Employer: Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Banham House
Town: Bodmin
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/12/2024 23:59
Systems Communications and Engagement Lead - Adult Community MH
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Job overview
Do you want to join a fast-paced, innovative team leading on the development of a wide range of communications and engagement projects for internal and external audiences?
This is an exciting opportunity to be right at the heart of transforming and improving adult community mental health services in Cornwall. Working with the senior leadership team and stakeholders across the healthcare system, you will support people to access a range of services in a timely way.
You'll be a motivated self-starter, experienced in managing events and delivering engagement strategies to build resilience and drive change.
We’re looking for a great writer with good attention to detail who can confidently co-produce materials and action campaigns to win hearts and minds, engaging a range of stakeholders through multiple, co-produced channels.
You'll be a good listener and natural storyteller, able to share the impact of what we do across communities.
You’ll be a strategic thinker and problem solver, able to offer new perspectives and ideas to help overcome challenges.
A natural relationship-builder, you’ll make connections across the network that help us bring about lasting change.
Main duties of the job
* Working with colleagues across the system, the Communications and Engagement Lead is responsible for leading the development, co-ordination and delivery of the communications and engagement programme including public consultation, for a range of Community Mental Health Services.
* To lead the development and delivery of communications and engagement strategies to support the delivery of community mental health initiatives including Talking Therapies and Community Mental Health transformation programmes.
* To work strategically and identify interoperability between workstreams and change programmes to maximise reach and potential of communications strategies.
* Proactively and independently develop, implement, and evaluate programme communications and engagement collateral and lead communications change management strategies.
* To develop relationships with external stakeholders to ensure communication strategies are responsive to the needs of the system.
* To independently develop communications and media channels and provide marketing advice to the programme teams and other programme stakeholders, acting as communications specialist at times of change when effective communications are crucial.
* Working with service users to co-produce comms projects, drawing on research and expert by experience network to develop effective communications and engagement strategies.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in a specialist area, such as promotion and marketing, public relations or journalism.
Experience
* Experience of delivering stakeholder engagement and consultation projects.
* Experience of designing and creating content for social media and other platforms using specialist software for example, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
* Experience in strategic planning of system communication events, campaigns and lead the implementation of public consultation strategies.
Skills
* Ability to plan, prioritise and organise a number of activities including diary management and continually reprioritise to meet tight, conflicting and often changing deadlines.
At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:
* Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management.
* Protected CPD time for registered staff.
* Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff.
* Leadership and Management development programmes.
* Coaching and mentoring opportunities.
* A full clinical induction programme for operational skills.
* Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff.
* A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff.
Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:
* Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues' physical and mental health.
* Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff.
* Free DBS checks where required.
* Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions.
* Salary sacrifice car scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.
If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.
Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644.
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.
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