CQC - Senior Regional Media and Communications Officer

Grade C  – £32,471 (National Framework) or £38,143 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home Contracted Hours : Full time 37 hours per week, flexible working arrangements will be considered Contract Type : Permanent Location : Home-based, Hybrid Closing Date : Sunday, 15 December 2024 at 11.59pm Potential Interview Date: (via Teams)  Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 January This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England? When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on. Why this could be a great role for you…. This is an exciting fast paced role supporting the senior regional media and communications advisor and working with the wider team in delivering an effective regional press office function and stakeholder engagement around CQC’s regulatory activity. Reporting to the senior regional media and communications advisor, you’ll be responding to media enquiries and writing press releases supporting CQC’s regulatory activity as well as other core tasks. This is a great opportunity to work in a busy press office and learn more about the wider health and social care system, as well as helping to promote improvement in health and social care services so people can make informed decisions about care.  What we can offer you… Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme – 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus Bank Holidays – NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution – Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day – Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars – Discounted gym vouchers – Cycle to work scheme – Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two! – Equipment for homeworking We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network. We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers and mentors. Individual Adjustments… We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate individual adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk.  What you will bring… An enthusiastic communications professional who has experience and is good at working under pressure in a fast paced, reactive press office. You’ll have experience independently responding to media enquiries, as well as writing and issuing press releases. You are good at building and maintaining working relationships and hold yourself to high standards in both your written and verbal communications with others. You’ve got excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work under short deadlines.  JD attached Please note some roles may be subject to a satisfactory DBS check   Req2396 JD – Senior Regional Media and Communications Officer (1).docx For an informal discussion or further information about this role please contact hiring manager – Angela Clark, senior regional media and communications advisor angela.clark@cqc.org.uk and for general enquiries contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk Individual adjustments…  We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email:  recruitment@cqc.org.uk  CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Our Values Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’ Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can