Senior Strategic Communications Priorities Officer
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Senior Strategic Communications Priorities Officer
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Grade C: £32,471 (National Framework) or £38,143 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles – please note this will be pro rata.
Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week. Compressed hours considered.
Contract Type: 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity
Location: Home-based or office-based, flexible location.
Closing Date: Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 11.59pm
Make a difference
Every role at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) helps us protect and improve health and social care in England. If you're looking for a meaningful role in Engagement Policy & Strategy, this is your chance to shape how we communicate and plan. We’re modernising our engagement approach—and we need someone who brings fresh thinking, strategic insight, and a passion for clear, purposeful communication.
About The Role
Our engagement team is modernising – in this newer role within the team, we are looking for someone with fresh ideas who understands where strategy meets engagement and the importance of excellent communications planning in meeting our strategic objectives.
Show Us
What we’re looking for in your application:
Role
We need energy and enthusiasm in this new role as we establish a team that helps us make the best of our engagement opportunities in a strategic way. You’ll have experience of working in a communications team where you are comfortable working with some autonomy but also contributing to cross-engagement team campaigns and projects. You will have:
Good knowledge and experience of strategic communications planning techniques and approaches, supporting successful delivery against priorities both locally and organisation wide.
Good analytical skills, including the ability to synthesise and express complex information and ideas in straightforward ways.
Excellent attention to detail and strong writing/editing skills.
This role is your opportunity to help shape how we engage with the public, partners, and each other. If you’re ready to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Compliance
Note For Internal Candidates
This is a secondment/fixed term opportunity. Please read the recruitment and selection policy section on secondments. You must discuss your application with your line manager before applying.
To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Without valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
Next steps
If you apply, you’ll need to create a profile and complete an online application form. Your application will be completely anonymous. Please see our information for applicants for more details on the process. We contact every applicant to let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.
You can read the full details of the role in the Job Description - 20240312 Senior Strategic Communications Priorities Officer - SCP (7) (3).docx
If you’d like an informal chat about the role contact – Nigel Watts, Head of Editorial and Communications Planning; Nigel.watts@cqc.org.uk. For general enquiries, please email recruitment@cqc.org.uk.
The Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including:
* Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
* Training and development opportunities.
* Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
* NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
* Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!
Please see our benefits page for the full list.
Equity for all
We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether they’re a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds). If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.
We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process, we’ll work with you to remove any barriers. Visit our accessibility page for more on this. If you’d like to chat, please contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk.
We promote a workplace where fairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger. See our ED&I page for more about this.
We Welcome Applications From Everyone, And Colleagues Can Find Support And Community Among Our Many Employee Networks. This Includes People Of Any
* Age
* Sex
* Gender identity or expression
* Sexual orientation
* Religion or belief
* Ethnicity
* Disability
A Note on AI
About
AI tools can be great for research and refining ideas, but we want to learn about you. If you use AI or Chatbots to help you with your application, keep these points in mind:
* AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your application must reflect your real skills and experience.
* Spell-checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
* Do not copy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
* Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity and may lead to your application being withdrawn or termination of your employment.
Values and vision
We are guided by our core values, which shape our work and our culture.
Excellence – being a high-performing organisation.
Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Integrity – doing the right thing.
Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can.
We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
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Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
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Hospitals and Health Care
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