Strategic Communications Manager
Dogs Trust
City of London, Lambeth, UK (On-site)
In-houseFull-timeMid level
1 day ago
Strategic Communications Manager
London, UK (On-site)
Salary Not AvailableFull time
Posted 7 weeks ago
Top 1% of applicants do these two things.
The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.
Job Description
Salary
£65,465 - £76,877
Job description
We welcome applications from candidates with experience in the private sector and voluntary sector.
You will be at the heart of communications that make a real difference to millions of people’s lives.
You will be working in a supportive team and tasked with delivering communications objectives that form a critical part of the Government’s priorities.
Successful candidates will be involved in a range of the following:
- Responsible for delivering insight-driven strategic communication plans for departmental and ministerial priorities. To include clear objectives, measures of success and evaluation to allow for course correction.
- Working closely with colleagues in Policy Group and Strategy to join up Comms and Policy to optimise impact.
- Developing long term forward looks and working with colleagues to produce quarterly plans, agreed with No10, which ensure DWP is maximizing communications opportunities, demonstrating delivery and mitigating risks.
- Developing communications strategies that join up communications and policy delivery, grounded in DWP’s operational and political context.
- Leading collaboration across the Communications Directorate to ensure that plans are delivered in partnership, guided by audience insight and tailored across channels and disciplines, including new and traditional media; owned, earned and paid marketing; and stakeholder management.
- Developing narratives, lines to take and messaging frameworks for Ministers, senior officials and colleagues across DWP so our messaging is consistent, coherent and compelling, setting direction through story-telling.
- Providing strategic direction on opportunities for ‘digital-first’ communications which support strategic goals, and developing strong, productive relationships with the Social Media Unit in our Marketing team.
- Line managing and developing members of the team, supporting their professional growth and ensuring high standards of delivery.
CLICK APPLY FOR MORE DETAILS AND BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR DWP
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the UK’s largest government department and is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. It administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits, serving around 20 million customers.DWP is responsible for•understanding and dealing with the causes of poverty rather than its symptoms•encouraging people to work and making work pay•encouraging disabled people and those with ill health to work and be independent•providing a decent income for people of pension age and promoting saving for retirement•providing value for money and reducing levels of fraud and error•reducing work-related death and serious injury in workplaces through the Health and Safety ExecutiveDWP is a fast paced organisation which puts leadership at the centre of its transformation journey. The majority of DWP colleagues are part of the Operational Delivery Profession (ODP) – providing customer service to DWP’s 20 million customers across the UK. ODP is a thriving, inclusive professional community that supports colleagues and encourages them to learn, develop, grow and progress in their career to reach their full potential.
Founded in 1948
London, England, GBR
33K employees
