Overview
As our Communications and Marketing Assistant you will be a key member of the Winchester Hospice Fundraising Charity team, supporting the realisation of our communication, engagement and marketing plans to our stakeholders to help the charity meet ambitious financial targets.
In this role you will collaborate with the wider team to ensure a unified and effective approach to fundraising communications, helping ensure that the charity is financially sustainable and widely recognised by the local community. You will support the promotion and delivery of events, large and small, provide excellent communications support to steward donors and to enhance supporter journeys. You will contribute significantly towards the delivery of meaningful digital and print communications. Your proactive, can-do attitude and dedication to communications will play a crucial role in building a charity brand that is pre-eminent and synonymous with Winchester.
At all times you will ensure that you operate effectively and efficiently in compliance with legislation, Charity Commission guidelines, organisational policies and financial structures.
Responsibilities
* Production of copy and brand materials.
* Continually evaluating the success of communications, implementing learning as appropriate.
* Develop, implement and evaluate communications projects, providing creative, editorial and operational support to colleagues.
* Researching, planning, writing, proofing and editing engaging copy for a range of audiences and publications.
* Producing consistently high-quality promotional, printed and digital materials in a wide range of formats.
* Planning, creating and delivering integrated digital and print campaigns.
* Arranging interviews and photo opportunities and escorting media onsite or at events as and when required.
* Managing media enquiries and responding to or escalating as appropriate.
* Managing stakeholder email mailings as required and supplying copy for partner communications.
* Day-to-day management of social media, including managing and monitoring social media at events outside of office hours where required.
* Updating and populating the hospice website.
* Maintaining good practices in relation to data protection, ensuring consent forms are obtained and filed appropriately.
* Attending events off-site and working out of office hours as required (time back in lieu will be given for this).
* Completing agreed programmes of work, meeting targets, deadlines and standards of performance as agreed with line manager.
Organisational Context
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Additional Information
Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered. We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017.
Please see the job description and person specification PDF for more detail and should you have any questions please contact the Head of Charity.
This advert closes on Sunday 24 May 2026
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