Communication and Marketing Officer

Futures will bring together expertise in research, innovation, digital and education; we will facilitate and invest in collaborations that design, develop, and deploy to care new health care knowledge and solutions; we will focus on recruiting, training and retaining the best innovators, clinicians, and researchers in paediatric health care. We will provide the very best conditions for them to be successful: we will provide spaces for our multidisciplinary teams to be creative; and we will support them to collaborate and share their knowledge globally.

Futures will convene a network of people, services, functions and partnerships, who together will:

• Deliver pioneering breakthroughs which benefit patients, their families and communities.
• Reimagine healthcare for children and young people.
• Seize the opportunities in technology and science to transform paediatric health care.
• Invest in, and build, excellent digital and data platforms.

Together Alder Hey Futures will build an unrivalled experience for our people, patients, and partners, bringing the future closer to today.

The post-holder will support the Futures programme to develop, plan, implement and evaluate internal and external communication and marketing activity and opportunity which increases the visibility of the research, innovation, education and digital activity of the Trust and supports the reputation and builds the profile of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation. The role involves engaging with key stakeholders including patients, carers, staff, commercial and non-commercial partners.

The Marketing and Communications Officer will play a pivotal role in enhancing the Trust’s reputation through proactive internal and external engagement, with a specific focus on Research and Innovation activities.

This role will involve identifying opportunities, aligning with the Trust 2030 Vision, to promote the work in Futures on Trust digital channels, both internal and external and in the press and being able to work with the Trust communications team in securing press coverage, building relationships with journalists and briefing colleagues on opportunities.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with clinical teams, research, innovation, education and digital staff and external partners to highlight Alder Hey’s pioneering work in improving healthcare for children and young people.

The successful candidate will split their time and be based within the Trust Marketing and Communication’s team and the Futures team with an opportunity to work at home too.

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Phil McNamara Job title: External Communications Manager Email address: [email protected]