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Job overview

The communications and participation team is part of the wider Communications, Participation and Governance division. 

There are three teams in communications and participation: corporate communications and planning; campaigns and content; and partnership communications and co-production.

This role involves processing and distribution of sensitive information and working with political stakeholders and the media. In order to ensure that staff do not allow their own political opinions to influence or improperly interfere with their work (and also does not give the impression that there is any political bias) this role is politically restricted.  

While the postholder may belong to a political party, they must not have an active political role either in or outside the workplace; they should not hold or stand for an elected political office; publicly express support for a political party or be an officer for a political party. 

Main duties of the job

 Operational requirements

• Postholder has responsibility and accountability for own work area and leads independently on this
• Oversee team members’ delivery of day to day activities and projects and business initiatives
• Operate in a highly political and sensitive environment
• Support a portfolio of initiatives; demonstrating value for money through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits

Financial and physical resources 

• Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of team budgets
• Evaluate specified projects against financial targets

Staff management 

• Provide specialist training, advice and support on own role/responsibilities where necessary
• Assist in the recruitment and induction of staff
• Postholder will be line manager for their own team including undertaking appraisals and personal development including progressing any disciplinary or capability issues

3.4     Information management

• Ensure timely and accurate review of information management systems and information analysis; reporting to managers on agreed areas of work

   Research and development

• Contribute to the development of relevant key performance indicators

    Planning and organisation

• Contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, risks and issues, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and builds in contingency and adjustments as necessary.

Working for our organisation

North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and rising). It’s the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and vibrant places to work.
NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population’s needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together.  We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk
We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services.  We have a vision to “work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity.”
We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.