Deputy director of communications, engagement and involvement

We are seeking a Deputy Director of Communications, Engagement and Involvement. 1 in 4 of us living in the UK will experience mental ill health each year. And when that happens in Kent and Medway, KMPT is there to offer specialist support to the most seriously unwell. Each year we look after over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are able to do that because of our 3,700+ staff, who are dedicated to providing the best possible care at what can be one of the most difficult points of a person’s, and their loved ones’, lives.

The communications and marketing team, and involvement and engagement teams, are responsible for ensuring its people, patients, partners and communities are informed, engaged and involved in the development and delivery of services. This role will lead both those teams and play a pivotal leadership role across the trust to support our wider strategic objectives.

Interested? These are the key results areas:

• Shape and drive strategic communications initiatives, enhancing the trust’s reputation, fostering community involvement and ensuring patient and public voices are heard in everything we do.
• Set the organisation’s brand presence and reputation, communications and engagement strategies, co-creation and involvement activities, and build strong relationships with key stakeholders, patients, partners and the public.
• Plan and align communications, engagement and involvement strategies with the trust’s overall mission, goals and values, ensuring all efforts are patient-centred, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of diverse stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across a complex system, including partners, community leaders, media outlets and industry influencers.
• Accountable for leading and managing the communications and marketing team, and involvement and engagement team and driving top performance and service delivery.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy: Our mission is what we set out to do every day. We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people. Our vision is where we want to be in the future: To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kindra Hyttner Job title: Director of Communication and engagement Email address: Telephone number: 07501 269101