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Events

GCS Comms Exchange: DDay75 Campaign Planning on the World Stage

3 October

Come and meet the core delivery team of DDay75 who will give a whistle-stop walkthrough of the campaign from fruition to delivery aiming to highlight both the learnings and successes.

Join us for the GCS Academy (Yorkshire and the Humber) a full day's programme of professional development, masterclasses and guest speakers. The Academy programme will feature the latest GCS best practice guidance and tools including GCS2020, the Year of Marketing, COM B model for behaviour change, RESIST toolkit for tackling disinformation, digital skills, local and regional campaigns.

GCS Comms Exchange: Communicating with customers at our borders

7 October

Join the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship strategic communications team to get a unique insight into delivering communications at each stage of the journey to the UK to make visitors feel welcome and to keep our borders safe. Get tips on delivering low-cost communications in multiple markets, working with a range of partners and tapping into a variety of opportunities.

News

Congratulations to the Ministry of Defence for winning Campaign of the Month

The Ministry of Defence’s D-Day 75 campaign has won August’s GCS Campaign of the Month competition. This campaign marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, placing Veterans at the heart of the campaign.

Book now for GCS Accelerate Essential training courses

GCS Accelerate, the digital and culture transformation programme at the forefront of making digital integral to the work of government communicators, launches close to 500 places for GCS members.

Government Communications Functional Standard published

Government Communications Function standard published by GCS. The new standard underpinned by extensive GCS guidance and resources sets the expectations for the management and practice of government communications.

Jobs

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Operations and Communications Officer - AIO

Closing date:

8 October

Location:

London

Ministry of Justice: Judicial Engagement Manager - IO

Closing date:

2 October

Location:

London

Ministry of Defence: Senior Communications Officer (Campaign Events) - SIO

Closing date:

3 October

Location:

London

Blog

GCS2020

Wednesday 16 October 2019

The Government Communication Service is the professional body for all government communications professionals. With some 4500 of us across over 350 different UK government departments, public bodies and devolved administrations, that means our work in communications must make the best, standard.

Connecting Diverse Voices: Diversity of Thought

Tuesday 9 July 2019

GCS Apprentice, Gabriella Jessup, writes about her experience attending a training workshop on “Diversity of Thought”, as part of the Conversations Connecting Diverse Voice (CCDV) programme. The session was delivered by MoD officials and based on their Department’s response to the Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot) Report.

Case Studies

HMRC - Data and Ducks

The HMRC self-assessment campaigns help 11 million UK customers to do their tax returns on time and avoid penalties. This campaign tackled the challenge of improving on the record-breaking results of 2017 by going against industry practice and developing a brand new creative.

DCMS - WWI Centenary Commemoration

In October 2012 the Government set out its ambition for a truly national First World War centenary commemoration on which to build an enduring educational and cultural legacy. Creating an emotional resonance was crucial in bringing the FWW to life and making it meaningful for 21st century audiences.

MOJ/HMPPS - Prison Officer Recruitment

The Prison Officer Recruitment campaign has been one of the most successful in recent years. By targetting men and women aged 25-35 who were looking for a career, not just a job, the campaign met the target of over 2,500 additional hires significantly ahead of schedule and under budget.