Job summary
There is an exciting opportunity for a Fundraising Marketing & Communications Assistant to join our Charity Team.
You will be an enthusiastic, ideally with experience in a similar role, preferably in a not-for-profit environment. You'll be able to confidently deliver compelling content that engages our wide range of supporters.
You'll have exceptional communication skills, with a love for writing copy and a talent for finding a story.
We're looking for someone who's able to relate to people from a range of backgrounds and able to form good working relationships with colleagues, clinicians, researchers, stakeholders and journalists.
As well as bringing creative, fresh ideas, you'll be highly organised and able to manage your workload across a wide-ranging grants portfolio and multiple strands of fundraising activity. You'll have strong attention to detail but also be able to step back and see the wider, strategic picture.
A positive, can-do attitude is essential, as well as living LUHFT values caring, fair & innovative.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Main duties of the job
- Optimize the charities digital activity and presence, including social media, email and direct mail activity.
- Support the execution of internal and external charity marketing campaigns.
- Tell donor stories and clearly convey how charity donations can make a difference to patient care.
- Ensure the new Charity Trust brand identity is reflected appropriately in all internal and external communications and marketing activities.
- Write, edit and coordinate the production of promotional material and collateral in line with the charities aims and objectives.
- Support the planning, organisation, promotion and delivery of internal and external charity events.
- Undertake effective evaluation of marketing campaigns.
- Support the Trust communications and marketing team to implement charity campaigns.
- Prioritise workload by assessing work requests with varying deadlines
- Work on specific projects in agreement with the Head of Fundraising.
- Work in a matrix style to ensure cross-cover across the team.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Twitter - @LUHFTcareers
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Optimize the charities digital activity and presence, including social media, email and direct mail activity.
- Support the execution of internal and external charity marketing campaigns.
- Tell donor stories and clearly convey how charity donations can make a difference to patient care.
- Ensure the new Charity Trust brand identity is reflected appropriately in all internal and external communications and marketing activities.
- Write, edit and coordinate the production of promotional material and collateral in line with the charities aims and objectives.
- Support the planning, organisation, promotion and delivery of internal and external charity events.
- Undertake effective evaluation of marketing campaigns.
- Support the Trust communications and marketing team to implement charity campaigns.
- Prioritise workload by assessing work requests with varying deadlines
- Work on specific projects in agreement with the Head of Fundraising.
- Work in a matrix style to ensure cross-cover across the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Optimize the charities digital activity and presence, including social media, email and direct mail activity.
- Support the execution of internal and external charity marketing campaigns.
- Tell donor stories and clearly convey how charity donations can make a difference to patient care.
- Ensure the new Charity Trust brand identity is reflected appropriately in all internal and external communications and marketing activities.
- Write, edit and coordinate the production of promotional material and collateral in line with the charities aims and objectives.
- Support the planning, organisation, promotion and delivery of internal and external charity events.
- Undertake effective evaluation of marketing campaigns.
- Support the Trust communications and marketing team to implement charity campaigns.
- Prioritise workload by assessing work requests with varying deadlines
- Work on specific projects in agreement with the Head of Fundraising.
- Work in a matrix style to ensure cross-cover across the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Educated to degree standard
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a corporate communications/public relations team (this can include work experience)
- Experience of researching, writing and producing different communications, including web content, press releases and newsletter articles
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of creating content for websites/intranets/social media
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of corporate communications within the organisation
Skills
Essential
- Competent computer skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills to ensure work is completed on time with a strong attention to detail
- Able to work with minimal supervision and on own initiative
- Able to work effectively as part of a team
- Able to be creative and think of new ideas using own initiative
- Able to communicate with colleagues at all levels
- Able to work flexibly as required, with occasional requirement to work out of hours
- Willingness to learn, train and develop
Other
Essential
- Discrete, confidential and professional manner
- Able to demonstrate alignment to Trust values
- Interest in the NHS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Educated to degree standard
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a corporate communications/public relations team (this can include work experience)
- Experience of researching, writing and producing different communications, including web content, press releases and newsletter articles
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of creating content for websites/intranets/social media
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of corporate communications within the organisation
Skills
Essential
- Competent computer skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills to ensure work is completed on time with a strong attention to detail
- Able to work with minimal supervision and on own initiative
- Able to work effectively as part of a team
- Able to be creative and think of new ideas using own initiative
- Able to communicate with colleagues at all levels
- Able to work flexibly as required, with occasional requirement to work out of hours
- Willingness to learn, train and develop
Other
Essential
- Discrete, confidential and professional manner
- Able to demonstrate alignment to Trust values
- Interest in the NHS
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
