Assistant Charity Communications/media Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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We currently have an exciting vacancy to join the Newcastle Hospitals Charity Communications Team.


Newcastle Hospitals Charity is the official Charity of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the region's largest healthcare Charity.


If you are enthusiastic, passionate and enjoy a challenge, we are looking for an Assistant Charity Communications/Media Officer to work with the Charity team to help to support the development and implementation of a digital communications strategy.


Reporting to the Communications and Development Manager, this is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the Charity's continuing growth and transformation by implementing high quality communications both internally and externally on multiple digital platforms.


  • Interview Date 25/04/202 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
  • Text processing
  • Maintain, input and retrieve information from departmental/communication databases and office systems
  • Undertake other administration, clerical duties as required
  • Ensure information systems draw on all available sources and provide accurate and timely information for press and publicity releases
  • To coordinate the content for both intranet/internet usage by the Charities


Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
- represented groups.

  • To assist in the development and implementation of an agreed strategy to raise the profile and income streams of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity.
  • Identifying good 'news stories' from fundraising events and activities and write press releases and articles for newsletters/publications/website.
  • Develop and maintain good relationships with regional and local journalists and reporters.
  • Assist in writing copy for promotional leaflets/posters/publicity materials/Trust Annual Review.
  • Ensure charity website information is current and update on a regular basis.
  • Assist in the production of a media report for quarterly charity meetings.
  • Assist with branding/promotion of individual charitable funds and provide advice on effective promotion.
  • Ad hoc duties relating to fundraising projects/public and trustee enquiries.
  • The Assistant Communications/Media Officer will work closely with the Charity Communications/Development Officer and Head of Fundraising to ensure that a focussed and coordinated strategy is in place.
  • The post holder will be able to work to tight deadlines and deliver projects assigned to them by the Trustees/Communication & Development Officer and Head of Fundraising to agreed quality standards and timescales.
  • Highly developed written, presentation, interpersonal and communication skills to work with large groups or individuals both internally and externally.
  • Ability to provide and receive complex information and communicate this clearly and concisely to clinical and administration colleagues.
  • Assist in delivering a marketing/communications service for the Charities including providing support on the design of strategies, project and communication plans, publicity campaigns, branding, design, editorial, events management, digital media, printing and evaluation, for example: assist in the production of an annual newsletter and preparation of articles for the Trust's
Annual Review.

  • Working with a team of fundraisers and data support team and to be able to successfully deliver a major volume of work in short timescales requiring excellent prioritisation skills.


As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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