Job Description

The role

➡️ Do you have a successful track record, in a senior and strategic communications leadership role?

➡️ Do you have an excellent understanding of the UK Healthcare sector?

➡️ Do you have evidence of developing and fostering a positive, highly motivated, and high performing team culture and environment?

➡️ Can you operate as a trusted advisor, offering insight, counsel and challenge to both the Executive and senior managers, as well as to Council, trustees and other key stakeholders?

➡️ Do you have a strong track record in Government relations?

➡️ Do you have excellent experience of media relations, and corporate reputation management?

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is seeking a talented professional to join them in a newly created ‘Director of Communications’ post. The purpose of this role is to provide strategic direction to the work of the organisation’s campaigns, news and media, policy and public affairs, marketing and digital and publishing teams.

The Director of Communications will be responsible for reputation management and building significant links with stakeholders and partners. They will work closely with others including the College officers and executive team.

The post-holder will lead three teams, and lead the development and implementation of the Communications strategy that will support the delivery of RCS England’s five year strategy – Changing the face of surgery.

The Organisation

FJWilson Talent is acting as the employment agency advisor to RCS England on this appointment.

RCS England provides world-class education, assessment and development to 30,000 surgeons, dental professionals and members of the wider surgical and dental care teams, at all stages of their career.

RCS England wants to see excellent surgery for everyone . RCS England believes they will achieve this vision by enabling their members, in all their diversity, to deliver excellence in everything they do.

At the heart of their culture is a passion for wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion. They demonstrate this by providing a healthy workplace, and offering hybrid and flexible working to their employees. Diversity is at the heart of their strategy, and all staff and Council members have been undertaking anti-discrimination training, which will be repeated annually.

Key Facts:

• Reporting into the Executive Director for Membership, Marketing and Communications.
• Full-time, permanent role.
• Salary: circa £71,953 per annum + great benefits which include 21.6% employer pension contribution, enhanced holiday pay, and up to 4 college closure days.
• Hybrid: home-working blended with circa 2 days per week in RCS England’s superb offices in Holborn, London.

Candidate Attributes:

• Possessing both vision and application to drive the wider organisational priorities whilst at the same time delivering departmental objectives.
• Politically sensitive, able to recognise, influence and manage. communications of sensitive issues.
• Ability to exercise strong judgement and leadership on sometimes complex and sensitive issues, providing advice on stakeholder engagement at the highest level.
• Resilience and diplomacy to work within a complex structure.
• Alignment and affinity with RCS England’s values: collaboration; respect, excellence.

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We encourage applications from all sections of the community. Furthermore, qualifications and/or experience identified are indicative. We will consider applications from candidates who have comparable qualifications and/or experience for role advertised.

How to Apply

• Applications deadline is 13:00 Tuesday 29th August 2023.
• Applicants should be in the format of a CV plus a covering letter
• Shortlisting decision will be confirmed to applicants by Tuesday 12th September.
• If shortlisted, 20/21 September are the dates for first interviews, which will be held preferably in person, in RCS England's offices in London. Applicants must be available on one, or both of these dates, as no alternatives will be possible.
• If progressed, the final interview stage will be held in person on the 5th October, in RCS England's offices in London. Applicants must be available on this date, as no alternative date will be possible. This stage will involve meeting with key stakeholders i) Surgeons and ii) the Team.

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: communications. Salaries: 60,000 - 80,000.

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