Communications Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE ROLE

Support the development and delivery of communication plans to promote our reports, events and other services to our target audiences.

Work closely with teams across the organisation to commission, develop and edit content for our communications channels including the website, social media and newsletters.

Lead on information bulletins that go to our members, provide training and offer support and expertise to colleagues using the Campaign Monitor email platform, advising on style, branding, content and analytics.

Support on all aspects of the production of digital and print publications, ensuring the NHS Providers branding and style guidelines are effectively deployed.

Liaise with colleagues to develop, edit and quality control content for the website and advise on appropriate locations for new pages and products.

Work closely with teams across the organisation to keep website content relevant and up to date.

Develop and maintain an image library for use across the website, social media channels and publications.

Plan and schedule content for the corporate social media accounts, ensuring regular content and consistent messaging.

Plan and deliver social media campaigns for specific projects and products.

Coordinate content and production for onsite materials and branding for key annual events.

Collect a range of performance indicators that will enable us to monitor and evaluate the impact of our communications activities.

Review the use of new and emerging technology that can be used to strengthen NHS Providers digital communication strategies.

Support the team with ad hoc administrative duties as required.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

You will be required to be:

Creative ability to write content and produced creative images using industry standard design software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Canvas) ensuring brand consistency across the board, liaising with external agencies as and when required.

Organised be able to manage your own time effectively & work independently to meet deadlines. You will be required to showcase your project management skills due to the various aspects of marketing required across the group.

Ideas Driven contribute to new ideas for communications. You will be expected to generate fresh approaches to the delivery of the SPCT strategy, looking at a variety of medium and platforms, outsourcing where appropriate to raise brand awareness.

Approachable be able to liaisie with SPCTs partner organisations and other healthcare providers & external partners.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy communications environment.
• Experience of delivering and evaluating communications plans.
• Experience of producing branded event materials and publications from concept through to design and print.
• Experience of uploading content for digital communication channels including website and social media.

Desirable

• Experience of design and photo editing programmes.
• Experience/knowledge of the health sector.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of website, social media, and newsletter content management and customer relationship management systems.
• Ability to develop productive, professional working relationships with internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Ability to act on initiative, to work under pressure, prioritise workload, and exercise judgement.
• Attention to detail, strong communication skills, excellent organisational skills.
• IT literacy knowledge of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

Desirable

• Knowledge of evaluation tools including Google Analytics and Twitter Analytics.

Qualifications

Essential

• A degree or equivalent experience in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Graphic Design or related field.
• Excellent writing and copy editing skills for a variety of channels and audiences.

Desirable

• Experience of design and photo editing programmes.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Salford Primary Care Together (SPCT)

Address

3rd Floor, 2 City Approach

Albert Street

Eccles

Salford

M300BL

Employer's website

https://salfordprimarycaretogether.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)