Job overview

Lincolnshire Talking Therapies is recruiting a Band 5 Partnership Liaison Officer to help deliver an ambitious communications and engagement strategy across the county.

This hybrid role is key to raising awareness of the service, strengthening relationships with partners, and supporting increased appropriate referrals into the service.

The postholder will work closely with the LTT Engagement Lead and liaise with LPFT Communications and Involvement Team to develop targeted campaigns, manage stakeholder communications, produce high quality content for digital and print channels, and maintain a strong social media presence. They will coordinate events, support media activity, and champion lived experience involvement through groups such as Voice2Change.

We are seeking someone with strong communication skills, experience in a complex organisation, confidence in handling sensitive information, and the ability to build effective relationships across clinical teams, partner agencies, service users and carers. The role requires excellent written skills, digital competence, and the ability to work proactively and independently.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, organised communicator to help shape the visibility and reputation of a vital mental health service supporting adults experiencing anxiety and depression.

Main duties of the job

Support the Engagement Lead develop and deliver a comprehensive communications and engagement plan aligned with service and Trust priorities. Produce clear, accessible content for newsletters, staff updates, websites, and social media, ensuring consistent branding. Lead targeted campaigns to raise awareness of Lincolnshire Talking Therapies and support appropriate referrals. Establish and maintain effective communication channels with service users, carers, clinicians, GPs, voluntary organisations, and wider partners. Create and manage a strong social media presence, including video and graphic content. Support media relations by drafting press releases, preparing briefings, and responding to enquiries in collaboration with the Communications and Involvement Team. Coordinate events, community engagement activities, and stakeholder meetings, occasionally outside core hours. Work closely with partner organisations, including the Lincolnshire Wellbeing and Recovery College, to strengthen collaboration. Collect feedback, support lived experience involvement and contribute to ongoing improvements in communications practice. Maintain accurate records, ensure GDPR compliance, and support evaluation through surveys and audits in duties of the post.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.