Senior Ambassador and Celebrity Manager

Job Description

About The Role Closing date : 22nd December. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Alzheimers Societyreceives support from a large number of high-profile, influential ambassadors and talent across all sectors. These include names you will be familiar with from the entertainment industry alongside eminent clinicians, philanthropists, politicians and businessleaders. We are looking for an energetic, proactive Senior Ambassador and Celebrity Manager to join our Research and Influencing directorate at an exciting time in terms of making dementia a priority, and helping influence the future of social care. The directorateis responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction to the Alzheimers Societys Research and Influencing functions, ensuring lived experience of dementia is at the heart of everything we do, using evidence, insight and research to build new solutions,raise awareness, increase understanding and hold governments across the three nations to account. Alzheimers Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, andjob satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and were incredibly proud as this is fantastic indication of how far weve travelled over the past few years. We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatestdifference for people affected by dementia. About you Drive forward an inclusive, collaborative, high-performance environment, making sure that our values and expected standards of behaviour are embedded across the organisation, starting with your own team.Be responsible for leading the Societys Ambassador and celebrity function, with the authority and gravitas to strategically maximise the potential of our influential supporters across all teams, managing an overall stakeholder strategy for Alzheimers Society,including stakeholder mapping. Manage and support our ambitious team, with proven high level influencing and persuading skills, and build our ongoing overall Ambassador and celebrity communications and engagement plan. Play a key role in positioning AlzheimersSociety as the leading dementia charity in the UK and you will collaborate with directors and senior managers across the organisation in supporting significant Society-wide projects. Be a first-class people-manager able to inspire, coach and unite people towardsa common goal. Youll demonstrate compassion - operating with kindness and empathy and not shying away from challenging conversations. About You About Alzheimers Society At Alzheimers Society, we believe passionately that life doesnt end when dementia begins.We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most. Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are criticalto bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation. Our Values We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most,by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia. Every one of us is a Trusted expert , listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping usto achieve more together. We are Compassionate , we are kind and honest, and we dont shy away from challenges. Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia. Equal Opportunities We want everyone we work with, as acolleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimers Society. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. Duringyour recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.