Location: Solihull, UK
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Salary: Not specified
Work type: Not specified
Posted: Today
Deadline: 17/11/2026
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Supports the Council's communications activities through press releases, media enquiries, social media management and public awareness campaigns across traditional and digital channels.
Are you a university graduate who loves writing, knows your way around social media and is creative and curious?
If so, a career in public relations and communications could be for you.
We are offering two paid internships for a 12-month period that will train you in all aspects of a career in PR and comms.
You will have the chance to work in our busy Communications Team, taking calls from journalists, responding to enquiries, writing and issuing press releases and statements; as well as using the Council’s social media channels.
As part of the role, you will also be taking on campaigns to promote Council issues through traditional and digital channels; this could be anything from climate change and community clean-ups to initiatives to encourage healthy lifestyles. You will also work closely with the Mayor of Solihull to promote their engagements.
As a graduate this is a fantastic opportunity to take the first step in your career in a complex and varied workplace. At the end of your contract, you will leave with a great portfolio to help gain permanent employment.
If you are interested in working in a political environment for a democratically accountable organisation and want to build a career in communications, then this is the opportunity for you. These internships are politically restricted posts.
You will have:
A strong academic background coupled with bags of common sense.
Great written and spoken communication skills with the ability to interact and engage with people from diverse backgrounds.
An enquiring mind, with enthusiasm and a real willingness to learn and develop throughout the internship.
Our closing date for completed applications is Tuesday 17 November 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to undertake a psychometric test as part of the selection process.
How to apply
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Location: Solihull, UK
Industry: Public Sector
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB. Serving 200,000 citizens daily. The Council compromises 51 councillors, representing 17 wards. It is currently led by the Conservative Party. Solihull Council's current plan shows: OUR VISION Solihull in 2018: Where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and prosperous. - This is the vision we share with our strategic public, private and voluntary sector partners in order to improve outcomes for everyone in Solihull. It directs everything we do. OUR PURPOSE Lives not Services: To be an organisation that improves lives. An organisation needs a purpose in order to know how to make full use of the resources at its disposal. Our Purpose sits at the core of a culture we are creating that puts the emphasis on improving lives before anything else. Our Purpose complements Our Vision. OUR AMBITION Good to Great: To be an organisation that our citizens and staff say is a great one. As an organisation we have been told that we are a good one and that we could be better. So rising to that challenge we have set ourselves an ambition to be great. With greatness being a measure of the value our communities place on the work we do and how we are improving lives. OUR BRAND Open. Honest. Approachable. Keeping our Promises. Our Brand defines the personality of our Council. It was developed by local people who said this is how they expect the Council (its Councillors and staff) to behave. In return they will trust us to do the right things. Our Brand sits at the heart of The Solihull Way.
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