Senior Strategic Communications Officer
London UK HQ with hybrid working, Permanent, Job Share, 21 hours per week (to be worked on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
Salary range per annum*: £47,745 - £53,934 (pro-rata) plus London weighting allowance of £5,094 per annum (pro-rata)
Imagine being faced with a world of exciting possibilities that could ultimately enable you to support our members and help shape the health policies of the future. As the UK’s largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support over half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives.
We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.
The Senior Strategic Communications Officer plans, manages and evaluates UK-wide communications projects and campaigns that progresses the RCN’s strategic objectives - working with stakeholders across the organisation to deliver impactful activity for members and other audiences.
The role will be varied and you will be working on a wide range of projects from our corporate campaigns such as Nurses’ Day, to delivering strategic communications planning for our annual Congress and Institute of Nursing Excellence. You’ll need to be confident in turning complex information into messaging that will be used by stakeholders across the organisation. You’ll need to be able to lead projects and monitor progress of other teams to deliver against shared objectives.
In this role every day will be filled with possibilities. It's a great opportunity to build on your skills and experience and develop your potential.
To succeed in this role you will need to be an experienced communications professional used to planning and delivering strategic communications activity. You’ll be used to working in a busy team, able to manage competing priorities and delivering to tight deadlines. Ideally you will have knowledge of the health sector and/or experience in a membership organisation. Your ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between departments is at the heart of this role.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to submit a CV and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Please ensure your CV is in a simple format with minimal tables and sections. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients. As a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Emma Selim on emma.selim@rcn.org.uk.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 06 March 2025
Closing date: 11.59pm on 31 March 2025
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, this vacancy may close earlier.
Assessment date: 10 April 2025 (virtual)
Interview date: 25 April 2025 (in person at London UK HQ)
Interview date: 25/04/2025
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