Company Description
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the United Kingdom’s largest funder of health and care research. The NIHR invests more than £1.6 billion a year of research funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The NIHR’s research programmes, people, centres of excellence and systems together represent the most integrated health research system in the world.
Established in 2006 by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the NIHR’s mission is to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. It funds, supports, and delivers high-quality research that addresses the needs of patients, the public, and the healthcare system.
Job Description

APPLICATION

If you are excited about the prospect of joining our team and believe you possess the relevant skills and background, we invite you to apply. Please submit your CV along with a ‘Statement of Suitability’ that showcases your key skills and experiences in relation to the ‘Essential Criteria’ outlined in the job description. Additionally, share your enthusiasm for working with NIHR.

JOB PURPOSE

The Communications Manager will be part of a busy team helping to demonstrate the value and impact of the NIHR’s major investments in all areas of health research, medical technologies and research infrastructure for the benefit of patients now and in the future. An organised and proactive individual who will enjoy and thrive on the fast-paced work at the heart of NIHR and the UK’s health research system.
Ideal candidates for this role will be highly organised, excellent all-round communicators, skilled at working with diverse teams to understand and support their communications needs across a wide range of channels, including contributing to a busy media brief. The Communications Manager will report to the Senior Communications Manager and a key responsibility will be to support the promotion of NIHR’s research portfolio, as well as cross-NIHR communications activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Senior Communications Manager in working with NIHR research funding teams to promote NIHR’s research infrastructure, research findings and opportunities for researchers and the public to be involved in NIHR research
• Plan and deliver announcements of new funding schemes, major funding awards and complex research outputs, triaging press releases and working with awardees on NIHR naming, brand and acknowledgement and channel set-up as relevant
• Produce concise and engaging written, visual and multimedia content for NIHR channels (website, social media, blog, newsletters, intranet) to promote the work of the NIHR to different audiences including researchers, patients and the public
• Work closely with NIHR’s communications delivery teams, underpinning the communications strategy and contributing to planning and strategic projects across the organisation, and becoming a key member of the media delivery team
• Establish, maintain and improve ways of working with internal teams we support, providing communications guidance in areas such as accessible web content and compliance with NIHR’s visual identity guidelines.
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