Communications Lead – Digital

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role is instrumental in enabling the Trusts to develop and deliver innovative digital channels and services to all stakeholders. The role requires a high level of specialist subject matter expertise and technical skill.

The post holder will be both a creative and technically focused communications professional with significant experience of delivering an agency style service to multiple internal clients, incorporating digital strategy and delivery, and awareness of project planning methodologies. The post holder will also be responsible for keeping the Trusts abreast of emerging digital trends and technologies and industry best practices, while ensuring a best value transformational approach is adopted. They will also develop and implement the Trusts digital media strategies and policies, using relevant analytics to inform and shape the digital function.

Operate effectively in a flexible and highly time-pressured environment and proactively engage with staff, patients and stakeholders on a variety of topics.

Person Specification

Exper

• Proficiency in the latest versions of professional-level software for the creation of graphics, presentations, websites, new media, audio, image manipulation, and video/video editing. E.g. Adobe Creative suite software.
• Demonstrate creative writing and a high standard of written English.
• Exemplary proof-reading ability and a keen eye for detail.
• Be a good communicator of technical concepts.
• Ability to shoot and edit video.
• Experience managing multiple social media channels, knowledge of current best practice and trends.
• Project management experience.
• Ability to use and interpret analytical data to deliver web and social media content strategies.

Communications

• Have excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Have excellent verbal and written skills, able to write copy to a high standard.
• Show awareness of and be responsive to politically sensitive and other sensitive and confidential issues; be patient, tactful and diplomatic.

Other

• Willing to undertake further training as required.
• Flexible in approach - be willing to work outside of normal working hours as required.
• Willing to travel if required.
• Must be able to cope with interruptions to deal with urgent requests

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Walsall Manor Hospital

Walsall

WS2 9PS

https://walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk