Hospice Communications and Marketing Officer - 30 hours per week (across 4 or 5 days)

• Are you a natural marketer, who knows how to tell a good story?

• Can you whip up a creative communications plan that will get the message out there?

• Could you be the newest addition to our growing Communications and Marketing team?

“Busy. Brilliant. The Best.”

That’s how people have described our team.

And now, we’re looking for a creative communicator with a love of marketing who is willing to get stuck in, work hard – and more importantly, make a real impact to support the work we do with our patients and their families.

As a Hospice Communications and Marketing Officer, your days will be filled with searching out stories, creating content for a range of audiences and busting myths about what Hospice Care is really like. You’ll be just as comfortable chatting with our Directors as you are to patients including children, young people and adults with life-limiting conditions.

You’re be a real wordsmith with fresh ideas. You’ll love adapting the voice and style of writing to suit the audience – from patients and families, to staff and volunteers, supporters and general public, to the media, and even health care professionals. There’s lots of variety in what you’ll be asked to produce from social media posts, to patient leaflets, staff newsletters, annual reports, press releases and more.

Working alongside your fellow officer, Abbie, you’ll work on a range of internal and external campaigns and projects – and you’ll be happy to take the lead where needed.

Excited?

Great! We’d love to hear from you if you’re…

✔ Empathetic and caring – with great communication and relationship building skills

✔ An experienced communications/marketing/copywriting pro – with a portfolio of at least two years’ relevant work you’d proudly talk to us about

✔ An enthusiastic ‘doer’ – you thrive in the buzz of a busy and varied environment and can ‘keep calm and carry on’ when deadlines are tight

Many people are unsure about working in a hospice – but behind our doors you’ll find much joy, laughter and happiness (along with inevitably a few tears).  You’ll also find a warm, welcoming and supportive work environment – within an organisation and team of people who really care about you.  We have great benefits and access to a wide range of education and development opportunities.

Watch ‘Our Story’ here to find out more.

If you’d like to get a feel for the place, we’d love you to come for a look around.

Please apply via our application form at the bottom of this page (please note we do not accept cover letters and CVs).

If after reading the job description, you’d like to ask any questions or arrange a visit, please contact Louise Heaps, Communications and Marketing Manager on 01912850063 or louiseheaps@stoswaldsuk.org

If you would like to download a detailed job description and person specification, please click here.

Want to find out more about why working in a Hospice could be the best job you’ve ever had?

Hospice UK have put together this short video which highlights many benefits of working in a Hospice by sharing the views of hospice professionals and what working in a hospice means to them. This video has been filmed with clinical care team members but we think it gives you a great idea what it’s like to work in a hospice in a non-clinical role too!

As a responsible healthcare organisation we must do our utmost to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our patients, staff and volunteers. Therefore, in line with government guidance, we actively encourage vaccination as the most important defence against the virus. Following interview, successful candidates will be asked to declare their Covid-19 vaccination status.

This role is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

As a responsible healthcare organisation we must do our utmost to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our patients, staff and volunteers. Therefore, in line with government guidance, we actively encourage vaccination as the most important defence against the virus.  Following interview, successful candidates will be asked to declare their Covid-19 vaccination status.

You must have existing right to work in the UK for this role.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time if we receive a high volume of applications.

Apply now using the application form below.

Closing date: Sunday 26^th March 2023

Interview date: Wednesday 5^th or Thursday 6^th April 2023

Please note if you are invited for interview, we’ll send you some interview questions so you can prepare answers in advance. We’ll also send you a creative pre-interview task to present to us which will focus on your writing skills.