Senior Communications Officer - London, United Kingdom - Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care
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Salary:

- £44,043- £ £5,000 duty / shift allowances per annum
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment).

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  • DHSC
  • Group Operations
    Type of role:
  • Communications / Marketing
  • Press Relations
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Job summary:


At the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer.

To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values:
we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you'd like to work in, we'd love to hear from you.

Health and social care issues affect us all.

From patient care to mental health, NHS funding to medicine supply and adult social care - the work of the department is always at the forefront of the news agenda and a key government priority.

If you want to be part of the team shaping this debate, we want to hear from you.


The Department of Health and Social Care communications team is an award-winning operation, recognised for its work on evaluation, insight, and partnership working.

We are looking for an experienced communications professional with a razor-sharp news sense and strong political awareness.

You will need to thrive in a high-pressure environment, while working with and motivating teams to deliver their full potential.


No two days will be the same - your responsibilities will vary between leading a team to deliver on key departmental priorities, to accompanying ministers on visits to hospitals and care homes, to shaping the media narrative on health priorities including tackling COVID-19 backlogs, supporting the NHS workforce and easing NHS pressures, and public health campaigns including tackling health inequalities and ensuring people live healthier lives.

You will be supported to develop your career as you work towards becoming a future leader as part of a friendly, welcoming team where learning, development and wellbeing are integral parts of the offer.


Job description:


Key accountabilities for the role:


  • Advising officials on all aspects of presentation, accompanying ministers to interviews, visits and events, drafting social media content and blogs, drafting rebuttal lines and developing new content
  • Helping to plan, design and deliver communications campaigns and deliver activity including developing high quality, insightdriven content for use across a wide range of channels and platforms and ensuring all activity is evaluated in line with GCS standards
  • Maintaining close working relationships with counterparts in armslength bodies and other partner organisations, ensuring all communications activity is aligned and jointly planned as appropriate
  • Supporting a 24 / 7 media service including participation in the outofhours duty rota and early/late shifts

Person specification:


Key requirements for the role:


  • Strong oral and written communications skills
  • Experience of proactive and reactive communications
  • Ability to develop and deliver creative campaigns to tackle problems and promote issues
  • Ability to create social media content
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure, prioritise workload and deal with competing priorities
  • Strong news sense and the ability to communicate effectively with different audiences

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


  • Communications
  • Insight: Core
  • Communications
  • Ideas: Core
  • Communications
  • Implementation: Core
  • Communications
  • Impact: Core

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £44,043, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £11,892 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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