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The professional body for people working in communications roles across government.

Events

Webinar: Introduction to Strategic Communications

23 April

This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to design and implement strategic communication campaigns.

Webinar: Introduction to External Affairs

16 April

This webinar will give you confidence in all stages of stakeholder engagement. It will outline tools and techniques for assessing and prioritising stakeholders before making an initial approach, establishing and sustaining effective partnerships, and evaluating results.

Webinar: COM-B: Using Behavioural Science to Communicate Strategically

7 April

The webinar will cover an introduction to COM-B and how it can be used to improve your campaigns as well as talk about trust as one of the concepts that is of huge relevance to government communications at the moment.

News

GCS Campaign of the Month winner February 2020

We celebrate February's campaign of the month winner.
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GCS Campaign of the Month winner January 2020

Congratulations to the British Army OP SMART Communications team, winners of the GCS Campaign of the month for the ‘British Army Mental Health Fitness and Resilience Communications' campaign.
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Directors of Communications Appointments

Alex Aiken, Executive Director for Government Communications and Head of Profession congratulates colleagues newly appointed to Directors of Communications roles and thanks those moving on from the profession.

Jobs

Department for Work and Pensions: Press Officer (IO)

Closing date:

Sunday 19th April

Location:

London

Cabinet Office: Head of Research & Evaluation (Grade 7)

Closing date:

Sunday 26th April

Location:

London

Ministry of Defence: Head of External Communications (SCS)

Closing date:

Sunday 5th April

Location:

London

Blog

Virtual mentoring, real support

Tuesday 24 March 2020

If you’re new to our programme, it brings together communication specialists in a mentoring partnership. Mentors are able to guide their mentees through a series of informal one-to-one discussions. 

Helping new government communicators settle into their roles

Tuesday 24 March 2020

We have launched the GCS welcome pack to help new joiners across the civil service settle into their roles during this difficult time.

Case Studies

HMRC - Data and Ducks campaign image

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 poster

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 campaign image of two prison officers

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.