Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Design and Content Assistant

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Job summary

Do you eat, sleep, and breathe all things design? Is 'content' your middle name? Are you ready to be a brand guardian of the NHS, the most recognised brand in the UK? Well, if the answer is yes to these questions, then this is the job for you! We're looking for a budding Design and Content Assistant to join our busy Media and Communications Team in one of the largest NHS provider organisations in the country.

You'll have the enthusiasm, organisational skills and drive to provide outstanding support to a communications team, and be the lead for our busy patient publications process, managing multiple design jobs and working to very tight timescales. You'll take pride in the vital role you play and be able to manage a broad and ever shifting workload.

You'll support the team in the delivery of the Trust's media and communications strategy by creating high quality content (writing, graphics, video) for use by the wider communications team as part of communications campaigns and designing patient and staff publications.

In this fast-paced and constantly changing environment, we need someone who is enthusiastic and creative, with good communication skills. If you are also looking to develop experience and skills within a communications team, this could be the exciting opportunity you've been looking for.

Main duties of the job

*To manage and maintain the Trust's publication process (print and digital) - this can be up to 400 leaflets/posters/booklets per year

*To create high quality content (writing, graphics, video) for use by the wider comms team as part of communications campaigns and activity

*To support with administrative tasks as part of the wider Communications and Engagement team

*To provide an administrative function for projects and gather information and/or undertake enquiries

*To support the wider team to maintain the integrity of the public and staff websites and social media channels

*To provide communications support to the wider team

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

09 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£23,949 to £26,282 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-CORP-N-880A

Job locations

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Apply the Trust's visual identity and brand in all communications work.

*Support client services to develop a clear brief for work required, keeping them informed of progress and always providing good customer service.

*Help produce clear, accessible, understandable patient information working with relevant services and subject matter experts.

*Administer the process for approving and reviewing patient information to ensure it is up to date and meets patient needs and legal requirements.

*Liaise with external agencies or suppliers as appropriate, for example designers and printers and other production companies

*Support the Associate Director of Communications, Head of Communications and Communications Managers, within the communications department by providing administrative project support for significant corporate projects

*Establishing administrative systems for ensuring that projects and routine work are progressed in accordance with agreed timescales and monitoring project schedule, drawing any potential slippage to the attention of the lead manager

*Writing material for a range of platforms including web, social media feeds, media, internal publications, leaflets and reports

*Supporting the development of the Staff Portal and the Trust's website; managing, amending and uploading content

*Taking photographs and supporting with video production and editing

*Creating graphics for the use of the Trust's websites and social media channels