Hybrid Marketing and Communications Manager – 12 Months FTC

at Guy's & St Thomas'​ Foundation

• Job title: Marketing and Communications Manager – 12 Months FTC
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: £50,000 - £53,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Southwark, United Kingdom

About the role

• Marketing and Communications Manager leading campaigns, communications, and design for NHS charity brands. Ambitious role focusing on fundraising and stakeholder engagement in hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• The purpose of this role is to manage great quality, high impact marketing, brand and communications to support our funding, fundraising and supporter goals liaising with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• To effectively project manage the marketing and communications outputs across one or more of our three charity brands: Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity and Guy’s Cancer Charity - amplifying our need for charitable funds and the impact of these for the patients, families and staff of Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust.
• Project manage a number of marketing, design and communications activities from brief to evaluation that support the delivery of our ambitious ten year fundraising plan
• Contribute to income generation in support of the fundraising objectives and fundraising targets
• Contribute to increasing the number of supporters, increasing levels of awareness, reaching and engaging new audiences and existing audiences in fundraising and funding
• To build excellent working relationships with Trust Communications team, Fundraising team and other key stakeholders by developing an in depth understanding of their work, working collaboratively, acting as a key point of contact within the Charity Marketing and Comms team, ensuring all communications and marketing activity support the Charity and Trust’s brand and reputation.
• Champion the three Charity brands, acting as brand guardian, providing expert guidance and supporting fundraising colleagues, to ensure the brands and messaging are applied consistently across all activities.
• Line manage one Marketing and Communications Officer and oversee matrix management one Senior Media Officer (employed by NHS Comms team) to ensure media activities align with charity goals and objectives.
• Provide specialist support in developing opportunities involving celebrity engagement.

Requirements

• Significant experience of planning, scheduling, delivery, and management of integrated marketing and communication campaigns to support a range of goals, including fundraising and engagement
• Strong project management experience
• Outstanding account management experience
• Excellent line management experience
• Excellent people skills with an ability to build strong relationships quickly with a range of stakeholders
• Experience of developing audience-led propositions and campaigns, using qualitative/quantitative audience research and insight
• Ability to balance competing priorities and successfully manage challenging situations, working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent writing, communication and influencing skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience of overseeing celebrity engagement
• Experience of overseeing media and PR as part of wider communication campaigns
• Proactive, can-do attitude
• Experience of working in a complex matrix organisation
• Desirable: Previous experience of working with an NHS Charity or Health, Children’s or Cancer charity
• Desirable: Experience of managing a multiple brand portfolio

Benefits

• Up to 12% employer pension contributions
• Annual personal development budget
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
• Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
• Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
• Shower facilities and bike lock area.
• Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
• Subsidies for glasses
• Employee Assistance Programme