Job summary
- Main area
- Communications
- Grade
- Salary is dependent on experience
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7754793
- Employer
- AGH Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £27,315 - £33,100 pro rata per annum
- Closing
- 06/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
AGH Solutions - Communications Assistant
Salary is dependent on experience
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a communications assistant with good general communications skills, strong administrative skills and a keen interest in digital and social media.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to learn more about working in the busy and varied world of communications with a forward-looking company that directly supports the NHS frontline.
Main duties of the job
Working for AGH Solutions Ltd, a company owned by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, you will be able to write well and produce engaging content for the company’s website, intranet site and across a range of social media.
Other duties will include writing copy for internal and external newsletters, supporting events, managing media and creating visual communications. The ability to make short videos would be an advantage.
Working for our organisation
AGH Solutions plays a proactive role, together with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, in the Bradford District & Craven Health and Care Partnership, one of the five Places that together form the West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership. The Bradford District & Craven Partnership’s focus is to help local residents to be ‘happy, healthy, at home’ and AGH Solutions supports this ambition: not only by underpinning the delivery of high quality, safe care at Airedale but also by contributing economically and providing employment and skills development opportunities across its footprint.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in a related area (communications; marketing; PR; journalism) or equivalent work experience in a communications/marketing environment
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development in the PR/marketing/journalism fields.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of media handling.
- Experience of working with complex, confidential and sensitive information
- Experience of working with a wide range of people at all levels, developing relationships and providing a responsive communications service.
Desirable criteria
- Experience within the NHS/civil service/public sector.
- Experience of making videos/animations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dennis Kentrop
- Job title
- Managing Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294826
- Additional information
For an informal chat about the post contact Katie Lister on 01535 294544 or [email protected]
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