Total 4 pr media communications job vacancies in Bedford, MK42 9DJ

At National Highways, we are proud of our purpose - to deliver a better service for road users and to support a growing economy. Millions of people rely on England's motorways and A roads every day, and we want everyone who uses and works on them to get home safe and well.

To help tell our story we need to deliver communications and engagement activity that showcases the positive impact of roads investment, and increases awareness and driver confidence about how to travel safely on our roads.

As a Media Relations Manager within our Press Office Team, you will be responsible for protecting, building and enhancing the reputation of National Highways by providing strategic media handling advice to the organisation, liaising with the media, and providing a proactive and reactive media relations service in line with the communications strategy.

You should be an experienced communicator with a strong news sense and excellent judgement.

This role will be based from our Bedford or Guildford office - (40% office based) Some travel will also be required occasionally for team meetings or to facilitate media events within the region.

What you'll be leading on

• Delivering high quality written material, media briefings and communications activity to promote National Highways and enhance our reputation.
• Providing media handling advice, including developing and implementing communication plans to ensure that the most appropriate communication solutions and channels are being used.
• High profile and often complex issues which will require you to use your specialist expertise to achieve balanced and accurate coverage for National Highways.
• Responding to media enquiries and briefing spokespeople, maintaining effective forward planning, and delivering and managing media events/activities.
• Developing relationships with colleagues across the business and journalists, and coordinating activity with the Department for Transport and other external stakeholders.
• You will also participate in an out of hours duty rota to help ensure road users are informed about traffic conditions and to respond to media enquiries.

To be successful:

• A strategic thinker with political awareness
• Experience of working with teams across an organisation to engage with the public via the media
• Outstanding stakeholder relationship skills
• Experience in producing creative and impactful communications activity for a range of media outlets
• Experience of working with the media, and providing high quality written material

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Your new role

• To ensure our client's communications and engagement department is recognised and promoted as a professional, inclusive and valued emergency service, with all stakeholders and that essential messages are communicated internally and externally.
• To proactively promote the organisation, its work and activities, employees, career opportunities, campaigns, successes and key messages across a variety of digital platforms, both internally and externally, evaluating outcomes where appropriate.
• To work independently to strategically develop and deliver the Service's social media strategy in a creative way, managing all corporate social media channels and supporting on-call stations with their local pages.
• To proactively manage the reputation of the organisation, including media and social media management and monitoring, and provide a timely and full brief to senior managers on risks and issues as they arise, including suggested mitigation and actions.
• To assist and manage the production of creative content, including graphics, infographics, videography and material of all descriptions including digital content and traditional printed materials, liaising with colleagues, internally and beyond the organisation, to ensure materials are appropriate, engaging and reflect the organisation's brand, and act as the corporate photographer/videographer when required.
• To produce well written and accurate communication suitable for different audiences (internal and external), including social media posts, web content, news releases and quotes, articles for inclusion in corporate publications, information leaflets and posters, internal messages and other corporate documents that arise.
• To play an active role in external and internal responses for the organisation during major and significant incidents including crisis management, social media, media handling, photography, video, website management and briefing stakeholders and working together with communication teams from other agencies. This includes attending events and incidents to manage communication and as part of an out of hours evening and weekend on-call rota (additional payment, one in four weeks on call).

What you\'ll need to succeed

• To hold a relevant degree or equivalent experience
• In-depth experience of working within a media/communication or public relations environment
• In-depth experience in creating and implementing digital campaigns utilising multiple platforms and tools including photography and video production to capture well composed photos and video content for a variety of uses.
• In-depth experience of Microsoft 365, especially Sharepoint, Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook, Publisher, as well as design applications such as Canva, Adobe and Photoshop and other content management systems for websites and intranets
• In-depth experience in creative and engaging content for all social media channels for a variety of different messaging and purposes to get messages across to different audiences.
• Effective interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear, concise and articulate way that is suitable and adapted to the target audience (internal and external) and speak publicly with confidence and professionalism including crisis management situations.
• Ability to use social media proficiently such as facebook, X, Flickr, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram and NextDoor

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We are recruiting for a communications officer based at our Bedford Hospital site. Occasional travel to the other Trust site at the L&D may be required.

If you can juggle staff communications and engagement, implementing effective communications campaigns and developing our online content this could be the job for you.

This post is an ideal opportunity for someone with the right skills, experience and motivation to devise and implement communications and marketing campaigns, ensuring Bedfordshire Hospitals is the NHS Trust of choice for patients in Bedfordshire and beyond.

We are keen to hear from candidates who have previous stakeholder, marketing, communications, digital or journalistic experience. It goes without saying that you’ll be a fantastic written and oral communicator, who is highly organised and committed to a career in communications. You will also be able to demonstrate initiative, strong administrative and organisational skills.

This is a unique opportunity to drive and influence an evolving communications agenda, gain experience of leading internal communications, stakeholder relations and community engagement and make a real contribution to the delivery of the Trust’s vision and plans for the future.

For further information or an informal discussion about the post, please contact Kath Buggy on07771 341486or by emailkatherine.buggy@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk
1. Manage the communications inbox, responding to staff and external enquiries
2. Source, write and edit the Trust’s staff magazine and assist with producing material for the members magazine;
3. Lead or advise on the planning of promotional events including liaison with stakeholders and the media;
4. Understand and present often complex information in more accessible forms in the preparation of press releases, newsletters, advertisements, web site content etc in such a way as to maximise positive coverage of the Trust;
5. Advise managers and departments on the production of Trust patient information/advice including leaflets and other publications;
6. Update content on the Trust’s internet and intranet sites;
7. Provide communications support to various priority projects – Digitisation, redevelopment, merger integration etc..
8. Assist with the ongoing development of the Trust’s communications and marketing strategies, campaigns and plans
9. Co-ordinate photography and photo opportunities and assist the team in co-ordinating filming and interview opportunities
10. Work to tight deadlines, manage conflicting demands on time and deal with an unpredictable workload.



Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
• Manage the communications inbox, responding to staff and external enquiries
• Source, write and edit the Trust’s staff magazine and assist with producing material for the members magazine;
• Lead or advise on the planning of promotional events including liaison with stakeholders and the media;
• Understand and present often complex information in more accessible forms in the preparation of press releases, newsletters, advertisements, web site content etc in such a way as to maximise positive coverage of the Trust;
• Advise managers and departments on the production of Trust patient information/advice including leaflets and other publications


This advert closes on Sunday 24 Dec 2023

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities Manage the communications inbox, responding to staff and external enquiries Source, write and edit the Trusts staff magazine and assist with producing material for the members magazine; Lead or advise on the planning of promotional events including liaison with stakeholders and the media; Understand and present often complex information in more accessible forms in the preparation of press releases, newsletters, advertisements, web site content etc in such a way as to maximise positive coverage of the Trust; Advise managers and departments on the production of Trust patient information/advice including leaflets and other publications