Communications Manager (London)

We are currently recruiting for a Communications Manager in London.

Pay rate: 550-608 per day.

Contract duration: Temporary ongoing

Department: Marketing and Communications

Purpose:

The job holder will be responsible for defining and implementing communications strategies for priority programmes and projects that contribute directly to the client’s mission to protect the public from terrorism.  You will work closely with colleagues across the national network.

Duties: 

• Produce innovative and impactive campaign content that engages our external audiences

• Proactively seek content to support our internal and external comms and help promote the client: developing trust and confidence, promoting excellence and success and brand management.

• Provide expert advice on evaluation and insight from internal and external campaigns to key seniors and relevant stakeholders.

• Collaborate across the Communications Team, and the network to produce highest quality and effective communications products, with due consideration for how the campaign work can be supported and promoted through other comms channels and specialisms to ensure a holistic approach to all of our communications delivery (eg: PREVENT, P&P, Media, Partnerships, Internal, Change, Digital)

• Strong quality assurance ability to ensure that all products reach our highest standards

• The ability to effectively represent the Communications pillar, promoting our brand and reputation, presenting our work to relevant audiences, with confidence and knowledge of the benefit we bring to operational policing

• An advocate for our shared commitment to IDE in everything we do

• Support the wider delivery effort of the communications team and crisis response as part of any national Major incident

Skills:

Essential:

• Proven experience (4+ years) leading large scale communications projects, with track record of translating business challenges into successful communication strategies, plans and campaigns

• Ability to use insight and research to plan and refine communications activity to reach and engage target audiences

• Strong understanding of a range of communications disciplines and channels, using knowledge to plan and adapt chosen approach

• Experience of forward planning and managing day-to-day communications and engagement activity, coordinated as part of wider organisational activity

• Strong track record of delivery, including taking responsibility for commissioning and producing high quality content and other deliverables

• Innovative and creative mind-set, bringing new ideas to solve tough challenges

• Evidence of best practice in tracking and measuring the impact of communications and its contribution to wider organisational objectives

• Ability to form effective working relationships across a full range of internal and external stakeholders, including with seniors

• Confidence and credibility in a range of scenarios, including delivering impactful and engaging presentations and communications advice on your projects

• Actively seek out best practice and new ideas, collecting and sharing insights about what performs best to help shape the future agenda for the client’s communications

• Motivation to contribute to key thematic areas within the national communications network, for example Learning & Development, and Inclusion, Diversity & Equality

• Experience and/or interest in crisis communications skills with the capacity to contribute to under pressure

Desirable:

• Expert understanding of digital communications

• Professional interest in the application of behavioural science to communications

• Proficiency in using analytical tools and data to improve communications outcomes

Management Skills: 

• Provides leadership and support to direct reports, putting in support strategies where required

• Keenly attuned to the welfare and wellbeing of colleagues

• Sets a great personal example, role modelling ethics and values, and demonstrates self-motivation, energy, creativity, and a commitment to high-quality communication

• Excellent planning skills, and ability to quickly respond to changing priorities

• Conveys positivity and enthusiasm in meeting the challenges of difficult or complex changes and tasks, encouraging, and supporting others to do the same.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and deliver on competing demands

• Ability to work flexibly in managing a range of activities and able to work independently and as part of a team

• Able to work with external suppliers and manage budgets, timelines and high-quality delivery

• Maintain a supportive network, both to support day to day work, but also to help deliver a coordinated and effective response during critical incidents

• Willing to participate in an out-hour-hours rota and be prepared to work flexibly out of normal office hours if circumstances require it

Apply online or contact Terri O’Keefe on 01925 377 878. You can also email terri@peelsolutions.co.uk  for more information on this role.