Senior Digital Content Manager
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Date: 1 day ago
City: Southampton, England
Contract type: Full time
Lead NIHR’s digital content strategy – where health research meets digital innovation.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is seeking 2 Senior Digital Content Managers to contribute to shaping and delivering our digital content strategy. These roles are hosted within our Southampton coordinating centre.
Who are we?
The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth. We are also a major funder of applied health research in low and middle-income countries.
Further information can be found at: www.nihr.ac.uk. You are encouraged to review our operational priorities and to watch this introductory video.
What You’ll Be Doing
Working as part of the NIHR’s central communications team, and under the direction of the NIHR Head of Digital Communications, we’re looking for strategic, forward-thinking content experts to help take the reins of our central web platform. You’ll lead on digital content planning, delivery and optimisation, act as a Business Product Owner for key digital services, and work collaboratively across NIHR to drive consistency, impact and user-focused innovation.
Key Responsibilities Include
Required
You’ll confidently balance strategic thinking with hands-on content delivery, bringing strong editorial judgment, stakeholder management skills, and a passion for user-focused, continuously improving content. Additional skills required include:
What can we offer you?
Benefits
As well as knowing you are working in a role that will make a real-world positive impact, there are many additional benefits to joining our centre in Southampton including:
For further information/informal discussion contact [email protected]
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Further Details
Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job number.
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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is seeking 2 Senior Digital Content Managers to contribute to shaping and delivering our digital content strategy. These roles are hosted within our Southampton coordinating centre.
Who are we?
The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth. We are also a major funder of applied health research in low and middle-income countries.
Further information can be found at: www.nihr.ac.uk. You are encouraged to review our operational priorities and to watch this introductory video.
What You’ll Be Doing
Working as part of the NIHR’s central communications team, and under the direction of the NIHR Head of Digital Communications, we’re looking for strategic, forward-thinking content experts to help take the reins of our central web platform. You’ll lead on digital content planning, delivery and optimisation, act as a Business Product Owner for key digital services, and work collaboratively across NIHR to drive consistency, impact and user-focused innovation.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Lead the production and management of high-quality, accessible content across the NIHR web platform.
- Helping steer the evolution of our CMS and related digital products.
- Own and coordinate content plans and workflows, embedding best practice and aligning with NIHR’s wider communications goals.
- Use data and user insights to inform decisions, drive performance, and lead improvements.
- Guide and support a community of content creators, embedding consistent editorial standards and SEO strategy.
- Work closely senior stakeholders to shape our digital roadmap and ensure alignment with broader service development.
Required
You’ll confidently balance strategic thinking with hands-on content delivery, bringing strong editorial judgment, stakeholder management skills, and a passion for user-focused, continuously improving content. Additional skills required include:
- Extensive experience in digital content management and strategy, including SEO and content performance analytics.
- Advanced knowledge of CMS platforms (Drupal preferred), with a strong grasp of web accessibility and content governance
- Experience leading strategic content planning and managing editorial calendars across multiple digital channels.
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to advise and collaborate across functions and levels.
What can we offer you?
Benefits
As well as knowing you are working in a role that will make a real-world positive impact, there are many additional benefits to joining our centre in Southampton including:
- Flexible Hybrid working arrangements- around 20% of your time would be spent in the office
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 44 days per year (Made up of 30 days annual leave, plus Bank holidays, plus university closure days)
- A culture that puts heart at the centre of what we do- wellbeing of staff is embedded in our centre and is reflected in winning Gold for the past 5 years in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing awards
- Personal Development opportunities- there are always opportunities for further development and we have a range of ways to support you.
- Full details of our generous benefits package can be found here!
For further information/informal discussion contact [email protected]
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Further Details
- Job Description and Person Specification
Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job number.
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