Band 6 Internal & External Stakeholder Communications Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This new role involves delivering high-quality, consistent, and impactful internal and external communications across the Royal Free London group. The postholder will work closely with the comms team to provide an effective, proactive, and insight-driven communications and engagement service. Key responsibilities include planning and delivering internal communications, supporting the cascade of key organisational messages, and creating engaging content for various channels. The role also involves engaging with community groups, integrated care systems, charities, and patient groups to build external stakeholder partnerships. The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded communicator with excellent writing skills, creativity, resilience, and strong stakeholder relationship-building abilities.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the trust's shared commitments
- Education and qualifications
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development in communications/PR
- Experience of planning and delivering internal communications activity
- Experience of delivering external stakeholder communications activity
- Experience of writing briefing documents, reports/papers for internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of using data to inform communications approach, evaluating tactics and channels
- Skills and aptitude
- Strong stakeholder relationship-building abilities
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Ability to persuade more senior colleagues on comms matters
- A thorough knowledge of internal and external communications channels and methods
- Ability to use data/ evaluation to improve and adapt communications approach
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills and diplomacy
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Trust values
- Demonstrable ability to meet the trust's shared commitments
- Education and qualifications
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development in communications/PR
- Experience of planning and delivering internal communications activity
- Experience of delivering external stakeholder communications activity
- Experience of writing briefing documents, reports/papers for internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of using data to inform communications approach, evaluating tactics and channels
- Skills and aptitude
- Strong stakeholder relationship-building abilities
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Ability to persuade more senior colleagues on comms matters
- A thorough knowledge of internal and external communications channels and methods
- Ability to use data/ evaluation to improve and adapt communications approach
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills and diplomacy
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
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.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 11d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
The stakeholder communications officer (internal and external) is a new role which will deliver high quality, consistent and impactful communications across the Royal Free London group and the communities it serves. Working closely with colleagues across the comms team - but in particular internal and public affairs - the postholder will help provide an effective, proactive and insight driven communications and engagement service.
You will ensure our colleagues can easily access clear, timely and meaningful information about what is happening across the trust. This includes planning and delivering internal communications activity, supporting the cascade of key organisational messages, and creating engaging content for our suite of communications channels.
You will be a well rounded communicator with excellent writing skills, creativity, resilience and strong stakeholder relationship-building abilities.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will deliver effective communications to support managers and staff across the RFL group. You will help ensure colleagues across all our hospitals and sites can easily access organisational updates and key information, while measuring impact and providing evidence-based recommendations to make our internal communications best-in-class.
Externally, you will engage with community groups, our integrated care system, chariti
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