Head of News and Communications - London, United Kingdom - UK Export Finance

UK Export Finance

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £70,000 - £86,000
Job grade:

Grade 6
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
UKEF
Business Group
Origination and Marketing
Type of role:
Communications / Marketing
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
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Job summary:

The Marketing and Communications team plays an exciting and vital role in building and protecting UK Export Finance's brand and reputation in the UK and overseas. The team works together to raise awareness and generate business leads through our paid, earned, and owned channels, using complementary specialisms, including media, marketing, campaigns, events, external affairs, internal and strategic communications.

Job description:

The Head of News is responsible for UKEF's external and internal communications activities, covering press office, internal communications and channels, content, and speechwriting.

You will be responsible for leading the delivery of UKEF's annual report and account, working closely with colleagues across the department.

This is a fast paced, varied, and highly rewarding role with an opportunity to shape our media footprint in the UK and internationally.

A collaborative and strategic mindset is essential, whilst being able to take a hands-on approach to building and protecting our reputation and identifying opportunities to raise awareness of UKEF.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications, you will lead a blended in-house and agency team to deliver best practice communications.

In this high-profile position, you will be a trusted communications adviser to the UKEF Executive Committee, Special Advisers and Ministers on the potential benefits and presentational risks of decisions and policies, on handling announcements and on breaking news.

You will be responsible for developing new ideas to enhance and protect UKEF's internal and external reputation, gathering insight to assess your team's impact across corporate communications channels, and leading strategic planning to ensure UKEF's communications are aligned with the wider Marketing and Comms team, other departments, external partners, and UKEF's objectives.

Person specification:

Lead a high performing press office and deliver high quality proactive and reactive media management, and a news planning service for the department. Respond rapidly to fastmoving events, ensure continuity in press handling, and provide cover in an outofhours duty rota when required, working closely with the Department for International Trade.
Deliver UKEF's corporate communications strategy, based on the direction set by the Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications. Devise effective and creative UK domestic and international media strategies; using a strong mix of channels to gain positive coverage, build public support for major deals and announcements, and raise awareness of UKEF's offer to target audiences.
Develop excellent working relationships with journalists and a good understanding of their priorities to promote accurate and fair media coverage. Identify opportunities to engage and strengthen relations with UKEF and our spokespeople.
Build excellent relationships with external stakeholders, No.10 and other government departments and partners to work collaboratively on announcements, and internal and external communications.
Run an effective horizonscanning and planning function, ensuring media work is evaluated and any actionable insight is shared across the team and used to drive improvements and increase impact.
Ensure the department is able to communicate effectively during a crisis and manage incident communications for UKEF.
Deliver UKEF's Annual Report and Accounts to high quality, working with the Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications and Chief Financial Officer to manage a matrix team to run the project.
Provide speechwriting and content editorial for a range of digital and offline channels and activities, alongside core narratives, lines and CEO briefings on key topics.
Deliver excellent internal communications for UKEF and the CEO, to support the department's staff engagement goals. Provide guidance to Executive Committee and a range of stakeholders to shape communications strategies, manage crises and deliver outstanding leadership communications. Lead and shape UKEF's internal communications channels and activities to bring innovation and best practice, including peer to peer content, announcements, and events creating seamless communications internally and externally.
Work in tandem with the wider marketing and communications team to plan effectively and maximise opportunities to raise profile, including campaigns and events, strategic communications, digital, and e