Head of Communications

London, UK (Remote)

£59K/yr – £65K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the organisation’s external messaging and crisis communication with leadership alignment across directorates, plus build and guide a small comms team.

  • Corporate Communications: Align external messaging with strategy across departments to support objectives.
  • Crisis & Strategic Messaging: Lead crisis response planning and messaging in collaboration with senior communication leads.
  • Team Leadership: Develop and mentor the communications function to sustain impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement and manage our external communications in line with our organisational strategy and values.
  • Work closely in collaboration across directorates and initiatives, ensuring our messaging is aligned and effective.
  • Together with the Director Corporate and Strategic Communications and the Head of PR and Media, lead in periods of crisis communications with response plans and key messages.
  • Lead, guide and develop the communications team.

Requirements

  • Experience in a similar role, creating and delivering organisation wide communication plans that support business objectives.
  • Strong track record of leading on major communication campaigns, including change communications.
  • Experience managing, leading and developing a team.
  • Experience working in a complex organisation, bringing together and aligning different departments.
  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to develop strong relationships and influence across all levels.
  • Strong project management skills with experience aligning and managing campaigns, projects and products to organisational objectives.
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Founded in 1948
London, England, GBR
2.4K employees (101 in marketing)

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384K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$12.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58.6%
Direct
29.2%
Referral
7.3%
Social
3%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.4K

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