The Health Innovation Network is looking for a Communications and Content Lead to cover a maternity leave.

The role is full time 5 days per week however, we are able to negotiate for the right candidate. Successful candidates should be available from August 2024.

We work almost fully remotely as a team, but some travel within in England will be expected for meetings and events on an ad-hoc basis.

Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 15 July 2024.

Main duties of the job

This role will work across the 15 health innovation networks to seek out and present great Health Innovation Network and local health innovation network content on a national scale.

They will lead on the design and delivery of compelling content for the Health Innovation Network to support it to maximise its full engagement potential, building awareness of the Health Innovation Network's profile and collective impact, focusing both on internal communications across the health innovation networks , and external engagement with national stakeholder individuals and organisations.

The post holder will be passionate about the NHS and a great storyteller, able to present information in a compelling way via a range of channels (social media, web and digital, slide decks, reports and marketing collateral).

The post holder will coordinate across individual health innovation networks and our national programmes to identify and gather our very best stories and statistics, and will support the Network Central Team to use existing/develop new creative channels and opportunities to communicate these to our stakeholder individuals and organisations.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of �2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

(Please refer to the job description for the full details)

Lead creation and roll-out of a content plan for the Network, planning and designing rich content for a range of channels to demonstrate the role of the Network and health innovation networks in the health and care system.

Manage the Health Innovation Network social media channels and website, ensuring channels are maintained and updated. Manage relationship with web developers to supervise developments and updates to the website and ensure value for money from the maintenance and support contract.

Responsible for the website and social media content policies, ensuring Network communications teams provide content in line with guidelines and honing and editing submissions to best represent the Network.

Provide and receive complex, and at times confidential, information to develop and translate into compelling content to promote the Health Innovation Network, health innovation networks and health innovation.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in either journalism, communications or press office
• Experience of managing social media platforms and websites, using scheduling tools, such as Hootsuite, and CMSs.
• Have had written work published, e.g. media, in-house publications, website.
• A good track record of coordinating effective networking, engagement and collaboration across wide geographies and sectors

Communication Skills

Essential

• Excellent writing and presentation skills, and an ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences
• Ability to turn complex information into interesting, engaging and easy-to-understand copy
• Outstanding writing skills, able to craft compelling stories, identify key messages and tailor them to different audiences
• Proficient user of social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube / Vimeo, Hootsuite / Tweetdeck

People and Management Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to influence and negotiate
• Proven ability to participate and communicate effectively within mixed-discipline teams, and significant experience of working in environments with competing priorities
• Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support

Analytical Skills

Essential

• Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse facts and situations and develop a range of options and recommend an appropriate course of action

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
• GCSE English language or equivalent

Desirable

• Relevant post degree qualification or professional qualification or equivalent experience

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Innovation Manchester

3rd Floor, Citylabs 1.0

Manchester

M13 9NQ

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