Senior Communications Manager (12-18m FTC)

Job Description

Job DescriptionThe UKs leading Scouting association is looking for a Senior Communications Manager to join their Chingford (Greater London) based Communications & Marketing team on a 12-18 month fixed-term contract basis.This is a fantastic opportunity to join a big brand where you will lead, deliver and evaluate proactive communications primarily targeted at the organisations volunteer members and staff.This position is full-time. The successful candidate would ideally be able to visit the Chingford-based office on a weekly basis, however fully remote candidates are not discouraged from applying.Key Responsiblities

• Create clear, easy-to-understand content that reflects the clients brand and values, working with creative content producers to ensure objectives align and deadlines are met
• Lead the development of targeted, personalised campaigns using software such as Compass, managing large amounts of personal data sets while ensuring GDPR compliance
• Drive collaboration across directorates and with senior stakeholders, to develop integrated communications plans and audience engagement strategies that put audience needs first
• Be a subject matter expert advising senior colleagues and senior volunteers on communications for complex issues, be able to share when things are not working and recommend new approaches to try
• Create effective briefings from senior stakeholders for internal audiences: draft content, manage approvals, schedule webinar briefings, invite relevant audience segments and respond to Q&As
• Provide guidance and support to volunteers delivering their own communications locally with best practice advice, training, and tools
• Meet with volunteers during evenings and weekends as needed to contribute to project planning and provide communications advice
• Manage a Communications Manager role dedicated to the same work, and working hand in hand with the clients change management team
• Lead and deliver communications strategies informed by change management methodologies for large areas of our clients work

Key Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience (three years or more) in a communications manager role, ideally in-house for a large organisation
• Can demonstrate they are a subject expert in the role of internal communications to deliver an organisations strategic goals and transformation
• Able to devise and successfully deliver long term communication strategies across multiple audiences
• Able to write and edit copy for different audiences and create content for different channels, applying content design principles, using analytics to assess content performance and refine content
• Demonstrable experience of communicating complex or technical information in a clear, concise and relevant way to enable internal and external audiences to achieve their goals.
• Ability to persist through challenges and proactively solve problems, including navigating challenging conversations to find a positive outcome
• Proficient using MS Office including Teams and Sharepoint, webinar software such as Zoom and marketing channel management tools such as dotmailer
• Ability to work with a content management system (e.g. Umbraco) and Google Analytics to review and refine content

VMAGROUP is a leading international interim, contract, temporary and permanent recruitment and executive search specialist. We are specifically focused on providing support to the communications, digital and marketing communities.Our specialist practice areas cover: communications, corporate communications, internal communications, change communications, PR, media relations, financial communications, CSR, public affairs, investor relations, marketing, digital marketing and agencyservices.We have a reputation for providing expert consultancy services and advice, supported by in-depth knowledge of the professions we recruit for. Our thought leadership and benchmarking studies have become go-to resources for the communications and marketingindustry, supporting planning and decision-making for organisations of all shapes and sizes.In the UK, VMAGROUP has offices in London and Manchester and in Europe, VMAGROUP has offices in Amsterdam and Brussels, but we work with organisations and individuals on a global basis.VMAGROUP is committed to equal opportunities and is a Diversity Pledged Recruiter.

Keyskills :
CommunicationsCorporate CommunicationsInternal CommunicationsStakeholder Engagement