Communications and Engagement Officer in Chester

Are you an enthusiastic communicator with a creative flair and a passion for developing engaging content? This is a fixed-term maternity cover opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge, and experience within a friendly, forward-thinking NHS communications team.

Working with a team of experienced communications professionals, you will be supported through training, skill sharing and mentoring in all areas of communications, marketing, and engagement. With access to a range of professional tools, you'll have the chance to use your creativity to bring our messages to life and support us to achieve our communications objectives.

The role will be broad, and you'll be getting involved with a bit of everything day-to-day, but you'll also have the chance to develop your skills in any areas of interest you may have, such as social media, web development, graphic design, and videography. Ideally, you will have a good understanding of internal and external communications channels, experience of writing content for a range of channels and an eye for design. The most important thing is that you are enthusiastic, adaptable, and quick to learn.

We're a busy, fast-paced team but we always support each other, welcome fresh ideas and, most importantly, we are able to add real value with the work we do.

• Gather information from both CWP and wider sources to inform reactive and proactive communications and engagement to support good reputation management and generating positive news stories.
• Adapt ideas/messages/plans into simple and engaging content for multiple channels and audiences including social media, print, web, newsletters and other publications such as posters, flyers, leaflets.
• Develop outline action plans and provide general advice and support to stakeholders on messaging, implementation and monitoring progress/outcomes.
• Collaborate and partner with colleagues in services, service users, patients and carers to maintain good relationships and to proactively identify communications and engagement opportunities.
• Promote meaningful engagement of stakeholders to develop a culture of real involvement throughout the Trust from design, development to delivery.
• Undertake photography shoots and editing for use internally and externally.
• Undertake basic videography/audio recording and editing for use internally and externally.
• Support Trust event co-ordination.
• Contribute to the conceptual development and production of design and branding requests as part of projects, in line with the departmental strategy.

CWP provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

• A good understanding of internal and external communications channels.
• Experience of writing content for a range of channels and an eye for design.
• Enthusiastic, adaptable, and quick to learn.

This post is part time 30 hours per week, fixed term until 30th April 2027. Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 25/03/2026 and the proposed interview date is 08/04/2026. The successful candidate will provide specialist communications and engagement support to the Trust.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Equality, Diversity and inclusion statements apply (Disability Confident, Rainbow Badge Scheme, Veteran Aware, Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award). Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!