Head of Communications
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £78,163.00 to £88,884.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £78163.00 - £88884.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9196-24-1076 |
Summary
To lead and manage an effective and efficient communications function for Kings Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). This includes: Leadership of the communications teams across the full range of communications activities, including professional management of associated communications staff. Management of the strategic planning, oversight of operational delivery and management of the budget for Kings Health Partners core communications strategy and functions. Providing strategic advice to the KHP Executive Director, Director of Partnerships and Operations, Director of Strategy , Executive Group and Senior Leadership Team on the strategic direction and approach for all KHP workstreams and proposals. Leading on the management, strategic planning, delivery, evaluation and continuous improvement of all KHP communications channels including its website, social media, internal and external events, stakeholder engagement and newsletter. Management of all media relations for the Academic Health Sciences Centre and its Senior Leadership Team. Leading on communications for the core programmes of work within Kings Health Partners (Centre for Translational Medicine, KHP Digital Health Hub, Clinical Academic Groups and Clinical Academic Partnerships, KHP Mind & Body Programme, KHP Education and Kings Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO), the joint SEL ICS and KHP Population Health and Equity Programme, Academic Surgery) providing expert advice, guidance and oversight to embedded communications staff as required. Leading on relationships with our partnerships various fundraising teams, ensuring promotion of their work and campaigns, brand governance and alignment and offering strategic communications advice. Leading communications strategies for the development of the Clinical Academic Partnerships (CAPs) and Clinical Academic Groups (CAGs) , ensuring effective collaboration across partner organisation Communications Directors, providing appropriate communications leadership, direction and support for the programme boards, KHP Senior Leadership Team.. Provide leadership and strategic communications direction for the Academic Health Science Centres implementation of its strategy. Holding and building the relationships with other Academic Health Science Centres and Health Innovation Networks to ensure that KHP maintains a leading position in its field, working out and through external groups to achieve this. Holding and building our relationships with our four partner Communications teams, SEL ICS, and our key system stakeholder communications teams including the Health Innovation Network South London and NIHR infrastructure Leading and overseeingall international communications, including with EUHA, our Global Health programme and our international collaborations and partnerships. Providing expert advice, guidance and oversight to embedded communications staff and ensuring brand and style governance is maintained throughout all KHP sub-channels. Ensuring that all of KHPs communications channels and content are in line accessibility legislation and good practice, and building on diversity, inclusion and equity within all channels and content. Building on the success of the YouTube funded partnership for its health strategy for KHP, working with communications leads from Kings College London and South London and Maudsley. Leading on strategic communications advice and guidance for our business and operational management and working with the other senior staff to support office, staff and operational management and direction. Leading the communications strategies for the Clinical Academic Partnerships , ensuring effective collaboration across partner organisation Communications Directors, providing appropriate communications leadership, direction and support.