How to apply
Please use the first part of the cover letter as an opportunity to add to the information you have shared in your CV, and ensure that you cover the following (max 2 pages for this section):
○ Why are you interested in the Communications Manager role, and why BAUS?
○ How can you contribute to BAUS in this new role? Please highlight relevant experience and demonstrate how your skills match the specific requirements of the role as set out in the job description and person specification.
In the second part of the cover letter, please answer the following skill-based questions which are designed to assess how you might perform in the Communications Manager role and react to real-life work situations (max 250 words per answer).
1. BAUS will celebrate its 80th Anniversary in 2025. Please outline your ideas for using this milestone to raise the Association’s profile and enhance members’ sense of belonging and community.
2. To which social media channel(s) should BAUS commit most time and resource, and why?
3. What strategies would you adopt to ensure that busy surgeons take time to read and engage with communications from BAUS?
The closing date for applications is Mon 28th October, and interviews with Eastside People will take place the week after.
Interviews with BAUS will take place in the weeks commencing the 11th or the 18th of November.