Job summary
The Northern Sexual Health, Contraception and HIV Service
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic digital marketing officer to provide The Northern's digital marketing strategy to reach more people, build stronger relationships with our digital audiences, and support income generation and participant recruitment for the service.
Working as part of a friendly information technology team you will have excellent IT and communication skills and be able to work calmly under pressure using your own initiative, with an ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.Essentially, we are looking for a candidate educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience; who has knowledge of the specialist areas identified in the job description, acquired through experience or training.We would expect the candidate to be a good team player with a flexible approach to work, providing digital support to the entire service.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties of the role will be the implementation, running and management of the below (please see job description and main responsibilities for further information):
- Websites - The Northern website (The Northern Sexual Health - Home) and FRESH4MANCHESTER (Home - Fresh4Manchester) sites.
- To liaise with Trust Communications as required and appropriate, as well as engaging with key Stakeholders and partner organisations.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of specialist areas identified in the Job Description, acquired through experience or training
- An understanding healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on communications and engagement
Desirable
- Experience of working in a team and working effectively with a number of organisations simultaneously
- Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis.
- Previously worked in similar position within the public sector.
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential
- Capable of managing work to meet strict deadlines
- Skilled at handling politically sensitive situations diplomatically and managing the reputation of individuals and organisations
- Excellent at managing media relationships at national, trade and local level.
- Demonstrated experience of working in or with the media
- Experience of using a wide range of communications tools and channels including digital - with the ability to identify the right channel for specific audiences
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and proritising workload to changing and often tight deadlines.
Desirable
- The ability to prioritise own work load effectively, deal with conflicting demands and stay abreast of communications and engagement trends and best practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of specialist areas identified in the Job Description, acquired through experience or training
- An understanding healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on communications and engagement
Desirable
- Experience of working in a team and working effectively with a number of organisations simultaneously
- Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis.
- Previously worked in similar position within the public sector.
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential
- Capable of managing work to meet strict deadlines
- Skilled at handling politically sensitive situations diplomatically and managing the reputation of individuals and organisations
- Excellent at managing media relationships at national, trade and local level.
- Demonstrated experience of working in or with the media
- Experience of using a wide range of communications tools and channels including digital - with the ability to identify the right channel for specific audiences
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and proritising workload to changing and often tight deadlines.
Desirable
- The ability to prioritise own work load effectively, deal with conflicting demands and stay abreast of communications and engagement trends and best practice.
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).
