Media Relations and Communications Manager

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is seeking a Media Relations and Communications Manager. The role focuses on day-to-day media relations, reputation management and wider communications across programmes, with reporting to the Head of Communications and a team of 10+.

You will manage proactive and reactive media activity, develop messaging, train spokespeople and engage with members and external partners.

Qualifications

• Essential: UK/EU comms with climate change, investment or policy context.
• Strong media relations track record, reactive and proactive outreach.
• Experience across content, messaging, digital, events or stakeholder comms.
• Excellent writing and editing with editorial judgement.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship building.
• Independent and fast-paced decision making; strong organisation.
• Fluent English written and spoken; proficient with MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day media relations to support programme objectives.
• Manage press office, reactive issues and proactive opportunities.
• Draft, edit and place press releases, op-eds, statements.
• Develop media contacts across UK and EU; support spokespeople.
• Prepare briefings, lines to take and messaging for spokespeople.
• Support CEO media activities with senior colleagues.
• Monitor coverage and share intelligence internally.
• Protect and strengthen IIGCC brand and reputation.
• Collaborate with members and external partners on initiatives.
• Contribute to digital, events and other outputs with campaigns.

Skills

Media relations

UK/EU comms

Writing/editing

Stakeholder mgmt

Independent work

Organization

English proficiency

MS Office

Tools

Roxhill

Cision

Job description

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The role

We are looking for a communications professional with established media relations experience and strong judgement, ideally with experience in climate change, investment, financial services or public policy. This is a primarily media-focused role, combining day-to-day responsibility for media relations with wider communications support across the team. You will work independently on routine activity, with strategic guidance from senior colleagues on priority issues. The role would suit someone with strong media contacts in the UK and ideally the EU, and the confidence to take proactive decisions without needing constant direction. You will need to identify reputational risks and opportunities, manage reactive issues, and help shape clear messaging and narratives across a range of communications outputs. Importantly, the role requires someone who can think about reputation management more broadly than media relations alone.

You will work across IIGCC programmes activity, support members on media relations, and collaborate with colleagues and external partners on joint initiatives. The role will also support the profile and reputation of major global initiatives and contribute to a range of communications activity including briefings, messaging, content, digital, events and other team outputs.

Reporting to and working closely with the Head of Communications, you will be part of an established communications and membership team of 10+.

Main responsibilities

Media relations and reputation management

• Lead day-to-day media relations activity to support IIGCC’s strategic objectives across its three programmes: Policy, Corporate and Investor Strategies.
• Manage the press office, including reactive media issues and proactive media opportunities.
• Draft, edit and place high-quality press releases, op-eds, statements and other media activations on a proactive and reactive basis.
• Manage and develop IIGCC’s media contacts across the UK and ideally the EU, including print, online and broadcast.
• Support media training for spokespeople and help prepare them with briefings, lines to take and messaging.
• Working with senior colleagues, support the development and execution of media relations activity for the CEO.
• Monitor media coverage, assess impact, and share relevant intelligence, news and industry developments internally.
• Support and protect IIGCC’s brand identity, profile and reputation.
• Engage professionally with members on media relations activity.
• Support the development of narrative, key messaging and common language across content and campaigns.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of communications activity across digital, social, events and other team outputs.
• Support communications planning for key launches, workstreams and outputs across IIGCC programmes.
• Contribute to the development of speeches, talking points, briefings and other senior stakeholder materials.
• Work across IIGCC programme activities, coordinating and managing multiple stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
• Work collaboratively with the wider communications team to deliver IIGCC’s overall communications strategy.
• Support project management of communications outputs and ensure established processes and document formats are followed.

Broader communications

• Support the development of narrative, key messaging and common language across content and campaigns.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of communications activity across digital, social, events and other team outputs.
• Support communications planning for key launches, workstreams and outputs across IIGCC programmes.
• Contribute to the development of speeches, talking points, briefings and other senior stakeholder materials.

Stakeholder management

• Work across IIGCC programme activities, coordinating and managing multiple stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
• Work collaboratively with the wider communications team to deliver IIGCC’s overall communications strategy.
• Support project management of communications outputs and ensure established processes and document formats are followed.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Communications and/or PR experience in the UK, ideally the EU, with experience in climate change, investment, financial services or public policy.
• Strong track record in delivering media relations activity, including reactive issues management and proactive media engagement.
• Experience working across broader communications disciplines such as content, messaging, digital, events or stakeholder communications.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with strong editorial judgement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external partners.
• Confidence to work independently, prioritise effectively and make sound judgement calls in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines to a high standard.
• Calm, assured approach to stakeholder and media relations.
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office and routine IT tools.

Desirable:

• Strong relationships with journalists, particularly in financial, trade or policy press in the UK and ideally the EU.
• Experience using media monitoring platforms such as Roxhill or Cision.
• Experience working with or alongside membership organisations, regulators, government, or multi‑stakeholder partnerships.
• Experience supporting communications for programmes, taskforces or initiatives with multiple workstreams.
• Fluency in other European languages.

The full Media Relations and Communications Manager job description can be found here .

Why work at IIGCC?

People join IIGCC because they care deeply about making a difference in supporting our mission that brings the investment community together to navigate the risks and opportunities of the transition and support progress towards a net zero and climate resilient future. In return, IIGCC offers its employees a competitive salary with a wide range of benefits and supportive ways of working. You can find the full list of our benefits here .

Please note:

• Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
• IIGCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and does not discriminate based on any protected characteristic, including but not limited to race, age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, marital status, or any other status protected by law. All recruitment decisions are based solely on skills, experience, and suitability for the role.