Salary: £51,689 - £60,016 p.a. (basic salary plus location allowance of £4,500)
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Location: London, Hybrid – 2 days working from our London office – 3 days from home
This is an opportunity for an experienced Communications Manager to play a key role in devising and delivering strategic communications for the General Dental Council.
You will be joining the Communications and Engagement team to help us deliver impactful and engaging campaigns. Activity is delivered across a range of channels, including digital and social, to help us connect effectively with dental professionals, external partners, patients and the public.
About you
You will be responsible for influencing the perception of the General Dental Council with our key external stakeholders, including patient and public interest groups, dental professionals, education providers, government officials across the UK and professional representative bodies.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Working with colleagues to develop and deliver strategic communications plans with measurable outcomes.
- Writing strategic communications content for our channels, including digital and social media.
- Editorship of the registrant and stakeholder monthly e-newsletters, identifying and writing engaging content, overseeing its distribution and producing monthly evaluation reports.
- Supporting the Senior Communications Manager on the production of the GDC’s corporate reports.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, co-ordinate and deliver engagement activities and communication products that engage our external audiences, including public and patients, government officials, education providers and professional bodies across the four nations of the UK.
Person specification:
- Experience of creating strategic communications plans and content for a range of channels including corporate reports, presentations, digital and social media.
- Excellent organisation skills and ability to project manage concurrent deliveries on time and budget and generate ideas to improve communication activities.
- Experience of managing, evaluating and continually improving strategic communications content, with experience of analysing data, understanding trends and articulating potential consequences.
- Experience and knowledge of UK political processes and public affairs or working within a healthcare or public sector organisation, regulatory body or a related field, together with good knowledge of the media and healthcare landscape to proactively identify opportunities to communicate the role of the GDC.
About us
We play a vital role in the delivery of safe and effective oral healthcare in the UK. We do this by overseeing the register of dental professionals, ensuring only those who hold the necessary qualifications can practise.
Our vision is to be a trusted and effective regulator, supporting dental professionals to provide safe and effective care for their patients, as set out in our ambitious new strategy for (Apply online only).
Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints.
Equality and diversity are not just words; they are what makes our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.
Benefits:
The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.
To support this, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development.
Some of our benefits include:
- 27 days’ holiday (plus statutory), rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service.
- Pension contributions up to 10%.
- Buy/Sell annual leave.
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 year’s service.
- Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy.
- Staff discounts, including retail discounts, eye care contributions and discounted gym membership.
We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.
How to apply:
As part of your supporting statement, we would like you to expand on how your skills and experience align with the person specifications listed above.
Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
For further details about the role and to apply, please click the apply button.
Closing date: 6 September 2026 at 23:59.
Interviews: 1 October 2026.
Please no agencies unless instructed otherwise
Salary description
£51689.00 - £60016.00 per year