Band 7 Communications Project Manager - Corporate

Band 7 Communications Project Manager – Corporate

The closing date is 9th Jan 2025

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced, exceptional and dedicated communications professional to join our friendly and supportive team, to provide communications and engagement support for corporate projects across the organisation. You will be involved in delivering a wide range of exciting communications and engagement projects, with the aim of improving the experiences of our patients and colleagues.

The communications project manager will lead on the communications and engagement requirements for all relevant corporate portfolios of work. They will be required to use specialist knowledge to advise colleagues on communications and engagement best practice, ensuring that effective processes are planned and implemented for all projects.

The role will involve creating, implementing and evaluating communication and engagement plans and interventions, that are designed to provide high-quality and consistent communications and engagement outputs, encourage key enabling relationships with stakeholders, remove barriers and ultimately enhance the reputation of the organisation.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines, be comfortable to work under pressure, have excellent judgement skills, be able to build strong and mutually beneficial relationships, have high levels of professional curiosity, be an effective decision maker, and have the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their \’whole self\’ to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Person specification

Qualifications

Educated to degree level.

Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma, or equivalent experience, or training.

Experience

Communications and engagement experience, within a complex organisation.

Developing evidence based researched and deliverable communication and engagement strategies, plans and approaches.

Tailoring communications messages to key audiences in all sections of the community, including the media, hostile and antagonistic audiences.

Designing, organising and managing high profile events for staff and the public.

Ability to give expert advice at a range of organisational levels.

Experience of working collaboratively with internal and external partners.

Experience of working in complex projects situations.

Experience in the effective use of a range of social media channels.

Additional Criteria

Use advanced analytical and judgement skills.

Work flexibly, prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements.

(written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills, including strong writing, proof reading and editing abilities.

Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and delegate effectively.

Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems.

Confident, independent and effective decision maker, including the ability to make difficult decisions.

Ability to work under pressure, to agreed/demanding deadlines.

Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders.

Managing and influencing strongly opposing views.

Ability to work independently, or as part of a team, recognising and acting on wider corporate responsibilities.

High level of IT literacy, including knowledge of MS Office programmes.

Understanding of equality and valuing diversity principles.

Understanding of confidentiality, information governance requirements.

Good awareness and knowledge of the political environment, locally and nationally.

Understanding the health policy and key themes of current health policy development.

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 help with your application, contact:

07785407710

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Contract

Fixed Term

Duration

12 Month(s)

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1091064LD

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH

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