Responsibilities

• The Senior Corporate Communications Manager is a managerial role leading external corporate communications, with a strong focus on media relations, crisis communications, PR, and Public Affairs/B2G, while bringing internal communications experience to ensure joined-up corporate messaging.
• The role translates organisational priorities into coordinated short to medium term communications campaigns and activity that build external reputation and advocacy.
• The role holder will work closely with the internal communications team to keep messaging aligned, credible and on-brand across internal and external audiences.
• This role leads and coordinates across external corporate communications campaigns and activity, including media relations, public affairs / B2G activity, crisis communication and reputation management.
• Reporting to the Director of Communications, the role holder manages a small team, setting priorities, allocating work, reviewing quality, supporting development, and ensuring communications are delivered effectively across a complex area of activity.
• In addition to working closely with the Thought Leadership and Partnerships teams, the role holder also works in close partnership with Internal Communications colleagues to align internal and external narratives, particularly around major announcements, change activity, campaigns and sensitive issues.
• At this level, the expectation is to manage team members, resolve complex communications challenges / blockers using established approaches, provide confident advice and guidance to stakeholders, and enable others to deliver effective, well-judged communications work.
• Communication strategy and planning: Develops short to medium term external communications plans that support organisational priorities, media opportunities and reputation objectives.
• Leads delivery of external campaigns, announcements and media activity, coordinating team input and adapting plans as priorities shift.
• Works in close partnership with Internal Communications colleagues to align external plans and messaging with internal communications activity and the wider corporate narrative.

Requirements

• Corporate communications, media relations, PR planning, Public Affairs / B2G (preferable), people management, editorial judgement, stakeholder engagement, reputation management, issue handling, data reporting and insight driven communications

Preferred

• Public Affairs / B2G (preferable)