Start Well Communications Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves leading communications and engagement for the Start Well programme, a major change to maternity, neonatal, and children's surgical services across North Central London. The post holder will develop and deliver a phased communications and engagement strategy, acting as a trusted advisor to programme leaders. Key responsibilities include stakeholder mapping, creating accessible content across various channels, and managing communications risks. The role requires strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Essential criteria
- Qualifications and Training
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications and Training
- Experience
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Skills
- Personal Qualities
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Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The Start Well programme is a major change to maternity, neonatal and children's surgical services across North Central London. It follows several years of work with patients, colleagues and partners to improve care and outcomes for babies, children, pregnant women and pregnant people.
Plans agreed in 2025 include more investment in services at University College London Hospitals, Barnet Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and Whittington Hospital. The birthing suites at Edgware Birth Centre will close, with expanded antenatal and postnatal care remaining on site. Maternity and neonatal services at the Royal Free Hospital will also close in future, although this will not happen for several years.
Whittington Health's CEO is the Senior Responsible Officer for delivery, and the programme team is hosted by Whittington Health. The work includes major building projects, new clinical pathways and workforce changes, while services continue to run safely.
Main duties of the job
Communications planning and support- Develop a comprehensive communications and engagement strategy for theimplementation of the Start Well programme - on a phase by phase basis.- Ensure an integrated internal and external communications plan that builds awareness,confidence, understanding and readiness across all phases of the programme.- Ensure communications and engagement plann
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