Job summary
Senior Communications Officer - Band 6 - 37.5 hours - Permanent
Tameside and Glossop IC NHS FT is looking to appoint a senior communications officer within the Communications Team.
We're looking for an individual with a thirst for development, ambition and drive to progress their career in corporate communications. You will offer a broad skill-set including: experience in external communications, managing communications campaigns, managing stakeholders, writing for a variety of audiences and social media including the management of the Trust's digital platforms.
You will be joining a forward looking integrated care organisation and will be given the opportunity and environment to develop within the role.
As a key member of the Communications Team, you will play an important role in helping to shape the organisation's communications offer.
If this sounds like you, we'd like to talk to you.
Main duties of the job
- Managing proactive and reactive media relations.
- Developing stories to promote the work of the organisation amongst the general public, stakeholders and media.
- Managing the trust's digital communications platforms including the website and social media.
- Managing corporate events like the annual staff awards.
- Developing , delivering and evaluating social marketing campaigns.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached and can be downloaded.
The person specification detailed below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached and can be downloaded.
The person specification detailed below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Knowledge Training & Experience
Essential
- Education to post graduate diploma level or equivalent experience in a communications specific role.
- Experience of supporting the implementation of effective communications plans for a range of projects/campaigns;
- Experience of working directly with the media, politicians and other key stakeholders in a dedicated communications role.
- Experience of producing high quality, accessible information for a wide range of audiences
- Experience of media management, including crisis management
- Ability to manage a complex portfolio of projects, without supervision, to tight deadlines
- High level of competence in relevant IT systems and software including MS Office
- Evidence of using a wide range of communications tools and channels with the ability to identify the right channel for any particular audience.
Desirable
- Knowledge of, and demonstrable success in, running social media campaigns
- Proficiency in taking and editing digital images (still and moving)
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
- Good general knowledge of issues affecting the NHS
- Experience of working in the NHS or another public sector organisation
Skills, and Attributes
Essential
- Highly organised, proactive and pays meticulous attention to detail, particularly with written communications.
- Personable and able to build good relationships and work with a wide range of people and stakeholders.
- Excellent written communication skills with experience of drafting copy for a range of publications from corporate documents to public information leaflets, newsletters and websites.
- Excellent proof reading and editing skills with the ability to deliver accurate convincing copy to tight deadlines.
- The ability to identify the target audience for any given publication, understand their needs, adapt writing styles to suit and develop copy with speed and accuracy.
- The ability to analyse facts and situations quickly, and develop a range of creative and appropriate communications solutions.
- The ability to prioritise own work effectively and deal with conflicting demands.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Ability to act in ways that support equality, diversity and inclusion and is able to identify and remedy situations where these are undermined.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task
- Effective team working
- Ability to win the confidence of senior managerial and clinical colleagues
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Positive and flexible approach to work
- Advanced Keyboard skills
Person Specification
Knowledge Training & Experience
Essential
- Education to post graduate diploma level or equivalent experience in a communications specific role.
- Experience of supporting the implementation of effective communications plans for a range of projects/campaigns;
- Experience of working directly with the media, politicians and other key stakeholders in a dedicated communications role.
- Experience of producing high quality, accessible information for a wide range of audiences
- Experience of media management, including crisis management
- Ability to manage a complex portfolio of projects, without supervision, to tight deadlines
- High level of competence in relevant IT systems and software including MS Office
- Evidence of using a wide range of communications tools and channels with the ability to identify the right channel for any particular audience.
Desirable
- Knowledge of, and demonstrable success in, running social media campaigns
- Proficiency in taking and editing digital images (still and moving)
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
- Good general knowledge of issues affecting the NHS
- Experience of working in the NHS or another public sector organisation
Skills, and Attributes
Essential
- Highly organised, proactive and pays meticulous attention to detail, particularly with written communications.
- Personable and able to build good relationships and work with a wide range of people and stakeholders.
- Excellent written communication skills with experience of drafting copy for a range of publications from corporate documents to public information leaflets, newsletters and websites.
- Excellent proof reading and editing skills with the ability to deliver accurate convincing copy to tight deadlines.
- The ability to identify the target audience for any given publication, understand their needs, adapt writing styles to suit and develop copy with speed and accuracy.
- The ability to analyse facts and situations quickly, and develop a range of creative and appropriate communications solutions.
- The ability to prioritise own work effectively and deal with conflicting demands.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Ability to act in ways that support equality, diversity and inclusion and is able to identify and remedy situations where these are undermined.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task
- Effective team working
- Ability to win the confidence of senior managerial and clinical colleagues
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Positive and flexible approach to work
- Advanced Keyboard 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
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).
