Senior Communications Manager - London, United Kingdom - VMA Group

VMA Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The UK's 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 organisation's volunteer members and staff.

Key Responsiblities

Create clear, easytounderstand content that reflects the client's 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
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 client's change management team
Lead and deliver communications strategies informed by change management methodologies for large areas of our client's work

Key Requirements:

Able to devise and successfully deliver long term communication strategies across multiple audiences
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 indepth knowledge of the professions we recruit for. Our thought leadership and benchmarking studies have become goto resources for the communications and marketingindustry, supporting planning and decisionmaking 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._