INTERNAL IOW AND PHU APPLICANTS ONLY
Communications Assistant
Location: Across sites, both IOW NHS Trust and PHU NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally.) Band 4: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum Permanent - Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Not much happens across our Trusts without the support of the Communications and Engagement team. We ensure our patients, colleagues and stakeholders understand the services offered by the Trust, understand our vision, values and aims, are able to influence services and are well-informed and engaged in the work of the Trust.
We are a newly formed communications and engagement team and we're looking for a dynamic and creative Communications Assistant to join us. You will support several organisational-wide communications and engagement programmes of activity, projects and priorities, spanning internal and external communications.
As an excellent communicator, you will be expected to use your copywriting skills, support social media activity, website and intranet work, and help organise a series of events to support our organisational strategies.
Your outstanding people skills mean that you will be able to play a key role in establishing positive working relationships quickly at all levels of the organisation. You will easily be able to manage a busy workload, responding to conflicting priorities as required.
Main Duties of the Job
Key Responsibilities:
* You will be a key part of our day-to-day communications and engagement activities covering both internal and external communications.
* You will support our media liaison and ensure accurate information is recorded in a timely and consistent way.
* You will support the production of publications for internal audiences liaising with departments and teams to ensure inclusion of accurate and timely information.
* Social media content gathering including drafting social media posts and taking pictures/videos of staff and patients.
* The work will involve regular contact and engagement with members of the public, patients, and their relatives to gather information and stories to promote the Trust and the services provided.
* You will be part of our events management team assisting to organise staff and public engagement events.
* Due to the nature of communications work, some out-of-hours working, including evenings and weekends will be expected as and when necessary.
About Us
Our Vision for Single Corporate Services: Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.
This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.
Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.
For further information, please read the attached document outlining the vision for our single corporate services.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in-person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Date posted: 14 February 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 470-24-0096-COR
Job Responsibilities
If you are a passionate and ambitious communicator and this sounds like the next role for you, then we would love to hear from you.
For further details, please see the enclosed Job Description.
Please note, this position has also been advertised on the Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust's job page. If you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement to submit two applications.
Please note your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Skills & Knowledge Essential:
* A-level or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
* Experience of writing engaging copy for different audiences.
* Computer literacy in Microsoft Windows and Office.
* Team player, able to engage with others in own team and colleagues in the organisation.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address:
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Rd, Cosham
Portsmouth
PO6 3LY
Employer's Website: https://www.iow.nhs.uk/
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