The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting a Media and Digital Communications Manager.

The Media and Digital Communications Manager will deliver communications, public relations, content strategy and digital communications to increase the profile and reach of the organisation.

The successful candidate for this role should have:

• Degree level qualification in journalism, public relations, communications or related field or at least 5 years proven experience in communications/public affairs
• Compelling copywriter, with attention to detail and confident in writing high quality content in a variety of styles for different audiences
• Good proof reading and copy editing skills
• Ability to interpret news, policy and business reports and translate to compelling content
• Ability to draft documents to reflect the requirements of members, staff and others
• Ability to manage multimedia channels
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with media professionals and stakeholders
• Understanding of health and social care and media landscape
• High quality time management and work scheduling to manage a variety of jobs with different deadlines
• A commitment to the ethos of membership organisations
• Proficiency in video production and editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro), podcast editing tools (e.g., Audacity, GarageBand)
• Good understanding of data protection legislation
• IT literate – office 365

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 hours of public holidays (equivalent of 13 days) that can be taken flexibly
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.