Information Officer

Salary: Actual salary for 28 hours per week is £26,574.40 plus London Weighting £2,400 or Home Allowance £450 pa. Actual salary for 21 hours per week is £19,930.80 plus London Weighting £1,800 or Home allowance £450.

Hours: Part-time 28 or 21 hours per week

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• 30 days annual leave plus recognised bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical, 24/7 GP service
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunities for learning and development

Our client is looking for an Information Officer to join their busy and supportive team at an exciting time of rapid change in the information landscape. Changes in clinical care, treatments and the experiences and needs of people have led to a dramatic increase in the breadth and volume of information they need to create, at a time when trusted information is more important than ever.

To navigate this, you’ll need solid editorial expertise and a commitment to engaging with and empowering the community through the development of high quality, engaging, accessible information, in print and digital formats. You will develop and maintain their extensive offer of health and other information, including factsheets, booklets, clinical guidelines, web content and videos aimed at people affected and clinical teams.

You will make sure that their resources meet the needs of their target audiences through sensitive and meaningful involvement with people and healthcare professionals. You will have experience of producing high quality, comprehensive information for people with health conditions from concept through to publication and a knack for making complex health information easy to understand.

An understanding of and commitment to the criteria of the Patient Information Forum quality kitemark (the PIF TICK) is integral to the role. This position will involve working on multiple projects concurrently, juggling priorities, being proactive in your approach and creating reactive information to address emerging issues.

Strong organisational and time-management skills are needed, as is the ability to work autonomously, and also collaboratively with colleagues in the team and wider organisation, and a range of external stakeholders.

If London office-based, you will be required to attend London Head Office 40% of weekly working hours. If home-based, you will be required to attend the London Head Office for business needs as required.

Please note this is a UK-based role and candidates will need to be based in the UK. Please note you will need to have the right to work in the UK before starting work with us and we will check this. They do not hold a Home Office Sponsorship Licence and therefore cannot offer visa sponsorship for their roles.

Commitment to an inclusive workplace: They aim to be an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs, can be themselves and achieve their full potential. They want to attract, develop, and retain staff with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives; particularly people who identify as being from an ethnic minority group, as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities.

It is their policy not to discriminate against any person because of their age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability (physical and mental), race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief (including lack of belief), sex, sexual orientation or union membership.