Executive Director of Communication and Engagement
Posted by: Saxton Bampfylde
Employed By: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Job Title: Executive Director of Communication and Engagement
Salary: £145,000 - £150,000
Contract: Full-time
Location: London
Application Deadline: Tuesday 29th April 2025
Job description
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of more than 841,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, and nursing associates in England. We are a statutory public body accountable to Parliament through the Privy Council. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees our work and reviews our performance each year.
We’re seeking a passionate and experienced individual to lead our Communication and Engagement directorate. You will lead on public engagement, ensuring that strategic messages are developed and communicated effectively, ensuring that the Communications and Engagement Director’s outputs help builds trust and confidence in the NMC among nursing and midwifery professionals. As Executive Director, you will provide strategic direction for communications and engagement, to enable the NMC to play a prominent and appropriate role in influencing across the health, regulatory and where appropriate, the national, landscape.
Through the directorate’s work this is an opportunity to have a significant influence on the NMC and to help shape its future culture. This is a dynamic and complex leadership challenge, and we require our Executive Director of Communication and Engagement to lead with cultural competence. You will have the 1 privilege of fostering improved relationships with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders and begin to build back the trust of our colleagues and the wider public.
We are looking for an individual with substantial experience of working at senior level leading communication and engagement activity in a high profile, complex organisation. This person will bring experience of maintaining strategic relationships and excellent communications, influencing and motivational skills.
How to Apply
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Nursing and Midwifery Council on this appointment.
For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference QAQZE.
Alternatively email Belinda.beck@saxbam.com.
Applications should be received by noon on Tuesday 29 April 2025.