Job Description

We're VIVID! -We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!
Bring your communications expertise to a team that values creativity and impact!
At VIVID, we're passionate about telling our story and connecting with people in ways that make a real difference. We're looking for a skilled Communications Officer who knows how to craft compelling messages, manage campaigns, and build engagement across multiple channels. If you've got experience in PR and corporate communications and love turning ideas into content that resonates, this is your chance to shine.
This is a full time, permanent role, working 37 hours per week with a minimum of 40% of this to be office based to promote collaboration and team working within the Communications team and other colleagues across the business. You'll join a collaborative, supportive team where your ideas matter and your work help shape how thousands of people see and experience VIVID.
Want to know what we can offer you?

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We'll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Here's the facts about the role:
As our Communications Officer, you'll play a key role in delivering our communications strategy across internal and external audiences. Working closely with the Communications Manager, you'll help shape and implement plans that strengthen our reputation, build engagement, and keep our messaging consistent and impactful.
This is a hands-on role where you'll manage day to day activity, create integrated campaigns, and produce high-quality content for a range of channels, from digital platforms to events. You'll collaborate with colleagues across the business to ensure messages are aligned, reflect our culture, and reach the right people at the right time.
We're looking for someone with substantial proven experience in a similar communications or PR role, possibly within a large-scale organisation, with a strong understanding of corporate communication tools and techniques. You'll be confident creating compelling stories, managing campaigns, and supporting events that showcase our work.
Knowledge of content creation, digital marketing, event management, and CMS platforms is a plus. A degree or professional qualification in communications or marketing would be an advantage.
Meet some of the Comms team and hear more about the role in this short video:
Interviews are due to take place week commencing 26 January (subject to change).
We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we're here to help with that and more.
Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they're easy to use and access by our customers.
We're addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We're the fifth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.
This is summed up in our vision "More homes, bright futures".

Skills Required