Communications and Engagement Manager Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
It is an exciting role in communications across EHSCP, developing a more joined up, integrated approach to communications and engagement within EHSCP to support the new and ambitious Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) Strategic Plan which launched in August 2019. A single EHSCP communications and engagement point of contact will drive forward the new strategy, producing supporting narratives, building working relationships with communicators in City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian, and with the Scottish media.
In a complex and challenging environment communications and engagement must be focused externally and internally, to ensure that our staff and partners, including the voluntary and independent sectors, are kept informed at a time of rapid transformation.
This postholder will be required to provide strategic communications advice, be forward thinking, proactively manage media attention and react when required and take an active role in developing internal communications.
The EHSCP are continuously working to improve services and ways of working. This includes the way in which EHSCP works with partners and stakeholders. With any change, communications and engagement are key to success. The Chief Officer and wider Executive Management Team consider this post as essential to the future development and success of integration, the EHSCP transformation and the EIJB. If you believe you have the experience, energy and enthusiasm to take on these challenges, we would welcome your application. If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Tony Duncan, Service Director Strategic Planning via email at [email protected]
Interviews will be held in March.
Candidates can choose to apply for City of Edinburgh Council or NHS Lothian terms and conditions. Full details in the attached recruitment pack. The same application process should be followed for both. Please click on the link below to submit your application:
Link to job application - https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/city-edinburgh-council/jobs/communications-and-engagement-manager-318192
