Communications and Marketing Manager

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Paddington Life Sciences is a thriving hub of life sciences businesses centred around St Mary's Hospital, driving collaboration across the NHS, technology, and pharmaceutical sectors to advance transnational research and access to healthcare innovation for our patients, staff and communities.

As marketing manager you will be responsible for planning, developing, delivering, and measuring the impact of marketing communications for Paddington Life Sciences. You will also support the development of a new membership organisation, Paddington Life Sciences Partners.

As marketing manager you will help position Paddington Life Sciences, led by the Trust, as a new, serious player in the UK's successful and growing life sciences sector, and a complementary addition to London's existing life sciences clusters, especially Imperial College London's White City campus.

You will also contribute to wider change and development programmes and projects, helping to ensure they are shaped by, and are responsive to, the needs and preferences of our key audiences.

This is a fixed-term role available on a full-time or part-time basis.

Main duties of the job

The marketing manager will help create widespread awareness and support for Paddington Life Sciences amongst all key target audiences and stakeholders at local, national and international level.

The post holder will also help ensure Paddington Life Sciences vision, in parallel with the redevelopment of the St Mary's Hospital site, is promoted.

The marketing manager will build the Paddington Life Sciences narrative from the basis of the Trust's existing and growing research and innovation capabilities through partnerships.

The marketing manager will ensure all key research partners and organisations are informed and involved in the communication and marketing of Paddington Life Sciences.

The marketing manager will be required to write and design content for a range of communication and marketing campaigns, using online and offline channels, including media coverage, newsletters, seminars, brochures, leaflets, directories and conference presentation content. This will involve liaising with freelance writers and designers as required. Managing digital channels and online presence, including social media channels and website, creating social media and blog content, as well as maintaining and optimising content on the website.

The marketing manager will support the membership organisation by coordinating meetings, action plans and progress reports and oversee the membership database.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Bachelor and master's degree or equivalent strategic communications/ marketing experience. Science degree optimal

Desirable criteria

• Relevant professional qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria

• Communications and marketing experience in or with large, complex organisations, ideally in the health or charity-related sector
• Strong project management experience.
• Experience of developing and implementing effective marketing strategies.
• Proven ability to lead and manage effective, integrated communications projects including procurement and tendering to support the management of a delegated budget.
• Good understanding of offline and online marketing tools and techniques and their application in a relevant sector2
• Experience of delivering and/or commissioning communications and marketing collateral and activities with a demonstrable return on investment at the most senior level of an organisation

Desirable criteria

• NHS, other healthcare organisation or health research organisation experience
• Science communication experience.
• Involvement in brand development and management
• Account management experience - in-house or agency

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good copywriting skills
• Good presentation and facilitation skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other relevant programmes and software
• Able to understand audience characteristics and drivers. Can tailor communications materials to appeal to specific audiences
• Knowledge of or keen interest in social media and ability to use it.
• Good understanding of analytics software.

Desirable criteria

• Market research skills
• Content design experience including use of Adobe products (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 422.3KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)