Corporate Communications and Marketing Manager

Thirteen Group; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association in the UK is seeking a Corporate Communications and Marketing Manager to join their expanding team. This hybrid role involves managing internal communications and enhancing the company's reputation. The successful candidate will lead a team and engage colleagues and stakeholders through effective communication strategies. With competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including a solid pension scheme and career development, this is an excellent opportunity for professionals looking to make a meaningful impact in their community.

Benefits

Salary - £52,799 per annum

Annual leave starting at 28 days

Pension contributions up to 17%

Health and wellbeing support services

Discount and Reward platform

Qualifications

• Experience in housing association, local authority, or social housing context is desirable.
• Able to provide expert advice to colleagues at all levels and lead/support a team effectively.
• Experienced in delivering campaigns and corporate reputation management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team to deliver insight-led communications.
• Enhance reputation through crisis communications and stakeholder relationships.
• Create and manage content across channels ensuring brand consistency.

Skills

Campaign management

Employer brand promotion

Crisis communications

Colleague engagement

Education

Degree or professional accreditation in communications, marketing, PR, or related field

Job description

Join us as a Corporate Communications and Marketing Manager at Thirteen Group!

We are also advertising for a Customer Communications and Marketing Manager. If you’re interested in both positions, please apply separately and we’ll do one interview for both roles if you’re shortlisted.

Role Overview

As we expand our Corporate Affairs team, we’re looking for a Corporate Communications and Marketing Manager to join our team. You'll lead internal and corporate communications that strengthen Thirteen’s reputation and culture, managing partner messaging, employer brand, change communications and corporate reporting. Your work will enhance Thirteen’s profile as a leading housing association and trusted employer.

This is a hybrid role, so you’ll work from home and a couple of days a week from our fantastic office at Hudson Quay in Middlesbrough. We’ll need you to be flexible around business and team need, so you may need to come into the office more frequently when required.

Thirteen Benefits

• Salary - £52,799 per annum
• Annual leave starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T’dar our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing a team of two specialists and a co-ordinator to deliver insight-led communications that engage colleagues, partners and stakeholders across all channels, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Managing internal communications, including sensitive messaging to support organisational change and promote colleague engagement.
• Protecting and enhancing reputation through crisis communications, employer brand promotion, and stakeholder relationships.
• Working closely with our External Affairs Lead to inform external communications.
• Creating and managing content across written, visual, and digital channels while ensuring brand consistency.
• Measuring impact by setting KPIs, using insights to improve engagement, and reviewing performance across channels.

About You

• Hold a degree or professional accreditation in communications, marketing, PR, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experienced in delivering campaigns, employer brand and corporate reputation management, and working with partners.
• Skilled in managing colleague engagement, change communications, and sensitive messaging.
• Able to provide expert advice to colleagues at all levels and lead/support a team effectively.
• Experience in housing association, local authority, or social housing context is desirable.

Why Thirteen Group?

We’re more than just a housing association we’re a community builder. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 properties.

• Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
• Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
• Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

Interested?

For more details, please refer to the attached documents. If you’d like to talk more about the role please contact Chantelle Doughty, Head of Communications and Marketing, on 07825 119012 for an informal discussion.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?

Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community! As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.