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Cancer Communications Support Manager - B7

The closing date is 14 October 2025

This advert is only open to those currently employed by the following organisations

• Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
• Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
• Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

This role supports the Cancer Alliances ambition to improve early cancer diagnosis across mid and south Essex. Working within the NHS communications team, the postholder will lead targeted communications and engagement with primary care networks (PCNs), patient groups, and voluntary sector partners. Key responsibilities include promoting cancer screening up take especially among underserved communities sharing updated referral pathways, and developing educational resources for non clinical staff.

The role acts as a vital link between the cancer programme and communications, ensuring timely information flow, stakeholder engagement, and delivery of awareness campaigns. It also contributes to broader ICB communications priorities, supporting system-wide collaboration and patient-focused messaging.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced communications professional with strong project management skills, a collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement, and a passion for improving cancer outcomes through effective communication with primary care and communities. This fixed term role is available as an internal secondment until end of March2026.

The postholder will support cancer screening uptake especially among high inequality groups drive awareness campaignsengaging with patient groups, voluntary sectors, and charities.

Responsibilities include ensuring timely information cascade to PCNs, developing and promoting educational sessions for non clinical staff. The role requires close collaboration with the Cancer Alliance, primary care leads, and communications teams.

This role will be hosted in, and also assist with broader NHS Mid and South Essex communications team priorities focused on our patients, staff and wider communities alongside supporting the development of excellent relationships with partners and stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally.

About us

Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Seax House, Chelmsford. There is a hybrid model of working, which includes attendance at the office in Chelmsford or community visits across Essex and home working.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications regardless of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion or belief. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustment for people who have a disability. We also encourage applicants to raise any personal circumstances they would like us to be aware of so we can consider possible adjustments.

Unfortunately, the organisation does not have a Sponsorship licence.

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System comprises the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.

The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.

This fixed term role is available as an internal secondment until end of March 2026. It has been created with funding from the Cancer Alliance to support early cancer diagnosis by sharing updated pathways, referral processes, and best practice examples with primary care networks (PCNs). The postholder will support cancer screening up take especially among high-inequality groups drive awareness campaigns - engaging with patient groups, voluntary sectors, and charities. Responsibilities include ensuring timely information cascade to PCNs, developing and promoting educational sessions for non-clinical staff. The role requires close collaboration with the Cancer Alliance, primary care leads, and communications teams.

This role will be hosted in, and also assist with broader NHS Mid and South Essex communications team priorities - focused on our patients, staff and wider communities alongside supporting the development of excellent relationships with partners and stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally.

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Work with the ICB cancer programme team to develop plans for engagement promoting earlier diagnosis and prevention agendas in cancer for MSE to primary care and the public.
• Develop a communications schedule utilising different social media channels and existing resources to promote signs and symptoms of cancer to the public and patients.
• Work with the cancer alliance to provide insights and experience for the development of central resources for patients available to all ICBs.
• Provide support and ensure that projects meet key milestones and goals against the set timescales.
• Be the link between the cancer programme and the communications team.
• Lead work to provide assurance to cancer steward and others on progress
• Link with colleagues across the system with shared agendas, and nurture and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Be responsible for decisions made during the course of duties, seeking guidance and escalating issues where appropriate.
• Manage staff where appropriate.
• Be responsible for any budgets and/or income streams of delivery.
• Demonstrate and deliver business acumen in their area of responsibility ensuring value for money, understanding the objectives of the ICB
• Able to competently use ICB owned digital platforms such as the Primary Care Hub (SharePoint) and Engagement HQ (Virtual Views) to support any wider communications and engagement needs.

Person Specification

Other

• Understanding and commitment to the ICB values

Qualifications

• Degree - Plus
• Knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
• Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience
• Evidence of continuing personal development.

Experience

• Substantial experience of working at a senior level in the NHS or public sector.
• Experience of leading, managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders, specifically primary care.
• Experience of managing incoming and outgoing information requirements, handling correspondence/queries which may be highly complex, sensitive or highly confidential.
• Can demonstrate partnership working and the understanding of how and when partnerships should be built, in order to effect solutions that span across multiple stakeholders.
• Flexible and adaptable to meet deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently
• Takes personal responsibility for actions and their impact
• Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels
• Able to persuade and influence in areas of conflict

Knowledge and Understanding

• Knowledge of relevant systems and procedures
• Understanding of policies and practices within required field of work
• Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS

Skills

• Ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action
• Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and SharePoint
• High level of attention to detail
• Prioritisation and organisation skills
• Ability to manage own workload, working to deadlines
• Ability to plan over short term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Employer name

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board