Thinking beyond our next placement
External Affairs Assistant
Salary £26837 including London weighting allowance
Location: Agile working with London base and regular travel to London
This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy
Application deadline: 23.59, 14th November 2024
About Us
The NHS Confederation is the membership organisation that brings together, supports and speaks for the whole healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The NHS Confederation is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum.
The NHS Confederation is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly and our agile working principles are designed to empower our people to work with optimal flexibility and minimal constraints to support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing.
You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans.
The vacancy
We are encouraging applications from candidates from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The health care communications profession is under-represented when it comes to ethnic diversity and our communications, as a recent report by the NHS Confederation found. Our internship programme is a small step in trying to address this within our own communications department.
The vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for an aspiring communications professional to launch their career in communications by working in one of the busiest and highest-profile healthcare communications teams in the country.
If you are passionate about politics, the media and the NHS, and would either like to begin your career in communications, or if you are looking to kickstart a new career in the profession, we would love to hear from you.
As our External Affairs Assistant you will:
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help us monitor the news and events in Parliament
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respond to media enquiries, publish content on our website and promote our work across our social media channel
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help to develop briefings and correspondence for parliamentarians and government officials
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carry out online research and make sure our contact lists are up to date so that we engage the right people in our work
We would love to hear from you if you:
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A keen interest in how the media works, what makes a good story, and in politics / current affairs
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Are an excellent team player and also confident to work independently using initiative to complete tasks
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Can prioritise and manage workload with tight deadlines
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Have good communication skills and confident to deal with people at all levels
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Adopt a professional and values-based approach to how you work.
To apply
For an informal discussion about the post and the NHS Confederation before applying please contact Rosa Hirons at rosa.hirons@nhsconfed.org
Application deadline: 23.59, 14th November 2024
Interview date: 25th November 2024 (TBC)