Job summary
- Main area
- Engagement and Communications
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday during standard office hours, but there might be a need to work differently depending on work programme, this would be discussed and approved in advanced.)
- Job ref
- 349-SMH-6147878*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Saint Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/05/2024
Employer heading
Senior Communications and Engagement Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Working collaboratively with the Business Support Manager you will design and develop innovative and exciting staff engagement activities supporting the workforce priorities of our senior leadership team.
Do you have excellent organisation and communication skills? Are you highly organised with an eye for detail? Can you show creativity when developing forward thinking communication plans? If the answer is yes, then this is an exciting opportunity for you, and we would love to hear from you.
Experience of social media management tools and writing content for different audiences is essential to help you hit the ground running. Join our team and you will soon make a difference to the delivery of all our staff engagement and communication plans.
Interested? Please call Graham Rimmer for a discussion about the role on 07890 038 472.
If you are interested in the post but feel you don’t have all the experience we need, please do get in touch for a chat as we are happy to discuss development opportunities too
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service (MCS). as our Senior Communications adn Engagement Officer with responsibility for leading the creation and maintenance of a strong stakeholder engagement network across our MCS and wider Trust, producing high quality and eye-catching materials and literature for our internal communications in print, audio, and video formats. Your role will include:
- Developing and distributing engaging and timely internal communications
- Creating and managing innovative communication and internal PR campaigns
- Keeping our intranet site, website, and social media accounts up to date and with exciting and engaging content
- Coordinating regular staff engagement events both online and face-to-face
- Promoting our regular staff surveys and reviewing findings for action
- Supporting our annual staff recognition awards
- Support positive patient stories for external audiences
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Good standard of education (A-C GCSE minimum)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and demonstrated interest in media and communications
- Knowledge of using social media management tools and writing content for different audiences
- Experience of preparing comprehensive communications plans and leading on delivery
- Experience in writing, including articles, newsletters, promotional materials and press releases
- Experience of planning and implementing staff/stakeholder events and briefings
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the NHS and its partner organisations
- Experience in effective networking and building partnerships with different interest groups
- Specialist training and experience in website copywriting and development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (including spelling, grammar and punctuation)
- Ability to work to deadlines
- High level of IT competency and able to demonstrate advanced use of software programmes including Microsoft Outlook / Teams / Excel / Powerpoint / Word
- Demonstrated ability to generate new ideas with an ability to problem solve
- Ability to manage and deliver multiple tasks at the same time
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud including Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and Photo Shop
- Knowledge of applying communication techniques for a large, complex organisation
- Knowledge and experience of using SharePoint
Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work with people at all levels and across organisations
- Operates with diligence, precision with attention to detail
- Able to show initiative, work with minimum supervision and be adaptive to changing circumstances showing resilience
- Able to work positively as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Graham Rimmer
- Job title
- Business Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07890 038 472
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