Job title: 2790BR Senior Officer (Corporate Communications)

Job description:
NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND SENIOR OFFICER (CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS)  Agenda for Change Band 5 - £22,218 to £28,746 per annum  Full Time – 37.5 hours per week Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity to March 2017 Who We Are   NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a special health board within NHS Scotland, with responsibility of developing and delivering education and training for the healthcare workforce in Scotland.  We are looking for a skilled internal and external communicator to join our progressive communications team. NES delivers recruitment, training and education for NHSScotland, increasingly through apps, animations and digital platforms.  What you'll do  Reporting to the Corporate Communications Manager, the postholder will provide a full and effective range of support to enable the communications department to deliver its role to a diverse group of stakeholders across a number of channels including digital and social media.   Key tasks will include but are not restricted to:  •Lead our social media activities, engaging with stakeholders online, developing, implementing and evaluating campaigns.  •Advise managers and colleagues on appropriate communication strategies and promotional tools.  •Create lively, stimulating content for the internal staff news site, NESExpress, across a range of topics, edit contributions from staff as required and produce analytics on a monthly basis.  •Support production of NESCurrent, our monthly external stakeholder publication with content and ideas for articles.  •Support proactive media work through writing of case studies, news releases as well as reactive media work by handling media enquiries in the absence of Corporate. Communications Manager and Head of Communications.  What You'll Bring •A degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience.  •Experience of providing high level communications support to senior management.  •A comprehensive knowledge of social media and engaging with stakeholders online as well as a good understanding of marketing and campaign planning.  •A practical knowledge and appreciation of writing for a range of different audiences across various media.   •Advanced IT Skills including Microsoft Office.  Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity. Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59hrs on the closing date. CLOSING DATE: 7 SEPTEMBER 2016 INTERVIEW DATE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2016 Applications must be made on line via our website: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/nes-vacancies.aspx CVs will not be accepted

Minimum salary: 22218

Maximum salary: 28746

Employer Name: NHS Education for Scotland

Job short description:
Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

Country: United Kingdom

Region: East Lothian and Midlothian

Contract duration: Temporary

Contract type: Full time

Source of job offer:
Department for Work and Pensions, Public Employment Services, United Kingdom

How to apply: Other - see free text

Salary currency: GBP

Salary period: Annually