STRATHCARRON HOSPICE
Communications Officer
Band 4: £27,598 - £30,019 per annum
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Ref Number: 2403662
Strathcarron Hospice is an independent hospice, founded in 1981, and is one of the largest palliative in-patient units in Scotland. It is located in the Scottish Central Belt, serving a population of nearly 400,000 in both urban and rural settings across NHS Forth Valley and the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth areas of NHS North Lanarkshire.
We have an exciting new position for a Communications Officer at Strathcarron Hospice. In this role you will support the Communications Manager to develop communications and branding across all of the Hospice and our Subsidiaries.
You will be an enthusiastic, team player with experience of leading and supporting successful communications using a mix of traditional and digital marketing and PR activities. You will have a strong experience in communications with the ability to raise the profile of the Hospice and improve the public’s understanding of what we do.
Essentially for this role you will require strong planning and organisational skills, including the ability to work under own your initiative and balance competing demands.
You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You can confidently engage with range of people, including a proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
This post is subject to a check by Disclosure Scotland.
For informal enquiries please contact our Communications Manager, Ailsa Herd via email Ailsa.herd@nhs.scot or call 01324 826222.
For a job pack please contact Nicola Griffin, HR Coordinator via email Nicola.griffin@nhs.scot or call 01324 826222 or visit our vacancies page on our website www.strathcarronhospice.net
Closing date: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Interview date: Friday 5th April 2024
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £27,598.00-£30,019.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 27/03/2024
Reference ID: 2403662