Associate Director of Comms

The closing date for this role is Wednesday 11th November

This role is a 7-month paternity cover contract

The Centre for Inclusive Money is a public-benefit research and innovation centre focused on improving people’s financial security. If you’re a collaborative communications leader who wants to stay close to delivery while making a wider strategic impact, this is an opportunity to do both. Joining Inclusive Money on an interim basis, you’ll lead our six-person communications team, evolve our communications strategy and work alongside our CEO and management team to strengthen our reputation, reach and influence.

You’ll bring creativity, clarity and momentum to a varied portfolio spanning research publications, campaigns, digital and social content, media relations, public affairs and events. You’ll help turn complex evidence into compelling, accessible communications, build strong relationships with policy, industry and funding audiences, and create the conditions for colleagues across the organisation to communicate brilliantly. We welcome applications from people looking to step into a broader leadership role, as well as established communications leaders seeking a purposeful, hands-on opportunity.

Essential skills and experience

• Strategic communications leadership - Significant experience of developing and delivering an integrated communications strategy across relevant disciplines, such as stakeholder engagement, digital and social communications, events, public affairs, media relations and corporate communications.
• Delivery of high-impact communications - A strong track record of personally leading complex communications campaigns or programmes involving multiple projects, partners or stakeholders, with evidence of delivering to agreed objectives, timescales and budgets. This should include experience of publishing high-quality research, policy or insight-led content and delivering events of differing scale and ambition.
• People and team leadership - Experience of leading and developing a communications team, including setting priorities, maintaining high standards, managing competing demands and creating a supportive, inclusive and collaborative working culture.
• Exceptional written communication and editorial judgement - Demonstrable ability to turn complex technical, research or policy material into clear and compelling content for different audiences, alongside strong editing and quality-assurance skills. You’ll understand how to adapt longer reports and shorter-form content for policy, industry and non-technical audiences.
• Audience engagement and senior stakeholder capability - Experience of building credible relationships with senior stakeholders and advising senior colleagues, combined with sound judgement in stakeholder engagement, public affairs and reputation management. You’ll also understand how to use digital and social channels to extend the reach and impact of research and events.
• Relevant subject-matter capability and commitment - Knowledge of pensions, financial wellbeing, household finances or a related public-policy field, or convincing evidence of becoming effective quickly in a complex technical or regulated area. You’ll also share our commitment to inclusive and accessible communications and our public-benefit purpose.

Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential.

Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal  attributes required for this role.

Flexible and agile working

Everyone's personal situation is different.

To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
• reduce or vary working hours
• reduce or vary the days worked
• work compressed hours
• job share

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