External Affairs Manager | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE1 5WW |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Leicester |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6147154/358-6147154-COR |
Summary
Are you a high-achieving communications professional? Want to go home at the end of the day knowing the work that you’ve done has made a difference? Then develop your career in the rewarding world of NHS Communications at Leicester's Hospitals.
Our External Affairs Manager role is a fast-paced and challenging one, working in one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country.
With a strong focus on building external relationships and delivering our media strategy, the post-holder will ensure a quality driven, innovative communications and public relations service consistent with the Trust’s aims and objectives.
A natural collaborator, you’ll generate creative ideas and transform them into effective communications with measurable results, coaching and inspiring colleagues along the way.
You will be part of a team with a vital role in the delivery of Leicester’s Hospitals’ vision to be leading in healthcare and trusted in communities. Through stories, insight and reflections on the experiences of patients and colleagues we work to improve the use of NHS services and the health of the public. We manage all corporate communications, PR, social media, website and intranet activity. We also have a specialist medical illustration team, providing design and photography services and a patient and community engagement team.
You will have experience working as a trusted adviser to senior colleagues, and demonstrable experience of building effective relationships at all levels – including with external stakeholders and influencers.
Within your External Affairs portfolio, you will be responsible delivering our media function and securing positive coverage for UHL. We are a busy acute Trust, so you will be able to exercise excellent news judgement and make quick decisions in the face of short deadlines and complex information.
When you're not strengthening our relationships with the media and press, you'll be cultivating stories for publication in external and internal channels, crafting communications to our stakeholder groups, managing MP and local dignitary requests and overseeing the Freedom of Information process for the department.
You will also deputise for the Head of Communications and Engagement as required. You will generate creative ideas and transform them into effective communications with measurable results. You will also help to coach and inspire colleagues along the way.
As a busy hospital Trust, experience of crisis management, supporting on-call arrangements and an ability to stay focused and personable under pressure is essential.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
The main duties of the role can be found in the job description and person specification shared with this advert.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024