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Communications Officer, ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
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Communications Officer
RCN UK with hybrid working, 35 hours, fixed term contract until July 2027 (maternity cover)
There is more to the RCN than you might think. We're a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students.
We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life - we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers… together we are so much more. We couldn't do what we do without our people.
The role
As a communications officer you'll use your positive attitude, your knowledge of communications and your ability to deliver outputs such as clinical content, marketing materials, and campaigns for both print and digital outputs.
It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from commissioning designers or photographers, to copy editing and proofreading. We'll look to you to ensure our communication outputs are engaging and accurate. It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
The person
To join us you'll need strong proofreading skills and, ideally, a background in a relevant area such as publishing or communications.
Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate and show a real customer focus in all you do.
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What We Offer You
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
There may be further flexibility to the locations advertised. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss if alternative office locations are available.
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Our selection process
Please click the 'apply now' button to apply and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don't. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Emma Jones, Senior Communications Officer on 0207 647 3477 or Shelley Lovesay, Senior Communications Officer on 0207 647 3478.
Opening date: 7 July 2026
Closing date: 23:59 on 26 July 2026
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Selection dates: 5 August 2026
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