Job vacancy: Communication and Marketing Officer, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area: Communications
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 411-COR-24-6777085

Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/02/2025 23:59

Communication and Marketing Officer

NHS AfC: Band 6

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

Great flexible working opportunities
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Detailed job description and main 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 Children’s Futures programme through media engagement.

Person specification

Comms and Marketing Experience

Essential criteria

Comms and Marketing Experience

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application.

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Silver

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Job Description (PDF, 184.4KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Sarah Leo
Job title: Head of Research
Email address: [email protected]

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