Marketing Communications & Engagement Consultant

Job Location	Wakefield
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Competitive salary
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

The Company:NHS Shared Business Services is a unique partnership between Sopra Steria and the Department of Health. We provide crucial corporate back office services to NHS organisations.We are market leaders in corporate service delivery with around 40% of the NHS using one or more of our products. With unrivalled knowledge and experience, we provide high-quality, value-for-money finance, procurement and employment services to the NHS, helping them overcome any challenges they face in the back office.We work closely with NHS organisations all over the country to replace outdated, time-consuming and error-prone paper processes, with affordable digital systems and more efficient ways of working, and in addition to our core services, we are designing and developing innovative digital technologies and piloting brand new ways of working, which further improve efficiency and quality, and better support the NHS workforce to deliver world-class patient care.We are passionate about using our expertise to save the NHS time and money and are more relevant today than ever before.The Day Job:Are you a creative with an eye for design Do you have a panache for creating crisp and concise copyWe are looking for an experienced and engaging communications and marketing expert to join our team. This role is a 50:50 split between Marketing and Communications responsibilities, offering a varied workload and no day is the same!We are redefining corporate services for the NHS and this is an opportunity to work on an amazing project as well as BAU. The successful candidate will work primarily, but not exclusively, on The Edge4Health – our innovative cloud-based catalogue solution for the healthcare sector, it is revolutionary!Reporting to the Senior Communications Consultant and working as part of the Edge4Health project team, you will design, develop and deliver strategic and tactical marcomms activities to The Edge4Health. You will also work closely with the broader Marketing and Communications team in providing marcomms support across the wider business.Key Responsibilities:

Work with the Senior Communications Consultant, line of business directors and teams across the organisation to develop product marketing & communications strategies to support the achievement of income targets (through customer acquisition and retention); profile-raising objectives (through compelling multi-channel campaigns); and protecting and enhancing NHS SBS’s reputation (through PR, media relations and social media)

Work effectively with the Head of Client Partnership and Director of Business Development to support their teams in engaging successfully with new and existing clients around the The Edge4Health.

Own the delivery of marketing strategies by translating strategy into multi-channel marketing communications campaigns across print, events and digital platforms (including email, web and social media) delivered on time and within budget

Manage and deliver day-to-day marcomms activities including newsletter production, events management and campaigns management

Lead the development of compelling content for a range of internal and external audiences (b2b customers and prospective customers, consumers, key stakeholders, internal staff and the media) across print, web, email, social media, media releases and other platforms

Engage with internal stakeholders and external knowledge sources to build an in-depth understanding of the business, its strategy and products, and the broader market in which it operates

Required Skills:You will need to have:

Significant mid/high level experience working in a communications, marketing or business development role in a corporate, technology or healthcare environment

Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field

Proven experience of planning, designing, developing, delivering and evaluating successful B2B communications and marketing strategies

Superb communications skills (written and verbal) – including copywriting, speech/presentation writing, online content etc

In-depth experience of developing, delivering and evaluating digital marketing campaigns, including the use of Electronic Direct Mail platforms (eg DotDigital, MailChimp etc)

It would be great if you had:

An understanding of the NHS

Financial/accounting and/or procurement understanding or experience

Contract Type: Full Time, PermanentLocation: LeedsInternal Recruiter: KatieSalary: up to £40,000 per annumBenefits:£5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

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