Stakeholder and Communications Manager

Salary: £49,528 - £58,268

Location: London/Hybrid -2 days/week working from our London office.

Hours: Full time

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Opportunity for an experienced Stakeholder and Communications Manager to play a key role delivering a wide range of communications and engagement activities that support the General Dental Council’s purpose of ensuring patient safety and public confidence in dental professionals.

About you

You will be responsible for influencing the perception of the General Dental Council with our key external stakeholders, including patient and public interest groups, dental professionals, education providers, government officials across the UK and professional representative bodies.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing effective relationships with key stakeholders and organisations to influence perceptions and build interest and support
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, co-ordinate and deliver engagement activities and communication products that engage our external audiences
• Acting as a communications and engagement lead for corporate projects
• Proactively briefing senior colleagues for external and stakeholder meetings
• Working alongside the Head of Nations and Engagement, Associate Director Communications and Engagement, and other senior colleagues to develop and deliver the communications and engagement strategy and plan
• Developing communications content, including briefing documents, newsletters, website, social media and presentations
• Arranging and facilitating stakeholder meetings and events

You will be able to demonstrate experience of building effective working relationships with a wide range of external stakeholders to influence perceptions and build support. You will have experience of creating communications content for a range of channels, including presentations, digital and social media.

Experience and knowledge of UK political processes and public affairs, or experience of working within a healthcare or public sector organisation, regulatory body or related field, is equally important.

About us

Our primary purpose is to protect patient safety and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education.

Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints. Equality and diversity are not just words, they are what makes our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.

Benefits:

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.

To support this we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development

Some of our benefits include.

• 27 days holiday (plus statutory) - rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service
• Pension employer contributions up to 10%
• Buy/Sell annual leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 years’ service.
• Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
• Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

How to apply:

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Please relate your supporting statement to the person specification expanding on your skills, experience and qualifications.

Closing date: 23:59 on 11 May 2025

Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

The GDC is committed to equality and diversity. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.