Communications Officer - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Communications Officer

Part time - 17.5hrs per week

Fixed term contract until March 2024

Sheffield based (working from home)

We're Rethink Mental Illness and no matter how bad things are, we help people severely affected by mental illness to improve their lives. We're on a mission to bring about meaningful change, through our services, groups and groundbreaking campaigns. As a leading charity provider of mental health services in England, people living with mental illness and those who care for them, are at the heart of everything we do. They shape our expert advice, information, and around 200 services - everything from housing to community-based services. And they drive our campaigning to change the law and tackle discrimination. Together, we run over 130 local groups which provide vital peer support in the community. We know, from our vast experience, that people severely affected by mental illness can have a good quality of life. With your support, we will make that possible.

Rethink's Community Mental Health Unit (CMHU) has been established with the intended purpose of changing the face of community mental health care, to support communities and professionals to come together and collaborate more closely.

In Sheffield, we will develop and implement new models of community based mental health care, that integrate clinical and voluntary sector provision, in line with the NHS Long Term Plan and the NHS community mental health framework.

As a Communications Officer working for Rethink Mental Illness you will develop and implement a marketing and communications plan tailored to our programme in Sheffield. Acting as a comms all-rounder, you will work alongside the team in Sheffield, as well as organisations in the voluntary sector, the local authority, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust and others to promote the work being undertaken. The primary audience for the programme is stakeholders and potential service users in Sheffield - you will identify and maintain the most effective and appropriate comms channels for these audiences, and also help to disseminate learnings to wider national stakeholders.

More information can be found in the job description.

What we are looking for:

Experience of partnership working
Understanding of working with people who use mental health services and delivering coproduced comms work
Ability to form working relationships and experience of delivering successful internal comms across partnerships
Background in planning joint communications campaigns
Experience of setting up and managing websites
Experience of working on social media campaigns/ digital marketing.
Adept at working with media and key influencers to help build the brand.
Experience of embedding and working with a new brand, creating a narrative for which all partners feel ownership of
Able to work with organisation leaders to draw out key messages

You may also have:

Lived experience and/or a good understanding of mental illness and its impact on individuals and families.
Experience in a health or social care setting
Don't meet all requirements?_

If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don't exactly match every single requirement, we would still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for our position

Caring for our people.
We offer a wide range of support.

Some of our benefits include:
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PULSE - your rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.
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Wellbeing support: Our Wellbeing hub that gives physical, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
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Taking time for you: we work flexibly -you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
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Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
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Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
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£300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we're working with.

By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services.

One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.

We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethn