Job Description

Are you passionate about news and the media and looking for a fantastic communications role where you can learn and develop as part of a motivated team of experts? Do you love to write, enjoy hearing people's stories and are highly organised? Are you excited at the prospect of working for a renowned, well-loved national brand? If so, this could be the role for you.

Salary

The salary for this position is 42,920 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.



In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.
Key Responsibilities


We are looking for a confident and experienced Senior Communications Officer to be part of GOSH Charity's busy and ambitious Communications team. We're looking for someone who is adept at securing well messaged, impactful press coverage across national and broadcast media to maximise reach and cut-through. You will need to be highly organised and confident with managing both internal and external stakeholders, including the Charity's suite of corporate partners and high value donors. Reporting into the External Communications Manager, this is a great opportunity for a seasoned communications professional to take ownership of high-profile projects across the organisation, whilst working with a dynamic team sharing the stories of inspirational GOSH families and integrating our work across our digital channels. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise


You will be a motivated and seasoned communications professional, with experience of working across high-profile PR campaigns. A natural relationship builder with a keen eye for detail, you'll be comfortable managing stakeholders both inside and outside the organisation, using your negotiating skills where necessary. Media liaison will be second nature to you, and you will be experienced in securing impactful press coverage across a range of different media titles to help ensure cut-through for the charity's campaigns and activities.

The ideal candidate will have:Extensive, proven experience in delivering high profile and effective proactive PR campaigns Proven experience of responding to reactive media enquiries on a variety of different subjects Broad, demonstrated PR experience, including in fundraising PR particularly of high value corporate partnerships and red-carpet special events Experience handling issues and crisis communications, and dealing with sensitive issues Experience of working with celebrities and/or influencers Experience of interviewing people sensitively and managing the consent process Ability to manage relationships both internally and externally, being tactful, diplomatic and persuasive when providing advice and guidance To engage and influence colleagues and stakeholders at all levels within an organisation Attention to detail and providing high-quality and precise work, including ability to work well under pressure Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines Preferably, experience of working in a not-for-profit organisation, though this is not essential.

How to apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

Closing Date

: Wednesday 15th October
Benefits


30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) A flexible approach to working arrangements. Access to our enhanced pension scheme Life assurance Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.




About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity


Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status.

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy here https://www.gosh.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-edi-strategy/


As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact recruitment@gosh.org

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.