Job summary
Alder Hey Futures will deliver pioneering breakthroughs to improve child health and wellbeing, strengthening Alder Hey's position as a global beacon of excellence in digital, research, innovation, and education.
Futures will bring together expertise in research, innovation, digital and education; we will facilitate and invest in collaborations that design, develop, and deploy to care new health care knowledge and solutions; we will focus on recruiting, training and retaining the best innovators, clinicians, and researchers in paediatric health care. We will provide the very best conditions for them to be successful: we will provide spaces for our multidisciplinary teams to be creative; and we will support them to collaborate and share their knowledge globally.
Futures will convene a network of people, services, functions and partnerships, who together will:
Deliver pioneering breakthroughs which benefit patients, their families and communities.
Reimagine healthcare for children and young people.
Seize the opportunities in technology and science to transform paediatric health care.
Invest in, and build, excellent digital and data platforms.
Together Alder Hey Futures will build an unrivalled experience for our people, patients, and partners, bringing the future closer to today.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will support the Futures programme to develop, plan, implement and evaluate internal and external communication and marketing activity and opportunity which increases the visibility of the research, innovation, education and digital activity of the Trust and supports the reputation and builds the profile of Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation. The role involves engaging with key stakeholders including patients, carers, staff, commercial and non-commercial partners.
The Marketing and Communications Officer will play a pivotal role in enhancing the Trust's reputation through proactive internal and external engagement, with a specific focus on Research and Innovation activities.
This role will involve identifying opportunities, aligning with the Trust 2030 Vision, to promote the work in Futures on Trust digital channels, both internal and external and in the press and being able to work with the Trust communications team in securing press coverage, building relationships with journalists and briefing colleagues on opportunities.
The successful candidate will collaborate closely with clinical teams, research, innovation, education and digital staff and external partners to highlight Alder Hey's pioneering work in improving healthcare for children and young people.
The successful candidate will split their time and be based within the Trust Marketing and Communication's team and the Futures team with an opportunity to work at home too.
About us
As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Communications Management
- Liaising with internal and external partners to ensure communication and marketing activities and events and visits are delivered in a cost effective and efficient way.
- Management of support staff, on and off Trust sites.
- Negotiate and procure best value for communication and marketing services
- Actively liaise with Trust staff and Charity colleagues to facilitate communication and marketing opportunities.
- Providing professional guidance and support to internal teams within the Futures programme including:
- o General advice and guidance on materials and content for the delivery of successful communication and marketing engagement activities.
- Coordination and participation in working groups to provide project advice, comms expertise and support.
- Insight and evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of comms and engagement activity to ensure it meets Trust objectives and contributes to key performance indicators.
- Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to Operational lead for Futures on agreed areas of work.
- Work closely with colleagues across the communications team and Charity to ensure that comms and engagement activities are joined up and deliver best value.
- Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.
- With the support of the Senior Communications Manager, ensure effective communications to Trust staff in relation to the Futures programme.
- Build close working relationships with event leads within the NHS and other partner organisations to ensure collaborative working and sharing of resources.
Proactive marketing engagement
- Plan and manage proactive marketing engagement in accordance with Trust policy and procedures.
- Maximise opportunities through marketing to raise the profile of Trust and Charity highlighting the Futures programme on a national and international stage.
- Identify new opportunities to increase the reach of the Alder Hey Childrens Futures programme through marketing and engagement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Communications Management
- Liaising with internal and external partners to ensure communication and marketing activities and events and visits are delivered in a cost effective and efficient way.
- Management of support staff, on and off Trust sites.
- Negotiate and procure best value for communication and marketing services
- Actively liaise with Trust staff and Charity colleagues to facilitate communication and marketing opportunities.
- Providing professional guidance and support to internal teams within the Futures programme including:
- o General advice and guidance on materials and content for the delivery of successful communication and marketing engagement activities.
- Coordination and participation in working groups to provide project advice, comms expertise and support.
- Insight and evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of comms and engagement activity to ensure it meets Trust objectives and contributes to key performance indicators.
- Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to Operational lead for Futures on agreed areas of work.
- Work closely with colleagues across the communications team and Charity to ensure that comms and engagement activities are joined up and deliver best value.
- Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.
- With the support of the Senior Communications Manager, ensure effective communications to Trust staff in relation to the Futures programme.
- Build close working relationships with event leads within the NHS and other partner organisations to ensure collaborative working and sharing of resources.
Proactive marketing engagement
- Plan and manage proactive marketing engagement in accordance with Trust policy and procedures.
- Maximise opportunities through marketing to raise the profile of Trust and Charity highlighting the Futures programme on a national and international stage.
- Identify new opportunities to increase the reach of the Alder Hey Childrens Futures programme through marketing and engagement.
Person Specification
Comms and Marketing Experience
Essential
- Comms and Marketing Experience
Person Specification
Comms and Marketing Experience
Essential
- Comms and Marketing 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.
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).
