Senior Internal Communications Officer

6 month temporary contract with potential to go permanent. Working for a leading NHS foundation Trust.

Your new company
one of the largest NHS trusts in the country. Their hospitals have a long and proud history, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. They continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.

Your new role
The Senior Internal Communications Officer will support the Internal Communications Manager and Senior Internal Communications Manager to help the Trust communicate with its staff, and promote its values so that they are understood and underpin the behaviour of everyone who works at the organisation. They will provide expert advice to support organisational and cultural change.

Plan and implement communication strategies to support a wide range of internal campaigns, events, awards and awareness days aimed at staff and other audiences using their full range of channels.

Provide internal communications support to help deliver particular priority activity for the Trust including their ongoing COVID-19 recovery; their equality, diversity and inclusion work; staff health and wellbeing programme; their new communications programs; and their new intranet project to bring together 2 existing intranets into 1.

Write and produce content for leaflets, posters and other materials. Also write web and intranet content and use digital and social media channels where appropriate in accordance with Trust guidelines.

Contribute ideas and suggestions to an internal communications forward planner of content and activity to ensure that communications is targeted and coordinated effectively across the organisation.

What you'll need to succeed


* Excellent IT skills
* A good understanding of the NHS and the changing environment
* Portfolio of publications production and publishing
* Evidence of ability to deliver against targets
* Engagement with stakeholders to understand requirements
* Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines within resources
* Ability to plan and prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands

What you'll get in return


* Great experience working for a leading NHS organisation
* Hybrid working
* competitive payment rates
* Great employee wellbeing scheme

What you need to do now
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