Communications and Media Manager

Closing date: 10.00 am on Monday 24th August 2026

As RCOG Communications and Media Manager, the campaigns you design and lead will ensure the voices of women and frontline clinicians are shaping the health agenda and influencing policy.

In this role, you will work regularly with national journalists, women’s health charities, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England or successor bodies, other royal colleges, specialist societies and other partners to develop accurate and compelling stories that bring the College’s work to life in the news.

Working closely with colleagues across our Policy and public affairs, Workforce and Marketing teams, you will be part of a friendly and passionate External Affairs directorate.

• Lead College’s annual external communication plan including variety of campaigns aligned to the College’s strategic priorities.
• Profile College’s work and impact in the media and build effective media partnerships
• Oversee RCOG content and social media strategies and developing impactful content to engage audiences through earned, paid and owned channels.
• Ensuring that clinicians’ expertise and women’s voices and lived experience inform the RCOG’s communications programme
• Act as a trusted expert advising our President, Officers and senior leaders on reputational issues, including briefing and media training for high-profile or sensitive topics
• Using data, insight and new technologies to continuously improve the impact of communications and campaigns
• Participating in the out-of-hours press rota, currently around one in three weekends and occasional evenings.

We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We are therefore looking for candidates whose backgrounds, experience and identity enhance the diversity of our existing team. We are particularly encouraging applications from underrepresented groups at the College such as those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with a disability.

To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy .

[We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa]