Senior Charity Communications Officer

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has come up to join the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity.This is an integral role in the Charity team and plays a key role in developing fundraising to support our hospital.

UHD NHS charity is here to enhance patient care and provide equipment and state-of-the-art facilities that are above and beyond what the core funding from the NHS provides.

We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic communications professional with a self-starting attitude to support our patients and the NHS.

The purpose of this role is to lead on the development and implementation of a marketing and PR plan for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity, in line with the charity's fundraising strategy, to support the increase of donations and grants

The post holder will provide specialist, quality communications, marketing and PR support to the charity team. They will manage the communications officer and assistant ensuring the use of a wide range of communication and marketing techniques are employed to develop supporter engagement and donations.

Base Location: Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: 4th October 2023

Main duties of the job

The Senior Communications Officer (SCO) will:

• Work closely with the Head of Charity and Senior Charity managers to ensure the necessary marcomms support for delivery of the fundraising strategy
• Produce a broad range of written communications for different audiences including charity annual report, case studies for campaigns and fundraising appeals, impact reports, press releases etc
• Develop, produce and lead the implementation of the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity marketing and PR strategies
• Work closely with the Head of Charity to ensure the marketing and PR strategies are implemented effectively
• Work with the communications team to ensure the trust website is up to date with charity news and events.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Are passionate about communications and are an all-round strong communication professional
• Have experience of running proactive and integrated communications campaigns
• Have a passion for seeking excellence in creating great content across a range of channels, looking for increased engagement from your audiences.
• Can work at pace in a fast-moving environment.
• Are passionate about working in a health and care organisation.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.