Yorkshire Sport Foundation
Leeds, UK
£47,067 – £47,067
Full-time
28 days ago
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Job title: Communications and Media Manager Salary range: £50,957 per year
Type of contract: Permanent
Location: London, Hybrid
Working hours: Full time 35 hours per week (other options available) About the role As RCOG Communications and Media Manager, the campaigns you design and lead will ensure the voices of women and frontline clinicians are shaping the health agenda and influencing policy.
In this role, you will work regularly with national journalists, women’s health charities, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England or successor bodies, other royal colleges, specialist societies and other partners to develop accurate and compelling stories that bring the College’s work to life in the news.
Working closely with colleagues across our Policy and public affairs, Workforce and Marketing teams, you will be part of a friendly and passionate External Affairs directorate.
Lead College’s annual external communication plan including variety of campaigns aligned to the College’s strategic priorities.
Profile College’s work and impact in the media and build effective media partnerships
Oversee RCOG content and social media strategies and developing impactful content to engage audiences through earned, paid and owned channels.
Ensuring that clinicians’ expertise and women’s voices and lived experience inform the RCOG’s communications programme
Act as a trusted expert advising our President, Officers and senior leaders on reputational issues, including briefing and media training for high-profile or sensitive topics
Using data, insight and new technologies to continuously improve the impact of communications and campaigns
Participating in the out-of-hours press rota, currently around one in three weekends and occasional evenings.
About you You are an experienced communications professional who has led communications programmes and integrated campaigns from planning through to evaluation You have strong press-office and media-relations experience and a track record of building productive relationships with journalists.
You combine strategic thinking with and editorial judgement and are comfortable managing both reactive media issues and longer-term communications activity. You can advise senior stakeholders clearly and calmly, work constructively with partners and ensure that clinicians’ expertise and women’s lived experience are represented accurately and respectfully.
You will thrive in this role if you enjoy varied work, can prioritise effectively when circumstances change and are motivated by the contribution that communications can make to better healthcare for women and girls.
Demonstrable experience managing development and delivery of an organisation’s communications programme
Designing and delivering creative impactful campaigns with clear outcomes
Strong media-relations and press-office experience, including developing stories, responding to enquiries and working with journalists
Excellent news judgement and the ability to produce clear, accurate and engaging content for different audiences and channels
Experience advising senior leaders or spokespeople on sensitive, high-profile or reputational issues.
Successful track record of building relationships and delivering communications work with external partners
Effective planning and prioritisation skills
Able to use data and insight to evaluate and improve communications activity
Willingness to participate in the out-of-hours press rota
Experience supervising, coaching or developing colleagues.
Our culture and benefits You will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:
Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
10% pension contribution after probation
Enhanced wellbeing and family support
Interest free season ticket loans after probation
Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
Affinity staff networks
Life assurance and income protection schemes
Lifestyle discounts
Applications close at 10.00 am on Monday 24 August 2026
We encourage candidates to apply early. We may close the advert before the stated date if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
First-stage interviews are expected to take place on 2 and 3 September 2026. Second-stage interviews for selected candidates are expected to take place between 14 and 16 September 2026.
We hope the successful candidate will start in October 2026, subject to their notice period and completion of pre-employment checks.
We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.
Please note: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. The RCOG is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
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