Communications Officer

Energy Institute; Slough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compressed working scheme – extended 1

Training and professional development

All-company/team socials

Generous holiday plus bank holidays

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Great office culture

Job summary

Energy Institute is seeking an articulate communications professional to join our central team in central London. The role focuses on drafting engaging copy, planning across channels, and supporting media engagement to protect and promote EI’s knowledge and expertise.

You will work with the Head of Communications & Marketing to manage internal and external communications, build relationships with volunteers, and help maintain a dynamic social media presence.

Qualifications

• Strong writing skills and ability to tailor copy to audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail and high accuracy.
• Disciplined project management and ability to juggle multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Draft and produce a monthly newsletter (Energy Network).
• Coordinate communications plans across EI channels with internal teams.
• Support media engagement and promotion of EI products and services.

Skills

Writing skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Multi-channel comms

Email marketing

Stakeholder engagement

Team collaboration

Energy sector knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

The Energy Institute (EI) is the chartered professional membership body for people who work across the world of energy. Our purpose is creating a better energy future by accelerating a just, secure, and low carbon energy transition. We do this by:

• Attracting and developing a diverse energy workforce
• Convening expertise and evidence to inform energy decision making
• Enabling industry to make energy safer, more efficient and lower carbon

The EI staff team and its extensive network of volunteers pursue these goals in line with a set of values reflecting the culture of the organisation:

• We are inclusive by treating each other with care and respect
• We build trust through open and professional collaboration
• We are passionate about making a difference

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Do you want to play a part in supporting professionals working across the energy industry to meet society’s energy needs and tackle climate change?

We are looking for an articulate, driven, adaptable communicator with demonstrable experience handling member communications, public relations or marketing communications.

Above all, you will need:

• Strong writing skills - an ability to write engaging, high impact copy tailored to target audiences.
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Disciplined project management and organisation skills – and an ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously, at pace.
• Familiarity with a broad range of communication channels, and willingness to learn how to use the EI’s member database, content database and email marketing platform.
• A willingness to get under the skin of the organisation and act as a central point of information about all forthcoming external communication activity.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Outlook
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.
• Good IT literacy/software

An interest in energy and the energy transition would be a distinct advantage.

The role is full time and based in our central London offices. It will require flexibility and may on occasions require work out of hours.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

To support the Head of Communications & Marketing (and External Affairs Director) in delivering the Energy Institute’s communication strategy, promoting and protecting its reputation as a source of knowledge and expertise among its members, customers and stakeholders.

Part of a small central communications team working collaboratively with other communicators embedded across the EI.

Responsibilities include:

• Written communications – responsible for drafting and producing a monthly newsletter (Energy Network), capitalising on the best current stories from across the EI.
• Communications planning – ensuring plans are in place to disseminate stories across relevant EI communication channels in a timely way, and that there is good internal awareness of all external-facing activity.
• Media engagement – support the monitoring and promotion of the EI’s products and services to media, such as our flagship conference, International Energy Week, and flagship report, The Statistical Review of World Energy.
• Digital communications – play a key role in maintaining a dynamic social media presence that places the EI in conversations and drives traffic to the EI’s website.
• Global communities support – provide support for the promotion of events being held by the EI’s communities in the UK and internationally. Requires daily use of the EI’s member database and email marketing platform, and the need to build collaborative working relationships with volunteers.
• Brand reputation - contribute to the quarterly reporting and monitoring of Energy Institute communications and marketing activities, including the management of the EI’s media monitoring service.

BENEFITS:

• Compressed working scheme – extended daily hours in return for every other Friday off
• Training and professional development opportunities
• All-company/team socials
• Generous holiday plus bank holidays
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Great office culture