Job summary
Working with the Associate Director of People, Head of Leadership, Head of Inclusion and Head of Well-being Services to create innovative graphic design content for traditional, digital and social media platforms; including blogs, podcasts, e-newsletters, social media content and design for material hosted on the Trust's public website and intranet.
Main duties of the job
Using creative design concepts to devise innovative content for use across print and digital media that engages our staff and lets them know the offers of support available to them
Design and contribute to campaigns and strategies to bring content to life and ensure greater engagement across platforms
Work with internal communication team to maximise use of online sites and social media platforms
To design and produce high standard documents in the form of leaflets, wall posters, pull-up banners, notices, signs, logos etc... including shematic diagrams, graphs and charts
To create high quality impactful multi-platform staff campaigns
To support the production of engaging reports and strategies
To ensure that production of documents meets accessibility legislation and NHS Trust Branding (support will be provided for this)
To have extensive knowledge of industry-standard specialist graphics software programs such as Adobe Creative Suite which includes Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
About us
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 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, 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, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. 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 are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
AS ABOVE - Please see attached job description and person spec for detailed duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
AS ABOVE - Please see attached job description and person spec for detailed duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in journalism/media, public relations or marketing ( or working towards this) or equivalent qualification
- Five GCSE's grade A-C (or equivalent) including English and mathematics
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Other qualification in journalism or communications related field.
- Continuing education or professional development in marketing, communications, public relations or journalism
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing engaging copy material for different audiences.
- Ability to turn complex information into easily understood messages, suitable for different channels eg print and online
- Experience of using and managing social media accounts.
- Proven experience of working with the media, handling calls and enquiries positively, professionally and timely.
Desirable
- Strength in marketing and communication activities
- Experience of working with design and print agencies.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
- Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivaed, proactive and innovative.
- Competent and capable with high attention to detail.
- Computer literate with high level of IT skills. With good knowledge of Microsoft
- Demonstrative skills in social media on various platforms.
- Organised and able to produce high quality work to short deadlines.
- Creative approach to problem solving.
Desirable
- Experience of using desktop publishing software inc Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, photoshop)
- Experience of using web content management systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in journalism/media, public relations or marketing ( or working towards this) or equivalent qualification
- Five GCSE's grade A-C (or equivalent) including English and mathematics
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Other qualification in journalism or communications related field.
- Continuing education or professional development in marketing, communications, public relations or journalism
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing engaging copy material for different audiences.
- Ability to turn complex information into easily understood messages, suitable for different channels eg print and online
- Experience of using and managing social media accounts.
- Proven experience of working with the media, handling calls and enquiries positively, professionally and timely.
Desirable
- Strength in marketing and communication activities
- Experience of working with design and print agencies.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
- Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivaed, proactive and innovative.
- Competent and capable with high attention to detail.
- Computer literate with high level of IT skills. With good knowledge of Microsoft
- Demonstrative skills in social media on various platforms.
- Organised and able to produce high quality work to short deadlines.
- Creative approach to problem solving.
Desirable
- Experience of using desktop publishing software inc Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, photoshop)
- Experience of using web content management systems
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).
