Assistant Director of Communications

Provide support to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Deputy Director of People in the delivery of an effective strategic communications programme to the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and collaboratively with system partners. The postholder is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and will at all times have freedom to act with minimal guidance.
Support the Chief Operating Officer to ensure the Integrated Care Board (ICB) meets the responsibilities set for it by NHS England, for all internal and external communication, public affairs, media, digital, marketing, and engagement functions to enable health and care to be more inclusive and equitable for all.
Manage the Communications and Engagement Team on a day-to-day basis whilst offering strategic support to both the Deputy Director of People, Executive Leadership and Senior Leadership Team.

Main duties of the job
Please refer to the detailed Job Description Document which can be found in the document section of this vacancy.

Working for our organisation
The Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory body responsible for local NHS services, functions, performance and budgets. It is directly accountable to the NHS and is made up of local NHS trusts, primary care providers, and local authorities.
The ICB is responsible for joining up care services to improve patient experience in the community. The Board includes a chair, the chief executive and representatives from NHS organisations, primary care (GPs) and local authorities (councils).
The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is a statutory committee that brings together all system partners to produce a health and care strategy. As a forum to support partnership working, the ICP brings together local authorities, health and social care, and housing providers.

Our vision for the future of Northamptonshire's health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.
Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Northamptonshire to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.
Each day our values will help to guide our decisions and what is most important to us:
+ Our patients and our local population come first
+ We work together in an open and accountable way
+ We trust, challenge and support each other
+ We do what we say we will do.

Please refer to the detailed Job Description Document which can be found in the document section of this vacancy.
Please note, there is an requirement for all positions at Bands 8b and above to be part of a On Call rota.
All new entrants to the ICB for a permanent position will be subject to a 6 month probationary period. For new entrants appointed on a fixed-term basis, the probationary period is between 1 and 6 months.
We are an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be welcomed and considered regardless of a person's age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates and those applicants need only meet the essential criteria to be invited to interview. We will also make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, including the Job Description and Person Specification, to enable you to pursue your application, providing that you inform us of any special requirements.
Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.
If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation.