Senior Communications Officer (Internal)

Job overview

Are you a communications professional looking for an exciting new challenge? Join the largest NHS Trust in the country and play a key role in delivering impactful communications and engagement campaigns.

We are seeking a dynamic individual with excellent written and communication skills, who is proactive, organised, and experienced in developing communication plans and using design tools like Canva. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Why join us?

Become a part of our Trust Communications team and work alongside a diverse and motivated group of professionals across all MFT sites. You'll be joining a team that is passionate about making a difference to our colleagues through the communication activities we deliver. This role offers you the opportunity to build networks and relationships, develop your skills, and contribute to the delivery of our new Trust strategy.

This is a hybrid role, with three days working on-site and two days at home.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Communications Officer (Internal), you will be responsible for planning and delivering internal communications and engagement to our 30,000 staff. Working closely with our Communications Manager (Internal), you will create and execute communication plans that support the delivery of MFT’s new strategy.

The role will include:

• Plan and delivering effective communication plans for strategic programmes, large-scale change, and staff engagement campaigns
• Supporting a calendar of colleague engagement events supporting Workforce, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Organisational Development.
• Content creation using tools such as Canva
• Delivering plans for internal communications and engagement campaigns
• Support the creation of short videos, either in-house or through an external company
• Support the Communications Manager (Internal) to help develop and manage an effective and proactive strategic stakeholder management process to ensure the organisations messages are communicated effectively
• Updating and reviewing content across internal channels such as the intranet and MFTV digital screens.
• Work flexible hours when called to do so

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!