Communications and Media Officer

This is your chance to join an innovative, high-performing NHS communications team and play your part in improving the health of our communities.

This is a key role in our busy team, working on all aspects of internal and external communications through a range of print and digital channels. You will work with the head of communications, other communications officers, in-house designers, the head of campaigns and web and digital media officer, as well as our clinical teams, to provide professional communications to our colleagues, patients, public and stakeholders; promoting and supporting more than 70 amazing NHS services across Kent, Medway, East Sussex and London.

You must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, hit the ground running, have a can-do attitude, be highly creative and able to transform often complex content into something easy to understand.

As well as supporting and driving key campaigns internally and externally, you must be able to measure and demonstrate outcomes for your actions. With excellent writing skills, we’d expect you to be able to turn your hand to writing real-life articles for our flagship Community Health magazine and gripping copy for our weekly e-bulletin for staff, plus be able to manage media enquiries.

You must have experience of working with the media. You will also be confident in managing social media channels, which we use as a central part of our internal and external communications. You will be expected to travel across the areas that we serve as part of this role.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. From September 2022, the minimum salary we’ll pay is £10.90 per hour (excluding apprentices).

The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too! Ourcareer pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place virtually on the 31st March 2023.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.