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 31,325 per annum.
Key Responsibilities
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Communications Assistant to be part of GOSH Charity’s busy and ambitious Communications team. We’re looking for someone who is highly organised and who will enjoy working as part of a fast-paced team. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop skills across a breadth of communications work, which will include:
- Working closely with GOSH patients and their families to help tell their stories via press and social media
- Supporting on celebrity activity and helping to share news and information via the charity’s internal communications channels.
- Ensuring the smooth running of the Communications team as a whole, through administrative support and the coordination of meetings and events.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
You will be a highly efficient organiser who is enthusiastic and willing to get stuck into the team’s busy day-to-day work. A natural relationship builder with a keen eye for detail, you’ll be comfortable interacting with people who work both inside and outside the charity and be able to prioritise your time, balancing it between essential administrative support and specific project work.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Demonstrable interest in the news and media
- Worked in a Communications role or had other relevant experience in Communications
- Previous experience of working in an office environment, demonstrating experience of managing and maintaining administrative systems to support the smooth running of the team
- Knowledge and understanding of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of personal data
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor content for a variety of channels and audiences
- Attention to detail and providing high-quality and precise work, including ability to work well under pressure
- The ability to work independently, using initiative and sound judgement
- Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workload, planning and organising daily and weekly activities in order to meet deadlines
- The ability to use initiative and understanding of when to ask for support
- Preferably, experience of working in a not-for-profit organisation, though this is not essential.
How to apply
Click the apply button in the top right hand corner and you will be taken to a short application form.
Closing date: 4th 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 brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.
Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the 'Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.'
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found here - EDI Strategy .
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact
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.
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