diplomatic and calm under pressure with the ability to help us deliver long-term strategies and provide immediate reactions to major stories.
Roles in communications
We provide an all-round professional communications service, with the emphasis on communications planning. We aim to be a flexible department, offering high quality advice and a seamless service. Whatever level you join our Wilmslow based team, you could work on projects in one or more of the following areas:
- Major projects – Communications and campaign planning. Media planning. Annual reports.
- Materials production – Campaigns. Publications and DVDs. Exhibitions and events. Writing, plain English editing, translations and special needs materials.
- Stakeholder relations – Political monitoring. Stakeholder relations strategy. Speaking engagements.
- Market research.
- Corporate identity.
- Website – Content and navigation. Maintenance and development. Website updates, statistics and online monitoring.
- Internal Communications – In-house magazine. Intranet. Staff briefings. Notice boards. Staff events.
Our people were involved in every aspect of this high profile case study of The Consulting Association.
