PR and Communications Executive

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver employee communications across platforms including the GUK app, HRIS, intranet, and employee social channels.
• Support HR and People teams with internal campaigns focused on engagement, recognition, and organisational updates.
• Coordinate internal communications relating to key activities such as Ofsted inspections and Open Days, ensuring employees are informed and aligned.
• Collaborate with internal teams to maintain consistent messaging across all internal channels.
• Manage parent communications, delivering timely, clear, and consistent updates, news, and initiatives.
• Coordinate communications relating to Ofsted inspections, Open Days, and other key milestones to ensure parents are informed and engaged.
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure parent-facing messaging is accurate, aligned, and effectively delivered across channels.
• Support the development and delivery of PR strategies to enhance public perception and brand awareness.
• Draft press releases, articles, and media materials.
• Build and maintain media lists and journalist relationships.

Requirements

• Proven experience in PR, marketing communications, or internal communications.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Experience managing internal comms platforms and external digital channels.
• Experience managing reviews and online reputation.
• Basic understanding of digital marketing or local social media campaigns (desirable).
• Sector experience (education, childcare, care) desirable but not essential.
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Media relations and press engagement skills.

Preferred

• Basic understanding of digital marketing or local social media campaigns (desirable).
• Sector experience (education, childcare, care) desirable but not essential.
• Media monitoring tools.
• PR distribution platforms.
• Social listening tools.
• Family Management software (i.e. Famly)
• Project management tools (i.e. Monday.com).