Job summary
Closing Date: 06.10.2025
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: w/c 06.10.2025
Interviews are scheduled for 21.10.2025
Are you passionate about communications and health research? Do you want to be part of a groundbreaking research programme that's transforming lives in Bradford and beyond? If so, we want to hear from you!
We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity to join Born in Bradford (BiB) as our Communications Coordinator supporting both internal and external communications within research, primarily for the portfolio of Born in Bradford projects in alignment with the BiB communications aims which are:
1) To celebrate the participation of over 60,000 Bradfordians in this world-leading study and to keep them actively engaged in BiB - from young citizen scientists to health champions.
2) To raise the profile of Bradford as a City of Research - no other city in the world has as many people engaged in research.
3) To accelerate the mobilisation of knowledge and evidence that emerges from BiB to shape regional and national policy and ensuring rapid implementation of findings.
4) To make Bradford the go-to place for accessing evidence and undertaking child health research rooted in the voices of children and young people, and for testing innovative approaches to improving health and reducing health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Support internal and external communications across Born in Bradford projects in line with BiB's communication aims.
- Help engage over 60,000 participants - from young citizen scientists to health champions - keeping them informed and inspired.
- Assist in raising Bradford's profile as a City of Research, helping to position it as a global leader in public involvement and health innovation.
- Work to translate and disseminate research findings to influence regional and national policy.
- Support event planning, public engagement activities, and stakeholder communications across BiB and BIHR.
- Collaborate closely with researchers, NHS staff, academic partners, and local and national stakeholders.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What We're Looking For
Were looking for someone with:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A passion for research, health, and community engagement
- Experience in communications, PR, and/or marketing
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work across diverse teams
- Familiarity with social media and digital content creation is a must!
Please see job description and person spec for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What We're Looking For
Were looking for someone with:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A passion for research, health, and community engagement
- Experience in communications, PR, and/or marketing
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work across diverse teams
- Familiarity with social media and digital content creation is a must!
Please see job description and person spec for more information.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent writing, editorial and proof-reading skills. Able to translate jargon and turn complex information into plain English.
Desirable
- Image editing for the web (Adobe Photoshop or similar)
Experience
Essential
- Working within a marketing, communications, or public relations related field.
- Professional experience of developing and implementing digital and social media, including but not limited to Facebook; Twitter, YouTube; Google+.
- Proven experience of using own initiative
- Using online systems to develop and distribute e-bulletins.
- Working on websites, intranets, and other media to ensure quality, user-friendly, dynamic content.
- Experience of CMS (content management systems).
- Ability to develop effective communication plans and strategies.
- Experience of liaising with members of the community, user groups, business stakeholders and the media.
- Experience of coordinating events both physically and virtually
- Experience of working with a diverse range of healthcare stakeholders such as clinicians, managers, patients and their representative groups
- Web usage statistics tools and reporting (Google Analytics)
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office software (Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
- Analytical and judgemental skills to process a wide range of information and adapt and present it in a format suitable for a range of target audiences including, but not limited to, the media, patients, commissioners and staff.
- Good planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Able to prioritise workload in a high-pressure environment and meet conflicting deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, pitching and presentation skills.
- Strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills to build and manage relationships at a senior level.
- Ability to organise and support virtual training and meetings (Using Zoom, Microsoft Teams or similar)
Desirable
- Delivering training sessions for groups and individuals at all levels across the organisation.
- Significant post-degree (or equivalent) experience in relevant environment including digital and social media communications
- Ability to shoot, edit and produce short videos for YouTube
- Ability to create and modify PDF files (Adobe Acrobat)
- Ability to design simple flyers / leaflets / briefing documents / web banner images / web info graphics / press releases.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Significant knowledge of marketing and communications strategies and theories, including public relations and brand management.
- Specialist knowledge across a range of digital and social media.
- Knowledge of emerging digital trends.
- Extensive knowledge of using, administrating and configuring content management systems
- Good knowledge of web accessibility (guidelines, legal requirements and best practice)
Desirable
- Knowledge of research techniques to inform and evaluate communication activity
- Understanding of online forms and online surveys
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- We are one team
- We care
- We value people
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent experience of working at a similar level in communications or marketing
- Qualification in communications and marketing or events management; or equivalent experience.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent writing, editorial and proof-reading skills. Able to translate jargon and turn complex information into plain English.
Desirable
- Image editing for the web (Adobe Photoshop or similar)
Experience
Essential
- Working within a marketing, communications, or public relations related field.
- Professional experience of developing and implementing digital and social media, including but not limited to Facebook; Twitter, YouTube; Google+.
- Proven experience of using own initiative
- Using online systems to develop and distribute e-bulletins.
- Working on websites, intranets, and other media to ensure quality, user-friendly, dynamic content.
- Experience of CMS (content management systems).
- Ability to develop effective communication plans and strategies.
- Experience of liaising with members of the community, user groups, business stakeholders and the media.
- Experience of coordinating events both physically and virtually
- Experience of working with a diverse range of healthcare stakeholders such as clinicians, managers, patients and their representative groups
- Web usage statistics tools and reporting (Google Analytics)
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office software (Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
- Analytical and judgemental skills to process a wide range of information and adapt and present it in a format suitable for a range of target audiences including, but not limited to, the media, patients, commissioners and staff.
- Good planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Able to prioritise workload in a high-pressure environment and meet conflicting deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, pitching and presentation skills.
- Strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills to build and manage relationships at a senior level.
- Ability to organise and support virtual training and meetings (Using Zoom, Microsoft Teams or similar)
Desirable
- Delivering training sessions for groups and individuals at all levels across the organisation.
- Significant post-degree (or equivalent) experience in relevant environment including digital and social media communications
- Ability to shoot, edit and produce short videos for YouTube
- Ability to create and modify PDF files (Adobe Acrobat)
- Ability to design simple flyers / leaflets / briefing documents / web banner images / web info graphics / press releases.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Significant knowledge of marketing and communications strategies and theories, including public relations and brand management.
- Specialist knowledge across a range of digital and social media.
- Knowledge of emerging digital trends.
- Extensive knowledge of using, administrating and configuring content management systems
- Good knowledge of web accessibility (guidelines, legal requirements and best practice)
Desirable
- Knowledge of research techniques to inform and evaluate communication activity
- Understanding of online forms and online surveys
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- We are one team
- We care
- We value people
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent experience of working at a similar level in communications or marketing
- Qualification in communications and marketing or events management; or equivalent experience.
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.
