King's College London

About us

The King’s Health Partners Clinical Trials Office is a collaboration between King’s College London, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. It was set up to provide a single interface for those wishing to conduct clinical trials within the partner organisations, and to ensure that there are common, efficient processes for the set up and administration of clinical trials.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and creative part time (0.6 WTE)  Communications Manager who will provide communications support across the whole of the Clinical Trials Office, with an emphasis on communications between Partner Organisations and engagement with external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will take a proactive and collaborative approach to delivering communications and have a thorough working knowledge and experience of a broad range of communications plans and activities including e-bulletins and management of website content.

The post-holder will:

• Write for a range of different audiences (both internal and external), and will be able to adapt their style accordingly.
• Be able to distil complex research and medical information into easy to understand and engaging copy.
• Work closely with Partner and KHP communications teams to promote CTO activities and ensure relevant Partner information is communicated to the internal teams.
• Work with the CTO Director and the commercial and non-commercial Senior Managers in organising and supporting events (both internal and external). This may involve identifying suitable venues, liaising with relevant speakers and participants, organising all aspects of exhibition/conference attendance, provision of appropriate exhibition stands and materials, and logistics on the day.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for the implementation and delivery of a KHP CTO e-bulletin for internal and external distribution.
• Responsible for the KHP CTO website, ensuring content is regularly updated and relevant to all stakeholders.
• Seek out and write compelling stories which align to and showcase the CTO and Partners using multiple formats including written content and videos.
• Establish effective networks internally and externally to maximise knowledge and understanding of the CTO’s work and new developments.
• Support the CTO Director and Senior Managers with content and design of presentations, leaflets, posters and other materials for widespread distribution.
• Set up and manage a CTO contact database and distribution lists, ensuring these are regularly updated to maintain accuracy.
• Organise and support events such as International Clinical Trials Day.
• Plan, manage and deliver effective communications which supports all aspects of the CTO.
• Provide advice and best practice guidance on communications and channels for the promotion of the CTO’s activities to key internal and external audiences.
• Manage continual evaluation and review of the effectiveness of the communications and engagement activity, including gathering, interpreting, and presenting data; identifying areas for improvement; and gathering feedback.
• Develop effective relationships with internal colleagues, senior stakeholders and key partners.
• Work closely with Partner and KHP communications teams to promote CTO activities and ensure relevant Partner information is communicated to the internal teams.
• Provide input into reports and presentations by senior staff.
• Responsible for communicating key performance data to Partners and other stakeholders

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

This post is office based for a minimum of two days per week.

This is a part time post (21 Hours per week), and you will be offered  a fixed term contract until 28/04/2027.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1.      Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.

2.      Significant experience of working in public relations or communications environment, preferably within an NHS, Academic or Research environment

3.      Excellent verbal and writing skills including editing and proof reading to a high level.

4.      Ability to produce effective content for a diverse audience, across multiple channels in a timely fashion and evaluating their success.

5.      Experience of absorbing and evaluating complex information from various sources to create clear and engaging content.

6.      Experience of adjusting messaging, tones and styles for different internal and external audiences.

7.      Ability to relate easily to a wide range of people and different communication styles in a large and complex organisation.

8.      Experience and skill in creating and managing web content within a content management system and/or use of HTML.

Desirable criteria

1.      Experience of Event planning, delivery and evaluation

2.      Basic skills in Adobe programmes InDesign and photoshop or equivalent

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.