Communications Manager

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The role of Communications Manager is an integral part of the Communications team at NHFT, You will be responsible for internal communications, supporting to ensure our workforce and key internal stakeholders have the best experience of working her at NHFT.

Working as part of the internal and corporate communications sub-team, you will closely support the head of internal and corporate communications to manage and deliver high-level communications projects, as well as maintain and develop core internal communications channels, to meet the needs of our workforce, team NHFT. You will also support with our wider internal communications for and with the workforce of other organisations we support and partner with.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be expected to:

Develop and implement communications plans in alignment with Trust (or partners) strategy, culture and priorities to achieve results with identified
Manage the communications needs of key stakeholder teams, functions and individuals.
Lead on the maintenance of internal communications channels and champion best practice processes to ensure consistently high standards, including forward planning of channel timescales and content.
Gather insights and carry out regular evaluation to inform development of channels and working practices in order to provide continuous improvement to meet evolving audience and stakeholder needs.
Manage other communications professionals and uphold a leadership role within the wider communications team to support meeting the team's overall objectives.
Adhere to our core team processes and role model excellent practice and stakeholder management.
Be a trusted authority on particular areas of the Trust and partners, immersing yourself in the needs issues and realities of those areas and working as an ambassador to ensure appropriate communications and other stakeholder support.
Use of well-established experience and industry standard disciplines and methods to plan, deliver and evaluate communications.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

23 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

270-TF125-CORP

Job locations

St Marys Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oDegree level education in a relevant field (such as marketing, comms, PR or journalism) and/or relevant, demonstrable experience
oKnowledge of communications, engagement and marketing, ideally within an NHS or public sector environment

Desirable

oExperience of developing communications channels in a comparative organisation
oAbility to manage stakeholder relationships and expectations in a complex and sensitive environment.

Experience

Essential

oKnowledge of communications, engagement and marketing, ideally within an NHS or public sector environment
oExperience of managing successful communications projects and stakeholder engagement within a comparative organisation

Desirable

oExperience providing effective line management
oAbility to respond quickly in a fast paced environment and manage prioritisation of workload accordingly

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oDegree level education in a relevant field (such as marketing, comms, PR or journalism) and/or relevant, demonstrable experience
oKnowledge of communications, engagement and marketing, ideally within an NHS or public sector environment

Desirable

oExperience of developing communications channels in a comparative organisation
oAbility to manage stakeholder relationships and expectations in a complex and sensitive environment.

Experience

Essential

oKnowledge of communications, engagement and marketing, ideally within an NHS or public sector environment
oExperience of managing successful communications projects and stakeholder engagement within a comparative organisation

Desirable

oExperience providing effective line management
oAbility to respond quickly in a fast paced environment and manage prioritisation of workload accordingly

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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