Senior Communication and Engagement Officer

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bradford seeks a Communication and Involvement Officer to deliver effective communications for the redevelopment of Lynfield Mount Hospital. The role involves engaging stakeholders and driving awareness through various channels. Candidates should have excellent communication skills, project management experience, and creativity. The position offers flexible working arrangements and various benefits to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering high-quality communications for projects.
• Ability to engage with diverse stakeholders effectively.
• Proven project management skills in communications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality communications for the redevelopment of Lynfield Mount Hospital.
• Engage stakeholders and raise awareness of the redevelopment plans.
• Provide communications advice to the project team.

Skills

Creative communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Experience with digital media

Job description

Overview

Do you want to join an exciting transformational programme at an award-winning mental health, learning disability and community trust? This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust's plans to redevelop the acute wards in its main mental health hospital that serves communities across Bradford District & Craven. You'll be joining a multi-disciplinary redevelopment team, that combines clinical & design expertise, construction/project management excellence, and specialist roles. It works in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with responsibility for the phased planning, design and redevelopment/ construction of Lynfield Mount Hospital's acute wards over three years. We are looking for a Communication and Involvement Officer with the skills, passion and creativity to help advance our plans to the next stage and beyond.

Reporting to the Trust's Head of Communication and Marketing but working closely with Project Director, you will be responsible for delivering high quality and effective communications, engaging key stakeholders and raising awareness of the Trust's ambitious redevelopment plans and activity. It will require you to be creative, to maximise engagement through a range of online and offline communication channels. The role offers the opportunity to take advantage of the Trust's flexible working policies but will be required to work from any of the Trust's premises, with regular travel to Lynfield Mount Hospital, Bradford.

Main duties

• Delivering high quality and effective communications for Lynfield Mount Hospital's redevelopment, creating, project managing and delivering communication activity/ campaigns.
• Continuing to develop and agree the headline communications and engagement involvement strategy and tactical plan.
• Engaging key stakeholders and raising awareness of the ambitious phased three-year redevelopment plans.
• Providing communications' advice and counsel to the project team on the most effective communication and engagement tactics to meet their needs, in-line with the Trust's style and branding guides. This may include the need to influence and persuade on the most appropriate communications approach.
• Sustained involvement of the Trust's Patient and Carer Experience and Involvement team to ensure continued proactive engagement of services users, carers and families, alongside wider engagement activity.
• Developing and delivering creative approaches to maximise awareness and engagement through a range of internal and external online and offline communication channels including traditional media, print, digital (website/intranet, Facebook, X, Vimeo), promotional material, events, stakeholder engagement and e-bulletins.

Values

• We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Flexible working and benefits

• We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.