Corporate Communication
Matt's role
Matt directs and leads the development, implementation, governance and evaluation of strategic communications, both internally and externally.
He develops strategic, collaborative communications activity with partner agencies in Nottinghamshire and elsewhere and directs all communictaions in relation to critical incidents.
The Force's advisor on all communications activity, he leads a department of 13 people and attends meetings of the Chief Officer Team.
Duties and responsibilities
Matt is responsible for maintaining and enhancing positive relationships between the police and public and with all other stakeholders including employees, staff associations, media organsations, and public, private sector and voluntary sector organisations in order to generate support for, and engagement in, effective policing activity in Nottinghamshire.
He develops and directs the implementation and evaluation of strategic and tactical communications plans to improve operational performance, to enhance public understanding of, and confidence and participation in, policing services, and to improve the reputation of Nottinghamshire Police.
He is the strategic lead for the force on all communications functions including media services, public relations, marketing, e-services, internal communications, corporate identity and image, stakeholder management, crisis management and partnership communications.
He represents the force at a local and national level on strategic communications issues and as Gold Communications Officer in the context of major and critical incidents, he plans and directs communications strategies, often on behalf of several different agencies in order to ensure public safety and to enhance operational performance.
In liaison with other agencies, he designs and tests contingency plans to manage the communications needs of multi-agency critical issues which threaten public safety and the public’s confidence in the police in Nottinghamshire.
He manages departmental and force budgets in relation to communications activity to ensure the maximum efficiency and effectiveness of all communications activity and provides strategic and tactical communications advice to the Chief Officer Team.
