Communications Manager

Location Hybrid - minimum 1 day per week in London or Cheam, Surrey
Contract: Permanent role
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week (part time – 4 days considered)

At the Charity for Civil Servants, we can’t always prevent the tricky, stressful, sad stuff from happening. But when it does happen, we help current, former and retired civil servants get the best support. Join us as we embark on the next phase of our strategy to ensure we can be there when people need us the most.

We are now recruiting for a Communications Manager, a key role in leading the delivery of the Charity for Civil Servants' overall communications strategy and annual communications plans. In this role, you will help us to increase awareness, grow participation and drive long-term loyalty within our community, so we can continue to be there when people need us.

The Communications Manager will be working with colleagues across the organisation, and also building influential relationships externally with our strategic communications contacts across our priority areas and employers within our community. This role will be managing multiple stakeholders and diverse strands of work simultaneously, whilst delivering on target, on time and on budget.

This is a line manager role, leading and managing a team of three Communications Coordinators. You will be demonstrating your experience of sound line management and people development skills, with a track record of delivering with and through your team.

We are looking for a successful communications professional, preferably with significant experience in the charity/ not-for-profit sector who has either headed a communications function with a similar breadth, context and scale, or someone who is ready to step up into this role.

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have at least 5 years’ experience working in a similar communications role, with at least three of those managing and developing a team of communications/marketing professionals. You’ll also be experienced in delivering and coordinating income generation campaigns, managing website and digital development, as well as monitoring and reporting on digital performance.

This is an exciting time to join the Charity as we seek to embed our presence as a UK-wide charity. If you would like to be a key member of our Communications department, then we would like to hear from you today!

In return, we can offer you excellent benefits including a health cash plan, Headspace, life assurance, excellent pension, generous annual leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and our cycle to work scheme.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter that states why you would be suitable for this role. The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 22 September 2024. First stage interviews will be held on 1 or 2 October. Please let us know in your covering letter if either of these dates would be difficult for you or if you need any adjustments to enable you to perform to your best at interview.

The Charity for Civil Servants are committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the civil service community that we support. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias and we encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, or any other factor.

You may have experience in the following roles: Marketing and Communications Manager, Public Relations Manager, Digital Communications Manager, Media Relations Manager, Content Manager, Community Engagement Manager, Campaign Manager, Brand Manager, External Communications Manager, Internal Communications Lead, Communications Consultant, Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Communications and Marketing Officer, etc.

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