Senior Regional Media and Communications Officer

This is an exciting fast paced role supporting the senior regional media and communications advisor and working with the wider team in delivering an effective regional press office function and stakeholder engagement around CQC's regulatory activity.

Reporting to the senior regional media and communications advisor, you'll be responding to media enquiries and writing press releases supporting CQC's regulatory activity as well as other core tasks.

This is a great opportunity to work in a busy press office and learn more about the wider health and social care system, as well as helping to promote improvement in health and social care services so people can make informed decisions about care., We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.
Individual Adjustments…
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate individual adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk.

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on., An enthusiastic communications professional who has experience and is good at working under pressure in a fast paced, reactive press office.

You'll have experience independently responding to media enquiries, as well as writing and issuing press releases.

You are good at building and maintaining working relationships and hold yourself to high standards in both your written and verbal communications with others.

You've got excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work under short deadlines.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme
- 27 days' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.