Communications Manager, NFP PEOPLE

About the role

The role involves taking sole responsibility for communications activity across live and established projects, including those currently in development. This is a key role within the communications team that will see you create understanding and awareness between the charity and key local and regional audiences.

Responsibilities

• Create understanding and awareness between the charity and key local and regional audiences.
• Manage a portfolio of end-to-end integrated communications and PR programs across multiple Youth Zones at various stages of development.
• Work closely with teams, Youth Zone’s relationship managers and fundraisers, CEO, Trustee Board, and Young People's Development Group, acting as their trusted communications advisor.
• Collaborate with local stakeholders including Local Authority communications leads and supporters, to help establish the new Youth Zones as independent charities.
• Provide light touch ongoing support to the Youth Zones full time communication resource once in place, while continuing to mentor or coach others.

Requirements

We welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.

Qualifications

Experience of:

• Communications, either in agency or in-house.
• All-round integrated communications experience, including PR, copywriting, and digital.
• Building relationships with journalists and working with the media.
• Advising internal and external teams and stakeholders at all levels.
• Working directly with young people.
• Using digital platforms and tools such as MailChimp, Hootsuite, WordPress, and Google Analytics.
• Managing creative/design/digital agencies and briefing design and print teams.

Skills

If you are as confident pitching a story to media as you are managing a branding project or overseeing an event, then this could be the role for you.

Benefits

Agile working with flexibility in working hours; 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to a maximum of 30 days); birthday leave, additional annual leave purchase scheme; company matched pension; company sick, maternity, paternity & adoption pay; Employee Assistance Programme, active and engaged networks to join (including Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) and access to Charity Worker discounts.

Pay

£40 - £45k per annum

Schedule

Full-time (37.5 hours/week)