Digital Communications Officer

Are you a digital communications expert with a passion for making a real impact? We are looking for a dynamic individual to drive our digital presence and engage our diverse audiences.
You will:
+ Drive digital strategy: Implement and support our digital communications strategy across our websites and social media platforms, ensuring alignment with our broader goals and objectives
+ Create compelling content: Develop and curate content that resonates with our target audiences, inspiring and engaging them while maintaining best practice guidelines
+ Innovate and optimise: Design a forward-looking innovation and development roadmap for our digital channels, ensuring we leverage the latest technology
+ Lead and advise: Collaborate with colleagues across the Trust and external partners, offering expert advice on digital communication strategies, campaigns, and community engagement, + To produce content for the Trust's website and social media channels in line with the organisations overarching communications strategy
+ To produce regular reporting on the performance of the Trust's digital communications
+ To provide advice and guidance to colleagues across the Trust and external partners on best practice for digital communications
+ Develop and deliver digital communications campaigns to increase the awareness of the Trust and its services amongst its target audiences
+ To ensure the constant development and innovation of the Trust's digital channels
+ Ensure Trust's external newsletters are planned and sent efficiently in line with best practice, + To ensure the Trust, King's Maudsley Partnership and South London Listens websites are kept up to date with timely and engaging content
+ To ensure the Trust's owned social media channels are kept up to date with timely and engaging content
+ Drive growth of the Trust's digital audience by ensuring engaging and shareable content
+ To assist colleagues across the Trust with website and social media projects, giving expert guidance in terms of content, section or site development
+ To create campaigns that will grow the Trust's social media following and community engagement
+ To increase visits to the Trust's website through our social media channels
+ To encourage and execute content from our stakeholders
+ Manage the Trust's external newsletter programme
Communications and relations
+ To produce accurate, effective and highly engaging content for the Trust's digital platforms and presences
+ To us specialist expertise to advise colleagues digital communication best practice
+ To establish and maintain effective co-operative working relationships with all stakeholder groups, internally and externally, at all levels
+ To ensure that communications are correctly tailored for the appropriate target audiences
+ To plan and organise digital communication activities and events, requiring the formulation and adjustment of plans and strategies
+ To manage contracts with external suppliers ensuring value for money and working within the framework of the organisation
Policy and service development
+ To develop digital and social media plans to ensure the constant development and innovation of the Trust's platforms and presences
+ To plan, manage and coordinate often complex programmes and projects across digital communication activities, order to ensure that resources available are allocated appropriately with all deadlines met
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

+ Digital expertise: A strong background in digital communications, with experience in content creation, social media management, and websites
+ Strategic vision: The ability to develop and implement digital strategies that align with organizational goals and drive engagement
+ Innovation mindset: A proactive approach to staying ahead of digital trends and technologies, constantly seeking ways to enhance user experience
+ Leadership and collaboration: Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a talent for guiding teams and advising stakeholders on digital best practices

NHS AfC: Band 5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family.
We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at South London and Maudsley. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits include:
+ Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service
+ Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing
+ Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
+ Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from key-worker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
+ Counselling services
+ Wellbeing events
+ Long service awards
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Season ticket loan
+ Childcare vouchers
+ Staff restaurants