Communications & Marketing Executive

St Leonard's Hospice; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility for great work-lifebalance

Annual leave entitlement up to 41 days

Attractive pension schemes

Extensive employee discounts on shops,

Career development opportunities

Free onsite car parking

Supportive and friendly working enviro

Job summary

St Leonard’s Hospice is seeking a skilled Communications & Marketing Executive to join our Comms team and help raise awareness of the hospice’s services. You’ll work across the organisation to create engaging content, support campaigns, and promote income generating activities to supporters.

Reporting to the Head of Communications, you will develop audience-focused materials for patients, families and professionals, manage print and online content, evaluate campaigns, and help us tell the story

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role and the ability to demonstrate your skills
• The ability to create compelling content online and in print
• A track record in evaluating campaigns to support continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Make sure patients, families, healthcare professionals and carers know what help St Leonard’s offers and how they can access our support
• Campaign for changes in public policy and awareness of palliative and end-of-life issues
• Promote a range of income generating activity to new and existing supporters
• Reporting directly to the Head of Communications, and working alongside another Communications & Marketing Executive, you will create compelling content to showcase the Hospice’s work and the difference it makes for patients, families and carers.

Job description

Can you tell the story of how Hospice care helps local people?

At St Leonard’s Hospice, we are looking for skilled Communications & Marketing Executive to join our Comms team, supporting colleagues across the Hospice to:

• Make sure patients, families, healthcare professionals and carers know what help St Leonard’s offers and how they can access our support
• Campaign for changes in public policy and awareness of palliative and end-of-life issues
• Promote a range of income generating activity to new and existing supporters

To succeed, you’ll work collaboratively across the Hospice to create and share engaging insight-based, audience-focused communications.

Reporting directly to the Head of Communications, and working alongside another Communications & Marketing Executive, you will create compelling content to showcase the Hospice’s work and the difference it makes for patients, families and carers.

• Experience in a similar role and the ability to demonstrate your skills
• The ability to create compelling content online and in print
• A track record in evaluating campaigns to support continuous improvement

What’s in it for you:

• Flexibility for a great work/life balance
• Generous annual leave entitlement of up to 41 days
• Attractive pension schemes
• Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices and Blue Light Card discounts
• Opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Free onsite car parking
• A supportive and friendly working environment

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week, usually Mon-Fri though occasional evening and weekend work will be required. Once established in role, home working for up to two days a week will be feasible.

The salary band for this role is £28,555 to £31,337 a year.

The closing date is 29 November 2026 and interviews will be held 4 December 2026. However, we reserve the right to extend or close this post earlier.

We do not have sponsorship status and therefore all our offers are made conditional upon our candidates submitting evidence of their right to work in the UK in conjunction with our other pre-employment checks.