Job summary
Interviews: 21st-22nd August
We looking are to recruit a highly motivated and creative Communications Officer. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating content for our website , assisting with recruitment awareness, divisional branding, leaflets, banners, and promotional campaigns.
This is a hybrid working post, with an expectation to work part of the week in the office.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder is an integral member of the Division's Performance team, working to utilise and implement web-based and digital communications activities to deliver divisional objectives and key messages. The role is to initiate and implement relevant web-based and digital activities to increase awareness of identified topics and build, maintain and protect the organisation's reputation (working in co-ordination with other non-digital communications activities). Tasks include web and digital channel management and administration; content management and creation; channel development, and evaluating effectiveness and audience interaction.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure the Division communicates effectively and efficiently via digital communications with its stakeholder audiences.
- Take the lead in ensuring digital communications tools effectively support the wider internal and external communications objectives and activities.
- Lead on divisional wide communications, inclusive of weekly team talks.
- Work closely with the external and internal communications managers to devise and implement digital communications solutions for the Trust and Teams needs.
- Proactively identify and pursue opportunities to promote the work, vision and values of the organisation via current and emerging digital opportunities.
- Day-to-day management of the Divisions digital channels (including e-newsletters, web-based content and social media), including editorial and administration management.
- Evaluate effectiveness of the Divisions web and digital communications activities, including measurement of audience reach and interaction.
- Work closely with the Trusts Digital Technology Services Team on technical and administrative aspects.
- Day-to-day liaison with the suppliers of digital communications services.
- Work with recruitment officer to ensure promotion of jobs is published on the right channels such as the guardian, and support with recruitment days publicising them and communicating with wider audiences.
- Provide a lead in the development, evolution and application of digital communications, including input to and implementation of related policies.
- Provide digital communications knowledge, advice and support to all parts of the organisation, including devising and updating policies and protocols.
- Undertake audits and/ or research and development, relating to work undertaken and current trends.
- Research and produce communications and marketing material which promotes the organisation and its key messages including preparing information for staff, public and media, in conjunction with other members of the team. Research will involve direct contact with patients, public, colleagues and other external stakeholders.
- The post-holder will sometimes be communicating complex/ sensitive/ contentious information on matters relating to Trust reputation, patient information, for partner organisations and influencers.
- The postholder will sometimes be presenting complex, sensitive or contentious information to large groups of staff or members of the public.
- The postholder will need to use analysis and judgment in deciding what to publish and how to present information (written and visual).
- The postholder will plan and organiseonline and digital presentation of information; scheduling of information; channel launches and updates.
- Promote and protect the organisations brand within digital communications.
- Ensure co-ordination of digital communications with all other channels of external and internal communications.
- Work across the full range of communications activities in liaison with the other members of the Communications Team.
- Have an overview of design and print technology, web and emergent technologies.
- Regularly use a range of computer software, including Trust-wide applications and also communications-specific tools.
- Line manage junior staff where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure the Division communicates effectively and efficiently via digital communications with its stakeholder audiences.
- Take the lead in ensuring digital communications tools effectively support the wider internal and external communications objectives and activities.
- Lead on divisional wide communications, inclusive of weekly team talks.
- Work closely with the external and internal communications managers to devise and implement digital communications solutions for the Trust and Teams needs.
- Proactively identify and pursue opportunities to promote the work, vision and values of the organisation via current and emerging digital opportunities.
- Day-to-day management of the Divisions digital channels (including e-newsletters, web-based content and social media), including editorial and administration management.
- Evaluate effectiveness of the Divisions web and digital communications activities, including measurement of audience reach and interaction.
- Work closely with the Trusts Digital Technology Services Team on technical and administrative aspects.
- Day-to-day liaison with the suppliers of digital communications services.
- Work with recruitment officer to ensure promotion of jobs is published on the right channels such as the guardian, and support with recruitment days publicising them and communicating with wider audiences.
- Provide a lead in the development, evolution and application of digital communications, including input to and implementation of related policies.
- Provide digital communications knowledge, advice and support to all parts of the organisation, including devising and updating policies and protocols.
- Undertake audits and/ or research and development, relating to work undertaken and current trends.
- Research and produce communications and marketing material which promotes the organisation and its key messages including preparing information for staff, public and media, in conjunction with other members of the team. Research will involve direct contact with patients, public, colleagues and other external stakeholders.
- The post-holder will sometimes be communicating complex/ sensitive/ contentious information on matters relating to Trust reputation, patient information, for partner organisations and influencers.
- The postholder will sometimes be presenting complex, sensitive or contentious information to large groups of staff or members of the public.
- The postholder will need to use analysis and judgment in deciding what to publish and how to present information (written and visual).
- The postholder will plan and organiseonline and digital presentation of information; scheduling of information; channel launches and updates.
- Promote and protect the organisations brand within digital communications.
- Ensure co-ordination of digital communications with all other channels of external and internal communications.
- Work across the full range of communications activities in liaison with the other members of the Communications Team.
- Have an overview of design and print technology, web and emergent technologies.
- Regularly use a range of computer software, including Trust-wide applications and also communications-specific tools.
- Line manage junior staff where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree in relevant subject area (e.g. Communications, marketing, arts, humanities) or equivalent qualification, or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with web and digital channels within Corporate Communications.
- Ability to demonstrate keen interest in the field of web and digital communication.
- Ability to demonstrate clear understanding of communications work and the context within which it operates.
Desirable
- Experience of working across Departments/ organisations to deliver projects and plans.
- Experience of working with senior managers and leaders.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Competent in advising on effective use of web and digital channels to communicate with target audiences.
- Knowledge of current trends and developments in web and digital communications.
- Competent in researching and writing materials for use in web and digital Corporate Communications channels.
- Competent in working within web/ digital content management systems.
- Competent in liaising with external and internal suppliers of technical IT aspects of web and digital infrastructure.
Desirable
- Competent in working across multiple teams and projects.
- Knowledge of visual communications techniques, i.e. photography, video.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with people at all levels within an organisation.
- Ability to work with tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to work in an organised and planned style.
- Also able to work with flexibility and to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Ability to appreciate wider context within which the organisation operates.
- Good communication skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree in relevant subject area (e.g. Communications, marketing, arts, humanities) or equivalent qualification, or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with web and digital channels within Corporate Communications.
- Ability to demonstrate keen interest in the field of web and digital communication.
- Ability to demonstrate clear understanding of communications work and the context within which it operates.
Desirable
- Experience of working across Departments/ organisations to deliver projects and plans.
- Experience of working with senior managers and leaders.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Competent in advising on effective use of web and digital channels to communicate with target audiences.
- Knowledge of current trends and developments in web and digital communications.
- Competent in researching and writing materials for use in web and digital Corporate Communications channels.
- Competent in working within web/ digital content management systems.
- Competent in liaising with external and internal suppliers of technical IT aspects of web and digital infrastructure.
Desirable
- Competent in working across multiple teams and projects.
- Knowledge of visual communications techniques, i.e. photography, video.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with people at all levels within an organisation.
- Ability to work with tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to work in an organised and planned style.
- Also able to work with flexibility and to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Ability to appreciate wider context within which the organisation operates.
- Good communication skills.
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
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).
