Total 3 pr media communications job vacancies in liverpool l3 4az

Liverpool Health Partners is the Academic Health Science System for the Liverpool City Region.itis a membership-ledorganisationcomprising of 10 academic and NHS partners.


LHP convenes across, and advocates on behalf of, its member organisations and the excellence they represent. We have a mandate from the universities and NHS Trusts which are our members, to work across the health and life sciences sector in the region and, together, deliver health, economic and societal benefit.


This post is integral to the success of Liverpool Health Partners and by extension to the city region’s ambition in research and innovation across the health and life sciences sector. It will require a talented and highly motivated post-holder who can provide leadership and expertise in the following areas:
• planning and delivering of LHP strategic programmes and communications function and public affairs services of the highest quality.
• Help to grow the LHP Brand and deliver maximum value for the Partners and the Liverpool City Region, ensuring thatthe direction of travel isunderstood by,andremainsrelevant to,all key stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with partners’ comms teams, commercial partners, provider organisations, local and central government, to deliver the LHP strategic priorities.

The post-holder will lead on the following broad areas:

Provide strategic comms support

Lead on public affairs and advocacy for LHP

Lead on the development of a compelling narrative

Ensure that member organisations are bought into the process,

Mobilise and present, to regional and national stakeholders

Develop and sustain high-quality professional relationships

Connect LHP to the wider comms and public affairs sectors,

Assess the requirements for internal and external contributions to comms strategies

Convene and provide authoritative leadership

Be alert to the political and organisational sensitivities of partnership working

Oversee the delivery of high-quality and high-profile events

Take responsibility for the website, newsletters, social media and stakeholder mapping and management

Managing and developing staff

Produce regular performance management reports to the LHP board

Oversee budgets

Provide leadership and example in creating the optimal culture for LHP



Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

Follow us on Social Media:

Facebook – Liverpool University Hospitals Careers

Instagram - @LUHFTcareers

Twitter - @LUHFTcareers

The post-holder will lead on the following broad areas:
Strategic comms (40%)

Provide strategic comms support in areas required on behalf of the partnership
overall, focussing on the messaging across and between partner organisations

Lead on public affairs and advocacy for LHP including visibility and messaging to
political party conferences, and high-level strategic visits such as mayoral and
ministerial roundtables

Lead on the development of a compelling narrative about health and life sciences
innovation in Liverpool, amplifying the activity of member organisations and
highlighting the excellence and opportunity across the city region

Ensure that member organisations are bought into the process, amplifying
messages where possible and augmenting the narrative to focus a pan-regional
opportunities and successes
Public affairs (20%)

Mobilise and present, in order to influence perception, opportunities and policy, the
insights available from across LHP – to regional and national stakeholders such a s
politicians, government and funding agencies

Develop and sustain high-quality professional relationships that can be mobilised in
support of the partnership including media, political and life sciences sectors

Connect LHP and its partners to the wider comms and public affairs sectors,
bringing personal networks, insights and expertise that support advocacy on a wider
stage
Supporting specific initiatives and events (15%)

Assess the requirements for internal and external contributions to comms strategies
for programmes and support links to external agencies where necessary

Convene and provide authoritative leadership within cross-discipline and crossorganisation working groups

Be alert to the political and organisational sensitivities of partnership working and
intervening to tactfully advise where necessary

Oversee the delivery of high-quality and high-profile events ensuring collateral and
messaging is consistent with overall objectives of the partnership
Operational oversight (15%)

Take responsibility for the website, production of newsletters, overseeing social
media and stakeholder mapping and management

Managing and developing staff including: a small number of core team members
responsible for direct LHP work, advice, support and mentoring for staff in partner
organisations who are working on specific programmes where strategic advice is
being sought from LHP

Produce regular performance management reports to the LHP board and its partner
organisations, attending the Board when appropriate

Oversee budgets and staff associated with the delivery of LHP comms. (This may
well increase over time as the delivery model develops)
Provide leadership and example in creating the optimal culture for LHP (10%)

Provide high calibre and visible leadership to build and sustain an effective team
and to create healthy relationships across the partnership

Develop close working relationships with partner organisations and a wide range of
other multi- agency organisations

Take ownership of all areas of comms and public affairs activity, identifying and
pursuing opportunities that form a portfolio in their own right, with delegated
authority from the MD

Act as a senior representative and ambassador for LHP, locally, regionally, and
nationally


This advert closes on Friday 22 Nov 2024

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of this role or contact the Senior Communications Manager for more information.

Mersey Care is a research active NHSTrustand this role sits in the Research and Innovation team.The post holder will support the SeniorCommunications Manager (Mental Health Research) and Research & Effectiveness Leadto develop and implement an integratedseriesofinternal and externalcommunications for theTrust’s extensive roll out and implementation of Count Me In.

Count Me In is a new campaign, which will support colleagues and service users across Mersey Care to get involved in research activities with the aim of improving mental healthcare and treatments.This will support the pioneering work of the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC), which is a partnership between Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Liverpool (www.mric.uk).

Shortlisting planned for: 4 November 2024

Interview planned for: 11 November 2024 (TBC)
• Plan, developand managethe production of internal & externalcommunicationsand marketing materialsthat areaccessible.

• Support multi-level engagement with all Mersey Care communities.Promote local recognition & supportfor CountMe In, through effective communication of key messages, aims & achievementsto differentaudiences.

• Contribute to the design & maintenance of theCMIwebpages asthe Project’smain source of information,to ensure it is up to date and attractive to a wide range of stakeholders.

• Writecommunication materialsforMersey Care’sservice users & stakeholders,including health & social care professionals, local authorities, think tanksetc.,(e.g., emails/letters/presentations).

• Draft press releases, quotes, letters to editors & other articles for publication to the full range of media outlets,including national,local& regional TV, radio, print and digital.

• Produce regularevaluation reports forCount Me In detailing both outputs and outcomes of communications and marketing activities.


• Research and contribute to the Trust’s intranet, internal newsletter and magazine and other internal communications material forcolleagues.

• To respond quickly,accurately& positively tocolleague & service userenquiries. This includes,monitoringcalls, developing feedbackmechanisms& reporting back to the SeniorCommunicationsManager with suggestions & opportunities on how these may be addressed.



Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of this role or contact the Senior Communications Manager for moreinformation.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024