Senior Campaigns Officer bei Care Quality Commission

Grade C: £32,471 (National) or £38,143 (London – for London office based or homebased workers  within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home.  

Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: 10 Month Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity

Location: Home or office based, flexible location.

Closing Date: Sunday 19 October 2025 at 11.59pm 

Make a difference 
Every role at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) contributes to our mission to improve health and social care services. If you’re looking for a new role in Engagement, Policy & Strategy that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it! As a Senior Campaigns Officer, you’ll help shape and deliver campaigns that raise awareness, drive change, and support better care for people across England.
 
Picture this 
Imagine working on campaigns that bring real stories to life, helping the public understand how health and care services are performing and where improvements are needed.

As a Senior Campaigns Officer, you might get the chance to:

• Lead the creation of a podcast series sharing voices from people who use care services, helping to inform national policy conversations.

• Craft compelling case studies that showcase our impact and fuel campaign success. Research, write, and deliver stories that make our work unforgettable.

The role 

You’ll be key in helping us deliver our work. In this role, you’ll:

• Shape campaign strategies: Work with colleagues to plan and deliver campaigns that support CQC’s priorities, from initial ideas to final evaluation.

• Create engaging content: Write, edit and produce materials like blogs, videos and reports that connect with different audiences across digital and offline channels.

• Collaborate across teams: Build strong relationships with internal and external partners to ensure campaigns are joined-up, inclusive and impactful.

Show us  
We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:

• Experience delivering strategic communications: Show how you’ve planned and run campaigns or engagement activities that achieved clear goals.

• Strong content creation skills: Demonstrate your ability to write, edit and publish content for different audiences and platforms, with accessibility in mind.

• Ability to influence and advise: Share examples of how you’ve worked with senior colleagues or stakeholders to shape communications or campaign decisions.

Join us at CQC and grow your career in an organisation that values learning, collaboration, and meaning.

Compliance

Note for internal candidates:
This is a secondment/fixed term opportunity. Please read the recruitment and selection policy section on secondments. You must discuss your application with your line manager before applying.

To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Without valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Next steps
If you apply, you’ll need to create a profile and complete an online application form. Your application will be completely anonymous.  Please see our information for applicants for more details on the process. We contact every applicant to let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.

You can read the full details of the role in the Job Description

If you’d like to have an informal chat about the role you can contact – Stephanie Lowe, Campaigns Lead; [email protected]. For general enquiries, please email [email protected]. 

The Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Equity for all
We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether they’re a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds). If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.

We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process, we’ll work with you to remove any barriers. Visit our accessibility page for more on this. If you’d like to chat, please contact [email protected]. Please note, if you have previously informed us of adjustments you need for interview or within your role these are not carried over and must be discussed for each individual application you make.

We promote a workplace where fairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger.

See our ED&I page for more about this.

We welcome applications from everyone, and colleagues can find support and community among our many employee networks. This includes people of any:

• Age
• Sex
• Gender identity or expression
• Sexual orientation
• Religion or belief
• Ethnicity
• Disability

Values and vision
We are guided by our core values, which shape our work and our culture.

Excellence – being a high-performing organisation.
Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Integrity – doing the right thing.
Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can.

We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.

A Note on AI
AI tools can be great for research and refining ideas, but we want to learn about you. If you use AI or Chatbots to help you with your application, keep these points in mind:

•        AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your application must reflect your real skills and experience.
•        Spell-checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
•        Do not copy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
•        Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity and may lead to your application being withdrawn or termination of your employment.