Communications and Marketing Officer

Communications and Marketing Officer

£37,264 p.a plus excellent benefits
London WC1 and home-based - hybrid with expectation to work at London office 40% of the time
35 hours per week, full-time
Permanent contract

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is seeking a creative and proactive Communications and Marketing Officer to support the delivery of high-impact, integrated marketing and communications campaigns that advance the College's mission to improve child health.

This is a key role within the Communications and Marketing team, working closely with the Communications and Marketing Manager and colleagues across the organisation to plan, execute, and optimise marketing activities. You will bring strong digital marketing expertise and content creation skills to help us engage our members, promote our events and courses, and raise awareness of our work.

As Communications and Marketing Officer, you will take ownership of day-to-day campaign delivery, monitoring performance and using data-driven insights to improve results. You will create compelling content across multiple channels, including email, social media, and web, ensuring all activity is on-brand and aligned with our strategic objectives.

This role will suit a highly organised and creative individual with hands-on experience in digital marketing and a passion for producing engaging content.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the creation and execution of targeted marketing and social media campaigns
• Managing the send process for College emails, including bulletins and ad hoc mailings
• Day-to-day management of paid and organic marketing campaigns across digital channels
• Creating high-quality, on-brand content in multiple formats (copy, graphics, video)
• Supporting the marketing of College events and courses to maximise reach and engagement
• Managing social media activity, including scheduling, reporting, and optimisation
• Analysing campaign performance using tools such as Google Analytics and advising on improvements
• Communicating marketing performance to stakeholders and recommending enhancements
• Developing and maintaining marketing plans for all activities

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience with digital marketing channels including email, social media, and websites
• Proven ability to create and implement communications plans across multiple channels
• Experience using analytics tools to track, analyse, and report on marketing performance
• Strong copywriting and content creation skills, including multimedia content
• Experience managing paid and organic social media campaigns
• Familiarity with design and media editing tools (e.g., Canva)
• Ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences and channels
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels

The RCPCH has more than 25,000 members and fellows and employs around 200 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have a Devolved Nations team operating from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our College values: Include, Influence, Innovate and Inspire, are important to us. These values ensure we bring out the best in each other, strive forward together to make the College a positive and dynamic place to work.

The RCPCH champions Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Our workplace is inclusive, offering a supportive environment where staff can thrive. The College is keen to accept applications from people with protected characteristics. We believe that our staff should represent all of the diverse communities we serve. Join us to help realise our vision of a world where every child is healthy and well.

The College operates a flexible and modern working policy, whereby our colleagues work in the office for a minimum of 40% over a 4 week cycle and the remainder from home.

The RCPCH is committed to safeguarding the children, young people and adults it has contact with in the exercise of its functions and responsibilities. The RCPCH expects all staff to share this commitment - we place a high priority on ensuring only those who do so are recruited to work for us.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records.

Closing date: 11 January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.