Investment Communications Officer - 9 month FTC

Nestpensions; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestpensions is seeking an Investment Communications Officer for a 9-month FTC to enhance its investment communications function. The role involves creating engaging content, managing communications strategies, and collaborating across teams to raise awareness of Nest's investment offerings. This position is ideal for a proactive communicator with a background in financial services.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

Enhanced auto enrolled pension

Income protection scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in investment communications or financial services.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams.

Responsibilities

• Curate and deliver investment content for various audiences.
• Manage the delivery of investment collateral and reports.
• Support media activities and communications campaigns.

Skills

Communication

Content Creation

Project Management

Education

Degree in Communications, Marketing or related field

Job description

Investment Communications Officer - 9 month FTC

• Investment Communications Officer - 9 month FTC

Role Overview

The communications function within the investment team is responsible for:

Establishing the reputation of Nest as a best in class manager of pension scheme assets, a centre of investment expertise and a leader on responsible investment

Helping to raise awareness of the particular characteristics of auto enrolled savers and change attitudes about what suitable investment strategies for them look like

Supporting our product and marketing department with compelling content about the investment strategy

Working with the product and marketing directorate to develop Nest’s member, employer and connector strategies

Ensuring the accuracy and high standard of all content related to Nest’s investment activities

Publishing regular updates on Nest’s investment performance and developments to the investment strategy

Ensuring all Nest staff have an appropriate level of understanding about the investment strategy

• This role works across the investment proposition and communications and media team, to manage and own delivery of campaigns, events, publications, media and marketing activities.
• This hands–on role reports to the Senior Investment Communications Manager and will require liaison with multiple teams across the investment directorate and wider business (e.g. Marketing, brand, internal communications, etc.)

The primary focus of this role is delivering an effective investment communications function.

The key accountabilities will include:

• Curate and deliver investment collateral/content that serves our key customers (internal, B2B Member & Retirement and Social/Digital)
• Managing/overseeing the delivery of investment collateral and reports
• Delivering our investment communications activities to different parts of the business to raise awareness and engagement across the business
• Managing our awards strategy and schedule
• Supporting the work of the team, including media activities and communications campaigns
• Generating accurate, high quality and engaging investment content to all audiences

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We are open to discussing working patterns.

We welcome all internal applicants to apply for our roles, regardless of your current working pattern or hours. W e will aim to accommodateyourrequestand match your current working arrangements.

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 and offer a generous training budget.

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

Reward and recognition

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Enhanced auto enrolled pension – your contributions start at the default 5% while ours are higher at 8%. If you up your contributions to 6% we raise ours to 9%. If you contribute 7% or more we’ll contribute 10%.
• Income protectionscheme– is an insurance benefit that provides you with income if you cannot work due to illness or incapacity.

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 expectationto 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

For more information about our recruitment process click here

Directorate/Department Overview

The investment communications officer role is within Nest’s investment team, which is responsible for advising the Trustee Members on how to invest members’ money and implementing their decisions.

High quality financial services and products have generally been designed for a wealthy minority. The small but expert in-house team at Nest has developed a best in class investment strategy that is designed for everyone, particularly the new generation of savers who’ll be joining workplace pensions for the first time as a result of auto enrolment.

We are committed to helping millions of members share in the benefits of global economic growth and to growing their money steadily and smoothly while they are saving with Nest.

Organisational Overview

Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.

Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.


Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age , disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio economic background.

We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, which is the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have disability, declare that you’re applying through the scheme and meet the minimum criteria for this role, we aim to invite you to an interview. However, there may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications.

If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact: [e-mail].