Responsibilities

• Lead, and continually refine NATO DIANA's marketing, communications, branding strategies in support of organisational priorities and objectives.
• Lead communications aspects of issues management and reputational risk, advising senior leadership on emerging communications challenges and appropriate response strategies.
• Lead proactive and reactive media relations strengthening DIANA's visibility and public profile.
• Oversee DIANA's digital communications strategy, including its website, social media channels, and digital engagement activities.
• Advise senior leadership and DIANA staff on public engagements, stakeholder communications, branding, and strategic messaging.
• Oversee the development of strategic narratives, storytelling, content, and multimedia products that communicate DIANA's mission, impact, and achievements.
• Oversee communications, marketing, and media engagement activities supporting organisational events, military exercises and innovator demonstrations.
• Proactively identify and advise on engagement strategies with key audiences in support of DIANA’s adoption efforts.
• Establish and maintain communications, branding, and editorial standards that ensure a consistent and professional representation of DIANA across all internal and external communications.
• Collaborate with HR and the COO on internal communications, ensuring staff understand DIANA’s mission, direction, major organisational developments and external messaging priorities.

Requirements

• A Master’s degree at a nationally recognised University in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, International Relations or a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience OR a Bachelor’s degree with 8 years post related experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in senior roles with a combination of marketing and communications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of defence and military innovation.
• Demonstrated experience leading a communications, marketing, public affairs, or stakeholder engagement function, including the leadership and development of multidisciplinary teams and the management of external suppliers or agencies, within a complex, fast-paced, high-profile, or multinational environment.
• Proven experience developing and executing integrated marketing and communications strategies for diverse audiences.
• Strong media relations and issues management experience, including the ability to advise senior leaders on reputational risk and public messaging.
• Experience overseeing digital channels, social media, websites, campaign content, multimedia products and/or brand assets;
• Experience using measurement, analytics or audience insights to assess communications impact and inform future activity;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing and reviewing strategic communications, speeches, presentations, and materials for senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Possess the following minimum levels of NATO’s official languages (English/French): V ("Advanced") in one; and I ("Beginner") in the other.

Preferred

• Experience communicating innovation, emerging and disruptive technologies, dual-use technology, start-up ecosystems or defence technology;
• Experience working within an international organisation, multinational environment, national government, defence department, military organisation, or similarly complex stakeholder environment.
• Knowledge of NATO institutional framework, policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the newest unit within the most successful alliance in history.
• Tax-free salary.
• Household and children’s allowances and privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and educational allowances (where applicable) and additional home leave.
• Excellent private health insurance scheme.
• NATO pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays.
• Flexible working conditions and a smoke-free office in London.
• Opportunities for learning and development.