Strategic Communications Officer

We’re on the lookout for a talented Strategic Communications Officer to join our passionate and collaborative Communications team.

In this key role, you’ll help to shape and deliver high-impact communications to engage and influence key audiences – all in support of our mission to protect the public and support health and care professionals to deliver safe, high-quality care.

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you’ll play a central part in supporting the strategic communications function, from managing our communications planner, through to coordinating communications activities across a number of key projects.

This role also involves developing communications plans that bring our work to life for a range of audiences, drawing on audience insight, storytelling techniques and case studies.

You’ll be part of a small, close-knit team where your ideas and input will be valued. From crafting compelling content through to supporting events – no two days will be the same.

You’ll need to have strong organisational skills to keep a track of activity across multiple projects, manage our communications planner, and respond to new commissions – all while maintaining strong working relationships with internal stakeholders from across the organisation.

So, if you can manage multiple areas of work, build strong working relationships, have excellent writing skills with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences, and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

You’ll be able to make the most of your skills and be part of a team that’s committed, creative, and always looking ahead.

At the HCPC, we are more than a regulatory body — we’re a supportive and inclusive community, making a difference through enabling health and care professionals to provide safe, high-quality care.

Purpose and Main Duties

In this role, you will deliver timely, clear and impactful communication plans and activities through:

• Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation, to deliver pro-active and reactive communications activities across a range of channels.

• Developing core narratives and content for campaigns and key topics, translating complex materials into clear, engaging, and easy to understand messages.

• Coordinating communication planning and activities using our planner and reporting processes.

• Monitoring the communications inbox, responding to queries and commissioning requests.

• Drafting and editing copy for a wide range of channels, adapting style where necessary, to ensure messages land with impact.

• Coordinating and implementing the delivery of communications plans and activities as part of wider projects.

• Planning content and maintaining schedules for our regular newsletters and other communications channels.

Candidate Requirements

We’re looking for someone who:

Has proven experience in a communications role, ideally within the public or not-for-profit sector.

Is an excellent writer and communicator, with the ability to craft clear, compelling messages tailored to different audiences and channels.

Is proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

Has proven experience of using planning tools to coordinate and manage communications activities and campaigns such as the OASIS model.

Adopts a collaborative approach, with the ability to build strong working relationships across teams and with external stakeholders.

Demonstrates sound knowledge of social media platforms, email and content management systems.

Closing Date: Thursday 24 July 2025 (All vacancies will close at 1pm)

Interview Date: From 12 August 2025

Location: This role is hybrid working with a mandatory attendance of 1-2 days a week in our offices in London.

HCPC’s vision is to be recognised as an actively anti-discriminatory organisation that upholds and promotes best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion and an active ally for change. We are a Disability Confident employer and aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the HCPC. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to ensure the recruitment process is inclusive and barrier-free and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to have a confidential discussion on how we can support you, please contact [email protected].