Job summary
Working collaboratively with the Business Support Manager you will design and develop innovative and exciting staff engagement activities supporting the workforce priorities of our senior leadership team.
Do you have excellent organisation and communication skills? Are you highly organised with an eye for detail? Can you show creativity when developing forward thinking communication plans? If the answer is yes, then this is an exciting opportunity for you, and we would love to hear from you.
Experience of social media management tools and writing content for different audiences is essential to help you hit the ground running. Join our team and you will soon make a difference to the delivery of all our staff engagement and communication plans.
Interested? Please call Graham Rimmer for a discussion about the role on 07890 038 472
If you are interested in the post but feel you don't have all the experience we need, please do get in touch for a chat as we are happy to discuss development opportunities too
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service (MCS). as our Senior Communications Officer with responsibility for leading the creation and maintenance of a strong stakeholder engagement network across our MCS and wider Trust, producing high quality and eye-catching materials and literature for our internal communications in print, audio, and video formats. Your role will include:
- Developing and distributing engaging and timely internal communications
- Creating and managing innovative communication and internal PR campaigns
- Keeping our intranet site, website, and social media accounts up to date and with exciting and engaging content
- Coordinating regular staff engagement events both online and face-to-face
- Promoting our regular staff surveys and reviewing findings for action
- Developing and supporting our annual staff recognition awards
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.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our over 28,000 workforce to pursue their career goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from an extraordinary scale of opportunity.
We're also creating a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research & innovation through the introduction of Hive; our new Electronic Patient Record system, launching in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, offering a robust infrastructure to facilitate high-quality research programmes. Moreover, we're excited to be progressing our MFT Green Plan along with our vison to become an Anchor Organisation, creating new jobs, promoting healthy lifestyles, developing skills and contributing to a zero-carbon environment for the benefit of the local neighbourhood.
At MFT, we create & foster a culture of inclusion & belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open & transparent, protecting your health & wellbeing & shaping MFT's future 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.
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.
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
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Good standard of education (A-C GCSE minimum)
- Specialist training and experience in website copywriting and development
Experience
Essential
- Experience and demonstrated interest in media and communications
- Knowledge of using social media management tools and writing content for different audiences
- Experience of preparing comprehensive communications plans and leading on delivery
- Experience in writing, including articles, newsletters, promotional materials and press releases
- Experience of planning and implementing staff/stakeholder events and briefings
Desirable
- Understanding of the NHS and its partner organisations
- Experience in effective networking and building partnerships with different interest groups
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (including spelling, grammar and punctuation)
- Ability to work to deadlines
- High level of IT competency and able to demonstrate advanced use of software programmes including Microsoft Outlook / Teams / Excel / Powerpoint / Word
- Demonstrated ability to generate new ideas with an ability to problem solve
- Ability to manage and deliver multiple tasks at the same time
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud including Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and Photo Shop
- Knowledge of applying communication techniques for a large, complex organisation
Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with people at all levels and across organisations
- Operates with diligence, precision with attention to detail
- Able to show initiative, work with minimum supervision and be adaptive to changing circumstances showing resilience
- Able to work positively as part of a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Good standard of education (A-C GCSE minimum)
- Specialist training and experience in website copywriting and development
Experience
Essential
- Experience and demonstrated interest in media and communications
- Knowledge of using social media management tools and writing content for different audiences
- Experience of preparing comprehensive communications plans and leading on delivery
- Experience in writing, including articles, newsletters, promotional materials and press releases
- Experience of planning and implementing staff/stakeholder events and briefings
Desirable
- Understanding of the NHS and its partner organisations
- Experience in effective networking and building partnerships with different interest groups
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (including spelling, grammar and punctuation)
- Ability to work to deadlines
- High level of IT competency and able to demonstrate advanced use of software programmes including Microsoft Outlook / Teams / Excel / Powerpoint / Word
- Demonstrated ability to generate new ideas with an ability to problem solve
- Ability to manage and deliver multiple tasks at the same time
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud including Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and Photo Shop
- Knowledge of applying communication techniques for a large, complex organisation
Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with people at all levels and across organisations
- Operates with diligence, precision with attention to detail
- Able to show initiative, work with minimum supervision and be adaptive to changing circumstances showing resilience
- Able to work positively as part of a team
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service
Saint Mary's Hospital, Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Employer's website
https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
