Communications Officer

Macmillan Cancer Support; London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options

Pension matched up to 7.5%

120+ learning and development offers

Flexible working patterns

Life insurance, retail discounts, and more

Job summary

A prominent charity organization in London is looking for a Communications Officer to develop creative communication plans and engage effectively with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and experience in building relationships, with a passion for the organization’s mission. This role offers flexible working arrangements and a variety of benefits, including generous holiday entitlement and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing communication plans.
• Background in media, public relations or marketing.
• Ability to create engaging content across various channels.
• Flexible, collaborative and proactive mindset.
• Passion for Macmillan’s mission and values.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement creative communication plans.
• Produce engaging content for media and internal communications.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Identify and respond to media opportunities.
• Ensure people affected by cancer are central to communications.
• Monitor and improve communication strategies.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Channel-specific expertise in delivering audience-focused communications

Ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships

Flexible, collaborative, and proactive approach

Passion for Macmillan’s mission and values

Collaborative

Mission alignment

Job description

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Macmillan Cancer Support provided pay range

This range is provided by Macmillan Cancer Support. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

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Hybrid - Split between home and our London Office / Shipley Office / Glasgow office

About us

At Macmillan Cancer Support you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to help more people with cancer get the best care the UK has to offer, whoever and wherever they are. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.

About the Role

As a Communications Officer, you will develop and deliver impactful communication plans that build awareness, trust, and engagement with Macmillan. Whether you honed your skills in a media agency, have a background in social media, corporate communications, or have previously worked in the corporate, public or charity sectors, this is your chance to apply your creativity and strategic thinking to a cause that makes a difference. Working across teams, you will create compelling stories, shape our voice across internal and external messaging, and drive engagement with a diverse range of audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement creative communication plans.
• Produce engaging content for media, social media and internal communications channels.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and respond to media and reputational opportunities.
• Ensure people affected by cancer are at the heart of our communications.
• Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve communication strategies.

About You

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Channel-specific expertise in delivering audience-focused communications.
• Ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• A flexible, collaborative, and proactive approach.
• Passion for Macmillan’s mission and values.

In return, we offer a range of benefits

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process

Interview dates: September 18th-19th

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing
• Non-profit Organizations