Senior Communications Officer

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom National Guardian Full time

Senior Communications OfficerSalary:
Grade C: £31,373 (National Framework) or £36,775 (London Framework - if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home

Contracted Hours:

 Full-time 37 hours per week. Job-share will be considered. Talk to us about compressed hours.

Contract Type:

 Permanent
Location: Home-based, flexible location or London Office-based

Closing Date:

 Sunday 14th July 2024 at 11.59pm

Potential Interview Date:

(via Teams) - w/c 29th July
About UsThe National Guardian's Office is jointly funded by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and NHS England and Improvement (NHSE).

The office leads, trains and supports a network of Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardians in England and conducts speaking up reviews to identify learning and support improvement of the speaking up culture of the healthcare sector.

We are now looking for a Senior Communications Officer to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Benefits - 27 days' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
  • NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
  • Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
  • Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
  • Discounted gym vouchers
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two
  • Equipment for homeworking
    Why this could be a great role for youThis is the perfect opportunity for a communications professional with strategy development experience to join our dedicated team.

You'll discover a rewarding role, helping us in our initiative to normalise speaking up and ensure it is considered business as usual.

What's more, alongside helping a huge range of people across the healthcare sector, you will discover excellent development prospects and support to enable you to hone your skillset and advance your communications career So, if you're ready to step into a vital role, read on and apply.


What you will bring...
To be considered as a Senior Communications Officer, you will need:

  • Experience of developing creative communications
  • Experience of developing communication plans and strategies, and delivering effective campaigns to support them
  • Experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft applications and creative media packages, including image and video editing and website and social media platforms
  • Excellent proofreading skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • To be educated to degree-level (or equivalent)
    What you'll be doingAs a Senior Communications Officer, you will help make speaking up in the healthcare sector business as usual through our communication and engagement strategy. Joining our small and busy Communications and Engagement Team, you will plan, create, write and lead the day-to-day delivery of engaging communications targeted at workers in healthcare.

You will work across a broad range of channels and for a variety of audiences, including Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, stakeholders and interested parties.

Supporting our National Lead for Communications and Engagement in all aspects of communications activity, you will undertake copywriting, events planning and delivery, responding to enquiries and liaising with the media.


Additionally, you will:

  • Coordinate the publication of reports and announcements
  • Create presentations among other communication materials
  • Manage key communication channels, including our website
  • Develop communications plans in support of our output
  • Devise a social media strategy and maintaining our social media activities
    Next stepsIf you require any support or assistance with the recruitment process, please get in touch with our team or include a note in your application.

We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

So, if you'd like to join us as a Senior Communications Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

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