Communications Officer

Are you passionate about news and the media and looking for a fantastic communications role where you can learn and develop as part of a motivated team of experts? Are you interested in telling the inspiring stories of the children and families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital? Are you excited at the prospect of working for a renowned, well-loved national brand? If so, this could be the role for you.

Salary

The salary for this position is £37,957 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

This is a varied role where you will:

Deliver high-profile, national press coverage for the charity, across print, digital and broadcast channels.
Manage and co-ordinate the research, writing and editing of media materials, such as press releases, statements, and Q&As
Develop and maintain a robust network of media contacts, exploring new outlets and platforms to increase reach and drive buzz.
Effectively project manage PR across a range of key fundraising campaigns and appeals across planning, execution and evaluation.
Collaborating with the family stories team, celebrity team and social media to work on campaigns.
Represent external comms across a variety of key projects and campaigns for the Charity, ensuring the role and value of external comms work is understood by the wider team, and providing regular updates.
Chaperone visits to the hospital from a variety of stakeholders, ensuring that all filming, photography and infection control guidelines are followed.

This is the ideal opportunity for someone looking to continue their communications career and work across a range of high-profile campaigns across the Charity and Hospital.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will be passionate about telling powerful stories that move people to take an action and will feel inspired by the opportunity to play a key role in publicising a range of campaigns and appeals to national media. A natural relationship builder, with a keen eye for detail and what makes a story work, you will be comfortable with interacting with a range of internal and external stakeholders, excel at pitching to journalists and supporting families when sharing their sensitive stories. You will excel in media liaison and be experience in securing impactful press coverage across a range of different media titles to help drive reach for the Charity.

Skills and experience required:

Proven experience in delivering high profile and effective proactive PR campaigns
In-depth knowledge of PR strategy and tactics, preferably within fundraising PR, although this is not essential
Extensive experience in securing impactful, well-messaged press coverage across national media titles
Demonstrable experience of responding to reactive media enquiries on a variety of different subjects
Experience of working with celebrities and/or influencers
Experience of interviewing people sensitively and managing the consent process
Ability to manage relationships both internally and externally
Attention to detail and providing high-quality and precise work, including ability to work well under pressure
Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines
Preferably, experience of working in a not-for-profit organisation, though this is not essential.

How to apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

Closing Date:17th November 2025

Benefits

30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
A flexible approach to working arrangements.
Access to our enhanced pension scheme
Life assurance
Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status.

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy here

https://www.gosh.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-edi-strategy/

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact recruitment@gosh.org

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

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