Job summary
Are you seeking a new challenge in the health and care sector? Do you want to help change the NHS for the better? At this critical time, NHS organisations need a strong voice to help them make lasting changes for patients and the wider public.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting time to join an organisation that is forward-thinking and focussed not just on supporting health and care leaders face the challenges of today but also on improving and developing solutions that create a better health and care service for all.
About us
The NHS Confederation is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum.
The NHS Confederation is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly and our agile working principles are designed to empower our people to work with optimal flexibility and minimal constraints to support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing.
You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Communications Manager, you will:
- Support the work of our member networks by creating creative communication and marketing plans that attract and retain members of NHS Confederation oversee a strategic and proactive approach to our member communications activity, ensuring we produce high quality content that meets the needs of our members.
- Develop and deliver communications plans for our key influencing reports, events and other activities.
- Create materials that showcase the good practice of our members and ways they can learn from one another including video and audio case studies and podcasts.
In this role, you would play a key role in helping to advocate and influence on behalf of our members through top quality communications to secure the best possible outcomes for their communities.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are passionate about communications and are an all-round strong communication professional
- Have experience of running proactive and integrated communications campaigns
- Have a passion for seeking excellence in creating great content across a range of channels, looking for increased engagement from your audiences.
- Can work at pace in a fast-moving environment.
- Are passionate about working in a health and care organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Communications Manager, you will:
- Support the work of our member networks by creating creative communication and marketing plans that attract and retain members of NHS Confederation oversee a strategic and proactive approach to our member communications activity, ensuring we produce high quality content that meets the needs of our members.
- Develop and deliver communications plans for our key influencing reports, events and other activities.
- Create materials that showcase the good practice of our members and ways they can learn from one another including video and audio case studies and podcasts.
In this role, you would play a key role in helping to advocate and influence on behalf of our members through top quality communications to secure the best possible outcomes for their communities.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are passionate about communications and are an all-round strong communication professional
- Have experience of running proactive and integrated communications campaigns
- Have a passion for seeking excellence in creating great content across a range of channels, looking for increased engagement from your audiences.
- Can work at pace in a fast-moving environment.
- Are passionate about working in a health and care organisation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of developing communications and marketing plans, with a clear understanding of how to use the right channels to target the right audiences.
- Clear experience of working in a busy environment with multiple deadlines and priorities
- Experience of delivering high quality communications outputs with a fast turnaround - including bulletins and social media copy.
- Good knowledge of communications and marketing techniques.
- Good knowledge of using social media channels to engage professional audiences.
- Excellent written skills writing and drafting communications products that reach out to a range of different audiences that make complex topics easy to read.
- Project management and organisational skills in order to work at pace, with experience of supporting the management and delivery of projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills and confidence, including when dealing with senior individuals.
- Excellent IT skills (including MS Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint), and a working knowledge of CRM systems and email marketing platforms.
- Ability to work on own, as well as part of a team. Flexible and able to reorganise and reprioritise work at short notice, using own judgement and initiative.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a membership organisation, ideally in health.
- Experience of working in a communications role in a public policy environment.
- Experience of working in the healthcare sector
- Experience of account management, matrix working and/or service multiple (internal or external) customers
- Knowledge of the NHS Confederations work and its membership landscape.
- Knowledge of the primary care, acute, mental health or community health services sector.
- Project management experience, with knowledge of systems and processes.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of developing communications and marketing plans, with a clear understanding of how to use the right channels to target the right audiences.
- Clear experience of working in a busy environment with multiple deadlines and priorities
- Experience of delivering high quality communications outputs with a fast turnaround - including bulletins and social media copy.
- Good knowledge of communications and marketing techniques.
- Good knowledge of using social media channels to engage professional audiences.
- Excellent written skills writing and drafting communications products that reach out to a range of different audiences that make complex topics easy to read.
- Project management and organisational skills in order to work at pace, with experience of supporting the management and delivery of projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills and confidence, including when dealing with senior individuals.
- Excellent IT skills (including MS Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint), and a working knowledge of CRM systems and email marketing platforms.
- Ability to work on own, as well as part of a team. Flexible and able to reorganise and reprioritise work at short notice, using own judgement and initiative.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a membership organisation, ideally in health.
- Experience of working in a communications role in a public policy environment.
- Experience of working in the healthcare sector
- Experience of account management, matrix working and/or service multiple (internal or external) customers
- Knowledge of the NHS Confederations work and its membership landscape.
- Knowledge of the primary care, acute, mental health or community health services sector.
- Project management experience, with knowledge of systems and processes.
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.