Communications Manager – Berkshire Healthcare Charity | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	23 Ebrill 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£48,270 - £54,931 per annum, pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	23 Mai 2025
Lleoliad:	Bracknell, RG12 2UT
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7164082/371-CS259

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Interview will be held on 20th May 2025

This is a 3 day per week (0.6 WTE) role offered initially on a 12-month, fixed term contract basis.

The Communications Manager will work closely with the Director of Marketing &Communications, the Charity’s Leadand Fundraising Managertopromote new partnerships and increase funding by developing the charity’s profile,enhancingand building awareness and delivering key fundraising campaigns and initiatives.


You will be expected to show experience across the full range of marketing & communications activities including developing and delivering marketing/communications strategies, undertaking proactive media, generating engaging content for online and offline channels, and developing relationships/engaging with a diverse range of audiences and potential donors. An understanding and experience of using digital communications and developing digital platforms is also essential.


The successful applicant will ideally be CIPR/IOIC qualified with a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working at senior/management level in a marketing/communications environment, ideally with some specific charity comms experience, and will havehigh standardsof written and spoken English.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation that you will work from our Bracknell Head Office or other sites across Berkshire as required(likely at least once a week).

• Lead on the charity’s communications and engagement planning, coordinating all activities, including website, press and social media

• Develop and deliver an annual communications strategy that aligns with the charity’s strategic objectives

• Support the charity’s engagement plans to attract, build and develop relations with individuals and corporate donors, raising awareness, keeping themupdating with successes and identifying collaborationand fundraising opportunities

• Deliver effective campaigns to ensure maximum success from fundraising initiatives, ensuring these are strategically aligned and delivered using recognised best practice methodologies

• Identifystories to pitch to the media, draft press releases, briefings, statements and other messages for media and stakeholders, as part of a rolling programme of proactive media coverage

• Generate high quality multimedia content for use over a range of channels


Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites



The “must haves” for this role:

• Threeyears’ minimum experience working at a senior/managementlevel in current marketing/communications roles

• Significant experienceof delivering effective marketing/fundraisingcampaigns (ideally for a charity)

• Experience of developing relationships with journalists, and seeing in proactive stories to strengthen profile

• Strong web/CMS ability with an excellent understanding of how to make best use of social and digital media to support projects and campaigns

• Ability to influence, negotiate and network effectively with a wide range of audiences,establishingpositive relationships which generate confidence and trust

• Able to work independently, with the ability to prioritise anoften demandingworkload


For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.


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We’recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.


We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate toemail:Cathy Saunders at:cathy.saunders@berkshire.nhs.uk(Director ofMarketing &Communications)who’llbehappyto help.


Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.



This advert closes on Sunday 11 May 2025

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