Press Office Budget, Headcount and Job Descriptions

  1. The budget for your council’s press office/media department in 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16 and 2016/17

Please see the below table.  The budget is the total of the ‘staff costs’ and ‘other costs’.

  1. The headcount of staff employed in your council’s press office/media department in 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16 and 2016/17
Headcount Staff Costs Other Costs
2011/12 5.87 £241,255.06 £4,135.68
2012/13 5.87 £250,472.16 £4,491.52
2013/14 5.31 £227,973.10 £6,576.34
2014/15 5.09 £221,842.31 £3,242.64
2015/16 5.55 £236,709.54 £1,839.77
2016/17 4.78 £223,164.74 £2,145.87
  1. A structure chart and job descriptions and salary bands for the media relations/press office team currently employed by your council.

The current structure comprises:

Head of News [Grade L9 – £47,311]

Media and PR Manager (Operational) [Grade H – £35,444 to £39,177]

Media and PR Officers x 2.78 [Grade G – £30,785 to £34,538]

Job descriptions are provided via the above links.