Crisis Communication Manager

508 Witt O'Brien's Payroll Management LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambipar, a global leader in environmental and emergency management solutions, seeks a Crisis Communications Manager in Central London. Based at our London headquarters, you will join Witt O'Brien’s and lead crisis communications, ensuring clear, coherent client-facing narratives across media and stakeholders.

You will coordinate emergency response drills, provide media training, client liaison, and advisory support, with opportunities to travel internationally and train at all levels within a

Qualifications

• Excellent writer with strong storytelling and messaging skills.
• Confident and polished public speaker with presence at senior levels.
• Knowledge of commercial shipping and crisis communications experience.
• Experience delivering senior level media training programs.
• Willing and able to travel internationally on short notice.
• Highly organized with hands-on approach and practical problem-solving.
• Ability to perform well under intense pressure and take initiative.
• Social media management and monitoring experience would be an asset.
• Business development experience would be an asset.
• Tech skills and website development experience would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Client liaison and providing internal/external comms advice.
• Copywriting, media management and client support.
• Manning incident line during evenings and weekends.
• Coordinate emergency response drills using Triton platform and training delivery.
• Support senior trainers and deliver high-quality media training to clients.

Skills

Excellent writer

Public speaker

Shipping knowledge

Crisis comms experience

Media training

Travel internationally

Highly organized

Hands-on

Work under pressure

Social media management

Business development

Website development

Job description

Are you looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference? Do you want to join a collaborative, mission-driven team that protects the planet, strengthens communities, and supports businesses when they need it most? Are you seeking a place where your work contributes directly to an organization known for excellence in environmental services, crisis management, and emergency response? If your answer is “yes,” then you belong at Ambipar.

Are you looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference? Do you want to join a collaborative, mission-driven team that protects the planet, strengthens communities, and supports businesses when they need it most? Are you seeking a place where your work contributes directly to an organization known for excellence in environmental services, crisis management, and emergency response? If your answer is “yes,” then you belong at Ambipar.

Are you looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference? Do you want to join a collaborative, mission-driven team that protects the planet, strengthens communities, and supports businesses when they need it most? Are you seeking a place where your work contributes directly to an organization known for excellence in environmental services, crisis management, and emergency response? If your answer is “yes,” then you belong at Ambipar.

Crisis Communications Manager Central London

If you can name a ship, it’s probably because it sank. We work to keep our clients’ vessels off the list of ships you’ve heard of. Navigate Response, a Witt O’Brien’s company, is the strongest global crisis communications network specializing in the international shipping, port and offshore industries; headquartered in London, Houston and Singapore, we operate a global network of 45 offices in 30 countries around the world. We provide expert advice, counsel and hands‑on support at the scene of an incident, from our clients’ offices or from our offices to ensure that our clients’ side of the story is presented to the outside world in a coherent and professional manner.

Preparation is key to successful crisis communications, and we provide annual planning, testing, exercising and training services to all of our clients.

The role:

Based at our London headquarters, you will be an integral part of the crisis communications team including managing initial responses and manning our incident line some evenings and weekends. You will coordinate emergency response drills using our in-house media and social media simulation platform, Triton, and will work with our senior trainers (and on your own) to provide high quality media response training to our clients at all levels.

Day-to-day duties will include client liaison, internal and external comms advice and support, copywriting, media management, business development and much more.

You:

• Excellent (and we do mean excellent) writer
• Confident and polished public speaker
• Knowledge of commercial shipping and/or crisis communications experience
• Experience delivering senior level media (or other relevant) training programs
• Willing and able to travel internationally (sometimes on short notice)
• Highly organized with abundant common sense and the ability to muck-in and get the job done
• Work well under intense pressure and show initiative during slow periods
• Social media management and monitoring experience would be a significant asset
• Business development experience would be an asset
• Tech skills and website development experience would be an asset
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

With you when it counts.

Are you looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference? Do you want to join a collaborative, mission-driven team that protects the planet, strengthens communities, and supports businesses when they need it most? Are you seeking a place where your work contributes directly to an organization known for excellence in environmental services, crisis management, and emergency response? If your answer is “yes,” then you belong at Ambipar. Ambipar is a global leader in environmental and emergency management solutions. In the United States, our diverse portfolio spans emergency consulting and risk mitigation, grants management support, 24/7 emergency response, environmental remediation, industrial services, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Through our Witt O'Brien's consulting business, we help communities build resilience in a rapidly changing world—advising clients on how to mitigate risk, prepare for crises, respond effectively, and recover stronger. Across the country, our emergency response teams manage environmental incidents of all types—from chemical and hazardous waste spills to silo fire suppression and industrial vacuum services. We also deliver specialized training programs that equip emergency responders with the skills they need to act swiftly and safely. As the frequency and complexity of both natural and human-made disasters continue to grow, the need for our expertise has never been greater. We invite you to join an ambitious, forward-thinking team of top professionals who are committed to safeguarding people, communities, and the environment. Together, we can take our organization—and your career to the next level.