Responsibilities

• Lead on sourcing and developing stories from families, supporters, staff and stakeholders, creating publish-ready content across PR, web, email, social media, and fundraising campaigns.
• Interview families and supporters, writing compelling stories and press releases, supporting campaign content, helping develop digital-first storytelling approaches.
• Build a strong pipeline of stories, quotes, images and video content for use across the organisation.
• Work closely with the PR Manager and Income Generation and Marketing Directorate to support regional media activity, fundraising campaigns and digital communications.
• Manage multiple priorities and proactively drive a pipeline of stories across a range of projects and campaigns.
• Think creatively by identifying new story angles, developing alternative content routes, and helping diversify the voices and experiences represented across our communications.

Requirements

• Solid experience in communications, public relations or journalism.
• Alongside your experience in communications, journalism, PR, content creation or digital marketing, you’ll have excellent writing skills, strong interviewing ability and a real instinct for finding and shaping powerful stories.
• Ability to write high-quality, compassionate and impactful content.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to balance priorities, and maintain accurate records and media consents.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and proactively drive a pipeline of stories across a range of projects and campaigns.

Preferred

• Experience in hospice or healthcare setting is welcome, but not essential.
• Ability to think creatively by identifying new story angles, developing alternative content routes, and helping diversify voices and experiences represented across our communications.

Benefits

• A supportive and collaborative team environment
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
• Ongoing professional development
• The opportunity to create meaningful work that directly supports fundraising and family care
• A varied role with scope for creativity and innovation
• Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Bupa Healthcare cashback plan.
• Life Assurance.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme