Job summary
Alder Hey Futures will deliver pioneering breakthroughs to improve child health and wellbeing, strengthening Alder Hey's position as a global beacon of excellence in digital, research, innovation, and education.
Futures will bring together expertise in research, innovation, digital and education; we will facilitate and invest in collaborations that design, develop, and deploy to care new health care knowledge and solutions; we will focus on recruiting, training and retaining the best innovators, clinicians, and researchers in paediatric health care. We will provide the very best conditions for them to be successful: we will provide spaces for our multidisciplinary teams to be creative; and we will support them to collaborate and share their knowledge globally.
Futures will convene a network of people, services, functions and partnerships, who together will:
Deliver pioneering breakthroughs which benefit patients, their families and communities.
Reimagine healthcare for children and young people.
Seize the opportunities in technology and science to transform paediatric health care.
Invest in, and build, excellent digital and data platforms.
Together Alder Hey Futures will build an unrivalled experience for our people, patients, and partners, bringing the future closer to today.
Main duties of the job
The Media Officer will support the Futures programme to develop, plan, implement and evaluate media activity which supports the reputation and build the profile of Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust specifically in relation to research and innovation. The role involves engaging with key stakeholders including patients, carers, staff and local partners.
The Media Officer will play a pivotal role in enhancing the Trust's reputation through proactive media engagement, with a specific focus on Research and Innovation activities. This role involves managing the Trust's media relations, providing professional media guidance to internal teams, and supporting the development and implementation of media strategies that promote the Trust's Research and Innovation programmes. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with clinical teams, researchers, and external partners to highlight Alder Hey's pioneering work in healthcare for children and young people.
About us
As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Media Management
- Liaising with suppliers and contractors to ensure media events and visits are delivered in a cost effective and efficient way.
- Management of support staff, on and off Trust sites.
- Negotiate and procure best value for media services (e.g., monitoring and evaluation services).
- Actively liaise with Trust staff and Charity colleagues to facilitate media engagement opportunities.
- Providing professional media guidance and support to internal teams within the Futures programme including:
- Bespoke advice.
- General advice and guidance on materials and content for the delivery of successful media engagement activities.
- Coordination and participation in working groups to provide project advice, media expertise and support.
- Insight and evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of media engagement activity to ensure it meets Trust objectives and contributes to key performance indicator.
- Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to Operational lead for Futures on agreed areas of work.
- Work closely with colleagues across the communications team and Charity to ensure that media engagement activities are joined up and deliver best value.
- Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.
Media Communications
- With the support of the Senior Communications Manager, ensure effective communications to Trust staff in relation to the Futures programme.
- Build close working relationships with event leads within the NHS and other partner organisations to ensure collaborative working and sharing of resources.
Proactive media engagement
- Plan and manage proactive media engagement in accordance with Trust policy and procedures.
- Maximise opportunities through media engagement to raise the profile of Trust and Charity highlighting the Futures programme on a national and international stage.
- Identify new opportunities to increase the reach of the Alder Hey Childrens Futures programme through media engagement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Media Management
- Liaising with suppliers and contractors to ensure media events and visits are delivered in a cost effective and efficient way.
- Management of support staff, on and off Trust sites.
- Negotiate and procure best value for media services (e.g., monitoring and evaluation services).
- Actively liaise with Trust staff and Charity colleagues to facilitate media engagement opportunities.
- Providing professional media guidance and support to internal teams within the Futures programme including:
- Bespoke advice.
- General advice and guidance on materials and content for the delivery of successful media engagement activities.
- Coordination and participation in working groups to provide project advice, media expertise and support.
- Insight and evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of media engagement activity to ensure it meets Trust objectives and contributes to key performance indicator.
- Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to Operational lead for Futures on agreed areas of work.
- Work closely with colleagues across the communications team and Charity to ensure that media engagement activities are joined up and deliver best value.
- Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.
Media Communications
- With the support of the Senior Communications Manager, ensure effective communications to Trust staff in relation to the Futures programme.
- Build close working relationships with event leads within the NHS and other partner organisations to ensure collaborative working and sharing of resources.
Proactive media engagement
- Plan and manage proactive media engagement in accordance with Trust policy and procedures.
- Maximise opportunities through media engagement to raise the profile of Trust and Charity highlighting the Futures programme on a national and international stage.
- Identify new opportunities to increase the reach of the Alder Hey Childrens Futures programme through media engagement.
Person Specification
Comms and Marketing Experience
Essential
- Comms and Marketing Experience
Person Specification
Comms and Marketing Experience
Essential
- Comms and Marketing Experience
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).
