Job Description

PR & Communications Manager

Fixed-term contract to 1 July 2026 4 days a week up to 33k (FTE 41,672)

Intelligent Health is on a mission to build active communities that bring people together and empowers them to make positive changes to their health and wellbeing.

We are looking for an exceptional PR & Communications Manager to help propel our organisational profile to a national platform.

As our PR & Communications Manager, you will be responsible for growing our external facing profile through media engagement, strategising and delivering marketing and communications campaigns and curating thought leadership through compelling written narrative. You will be an experienced, effective communicator and with a strong media network. You will be pivotal in maintaining the 'voice' of Intelligent Health and taking findings from our programmes - including Roots Workplace Health Academy and our community development tool Beat the Street. You will act as a short-form storyteller to evidence the power of enabling people to become more engaged and active in their local area.

We are looking for an experienced PR & Communications Manager, who is adept at thinking strategically about communications campaigns, can work to tight deadlines, be adaptable and has the ability to condense information into multiple formats. An eye for a good story, you will have the initiative to pivot across the organisation's missions to know how best to platform emerging insight across the Intelligent Health brand. In line with the organisation's ethos, you will have a genuine passion for health creation and tackling inequalities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation that is making a tangible difference to people's lives. We offer flexible working hours, a collaborative environment and an opportunity to work across the country.

Founded by GP Dr. William Bird MBE, Intelligent Health is driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to transform people's health through small, impactful changes. We create resilient, healthier communities by connecting individuals to each other, their environments, and provide vital health knowledge, utilising scalable engagement, data-driven insights, and impactful programmes like Beat the Street, Roots Health Academy, eco-travel education, and Physical Activity Clinical Champions training. Beat the Street, our flagship community development tool, serves as a platform to prototype innovative, collaborative approaches to improving health, demonstrating how collective action can create a tangible, positive shift in a community's wellbeing.

Your duties and responsibilities:

Strategy development: plan and deliver on a calendar of campaigns, priority stories and content to promote Intelligent Health and its programmes. Agency management: lead relationship management with the agency delivering B2B marketing campaigns for Roots Health Academy, Intelligent Health's workplace resilience programme. Thought leadership: draft and deliver curated content across digital, print and social media to support the growth of Intelligent Health's public profile. Craft strong, concise narratives across multiple platforms highlighting community outcomes, health benefits and innovation. Press management: manage media relations, including journalist outreach, media monitoring and preparing briefings for interviews. Executive support: draft speeches, quotes, social media, blog posts and editorials in the tone of the CEO (and Directors) to amplify Intelligent Health's vision and influence. Support SLT (and wider team) in raising their professional profile through media opportunities, conferences and publications. Platforming insight: translate data from Beat the Street Insights, Roots Health Academy, and Physical Activity Clinical Champions into media friendly content and stakeholder reports. External communications: curate content for Intelligent Health's quarterly partner newsletter, including sourcing content across programmes, writing engaging updates, and coordinating distribution to key stakeholders. Digital media: maintain Intelligent Health's website, LinkedIn and social media profiles

Education & skills

Degree educated, preferably in the Journalism, Marketing or Communications fields. Experienced public relations and communications manager, with proven skill in engaging the media to promote the work of a small to medium sized organisation, with at least five years' experience in a PR and/or communications role Highly literate with excellent PR experience, including analytical reporting. Evidenced ideation and delivery of successful communications campaigns, building and maintaining a profile via national media through news coverage, editorials, blogging etc. Outstanding ability to build a compelling narrative, see and tell the story with exceptional copywriting skills. An excellent communicator, able to determine where our messaging will resonate best, with a high-quality level of written communications Strong news sense and evidence of existing relationships with journalists, which can be utilised to enhance influence, reputation and profile nationally. Ideally, these relationships will be from one of the following sectors: sport and physical activity, natural environment, transport, education, public health or NHS. Proactive self-starter with ability to work to tight and shifting deadlines

Person Specification

Adhere to the Intelligent Health values of honest, kind, passionate about health, collaborative, reliable and ambitious Proactive, self-motivated team-player Hardworking, trustworthy and reliable Friendly demeanour and polite, respectful manner Pro-social values and promotes diversity Flexible and adaptive to needs of the business, team and colleagues Able to work under pressure and remain focused
Role will report to a Director.

Further Information

Send covering letter and CV by Friday 30 May, 2025 via the button below. Only applications with covering letter will be considered.

Job Types: Fixed Term - to 1 July 2026, Part-Time (4 days, 30 hours)

Pay: up to 33,000 (41,672 FTE)

Benefits:

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata) Flexible working BUPA cash-back plan Casual dress Company events Company pension On-site parking Work from home EAP
Schedule:

Four working days, decided by the candidate from Monday to Friday

We will consider this role home or office-based

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: Up to 33,333.00 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Free parking Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 30/05/2025
Expected start date: 01/07/2025