Responsibilities

• Oversee a high-performing team responsible for brand strategy, employer brand, Wellcome Trust’s corporate communications and flagship branded partnerships.
• Develop a clear and consistent global strategy that strengthens reputation, influence and reach.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, provide expert counsel on high-profile and sensitive issues, helping to protect and enhance organisational reputation.
• Partner across the organisation and with external agencies globally on high-profile communications showcasing Wellcome’s mission, while mitigating organisational risk.
• Lead a medium-sized team and manage delivery of communications across multiple initiatives.

Requirements

• Substantial senior-level experience in corporate communications, reputation management and brand marketing within complex organisations.
• Proven track record of managing sensitive, high-profile issues and leading proactive and reactive communications strategies.
• Experience building and evolving brands, including employer brands, and delivering impactful brand-building campaigns based on audience insight.
• Proven experience advising at executive / board level on high-profile communications’ challenges, providing marcomms expertise that shifts outcomes.
• Substantial experience leading and developing mid-sized high-performing teams and commissioning and managing external agencies, ideally through periods of change, with demonstrable experience coordinating budgets, timelines or resources across multiple projects.