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Head of Communications and Engagement - Major Capital Programmes

Head of Communications and Engagement - Major Capital Programmes

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham, England

Job ID : 6646715132535250524962596e46424d49513d3d

Job Description :

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Main area
Head of Communication and Engagement - Major Capital Programmes
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-4978583
Site
QMC
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£56,164 - £65,262 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/02/2023 23:59

Job overview

This is an exciting and key position in which the post holder will be required to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You will be required to establish positive working relationships quickly at all levels of the organisation and manage a busy workload, responding to conflicting priorities as required.

As a member of the senior leadership team for communications, you will report to the Deputy Director of Communications will lead on communications to support delivery of major capital programmes within the Trust. In particular these include the Tomorrow’s NUH Programme and the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) which are both schemes within the national New Hospital Programme (NHP). In additional to these you will also lead communications for other significant short-medium term reconfiguration schemes that support the Trust’s longer-term strategic direction. These include the Maternity and Neonatal Redesign Programme, Elective Surgery Projects and other service moves between our Hospital sites and in some instances off them altogether.

Main duties of the job

You will provide expert strategic communications and engagement advice to both programme boards and project teams (including reactive media advice), as well as practical and tactical support on a day-to-day basis. You will work closely with the respective PMOs and lead the communications for the programme(s) and project(s) to ensure operational delivery of internal, external and communications priorities in line with the agreed strategy.

You will be responsible for a small team within the communications directorate, managing workflow, determining priorities and ensuring their continual professional development.

You will also be expected to work closely with the Commissioners, who have overall responsibility for consulting on service change. This will be done through development, planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluation of operational activity, ensuring excellent communication channels at all levels of the organisation and beyond are built and ensuring work is completed within deadlines.

You will be the first point of contact for any questions about major capital programmes from internal, external (including media) and digital communication channels. You will also be responsible for liaising with the national New Hospital Programme communications team and with the Department for Health and Social Care Press office, to assure external communications are appropriately aligned with national policy and messaging.

Working for our organisation

We support flexible working and will agree a way of working that supports you and NUH. You will be based at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and will work across all Trust and external sites as needed. You will be part of the out-of-hours on-call rota for the communications team, for which there is an additional payment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Person specification

Training and Qualification

Essential criteria

  • Educated to a Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

  • Membership of professional body
  • Evidence of leadership development

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Specialist knowledge and experience of internal communications and considerable experience of leading internal communications at a senior level in a large complex organisation.
  • Experience of dealing with senior executives; providing counsel and where appropriate, training.
  • Evidence of successful communication strategy, development and implementation
  • Experience of developing communication plans and delivering them

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of leading internal communications strategies within large NHS organisations
  • Sound understanding of the relationships between NHS England, Integrated Care Boards and individual provider and commissioning organisations, and an appreciation of health and the broad social, political and economic trends influencing them

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

  • Experience of receiving highly complex, difficult, sensitive and controversial/ contentious information which needs translating to different internal audiences and may require negotiation with senior stakeholders with whom the post holder will be required to influence on handling matters
  • Understanding of the practice of internal communications and engagement effectively to a range of different audiences, using a variety of methods, techniques and best practice
  • Excellent IT skills, including ability to use desktop publishing software and content management systems
  • Excellent project management skills

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders

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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.

Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

  • Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
  • Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Company Details :

Name : Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

CEO : Amanda Pritchard

Headquarter : London, United Kingdom

Revenue : $5 to $25 million (USD)

Size : 10000+ Employees

Type : Government

Primary Industry : Insurance Carriers

Sector Name : Insurance

Year Founded : 1946

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