Senior Communications Manager

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution is seeking a Senior Communications Manager to provide communication guidance to senior leadership. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in developing communication strategies and producing engaging content for diverse audiences. This full-time role requires strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work under pressure. A commitment to inclusivity and the ability to collaborate effectively with various teams are also essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in communication or media roles.
• Proven track record in communication strategy planning.
• Ability to produce effective content across channels.
• Experience in evaluating complex information.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High-level stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure with time management.
• Excellent IT skills for web and social media.

Responsibilities

• Provide communication guidance to senior leadership.
• Deliver high caliber multi-channel communications.
• Develop creative engagement strategies.
• Support faculty communications objectives.

Skills

Communication strategy development

Stakeholder management

Content creation

Time management

IT skills

Education

Qualification in marketing or communications

Tools

Content management systems

Job description

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About us

Comprising the largest dental school in Europe, the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences (FoDOCS) at King's College London is a centre of excellence in the UK for oral, craniofacial and dental research and ranks 4th in the world (1st in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings for Dentistry (2025).

Our international reputation attracts students and staff from across the globe. The largest dental academic centre in the UK, we teach over 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate taught students, and over 100 graduate research students. As well as undertaking and actively promoting cutting edge basic, clinical, and translational research, the faculty provides both routine and specialist clinical care and educates and trains dental personnel at all levels. Working closely with our partner hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Kings College Hospital NHS foundation Trust, we are based in the heart of central and south London.

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Communications Manager.

The postholder will provide trusted communication guidance to the Executive Dean, Director of Operations and other members of the Faculty Senior Leadership Team.

They will deliver high calibre, multi‑channel communications to the faculty's key stakeholder groups, highlighting the achievements of our people, and their teaching, research and impact. In doing so, the role holder will develop new and creative ways to engage our communities with the faculty's work, and develop new opportunities for the faculty, our staff and students.

We are looking for someone with extensive experience in developing and delivering coordinated and integrated communications strategies across a variety of areas.

The successful candidate will have extensive professional knowledge and expertise and will ensure the effective cascade and dissemination of messaging on areas of strategic importance and support the delivery of the faculty's communications plans and strategies. They will support the Faculty Executive in its key communications objectives and oversee the delivery of effective internal (all student and all staff messaging) and external communications.

The post‑holder will work closely with academic, professional service and clinical colleagues to increase awareness of research, teaching and other key activities across the faculty.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Significant relevant experience within a communications or media role.
2. A proven track record in planning and implementing communication strategies and plans working with a wide range of stakeholders.
3. Ability to produce effective content for a varied audience across different channels, in a timely fashion, and with evaluation of the impact and success.
4. Experience of absorbing and evaluating complex information from a variety of sources to create clear and engaging content, preferably within an academic, health or public sector environment.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills including editing and proof‑reading to a high level.
6. High‑level stakeholder management skills and the ability to work with and effectively influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
7. A demonstrable ability to work under pressure with strong time management and proven ability to deliver to tight and sometimes conflicting deadlines.
8. Excellent IT skills and experience in creating and managing web content and social media channels within a content management system and/or using relevant tools.

Desirable criteria

1. A qualification or demonstrable training in marketing, media, public relations or communication skills
2. Experience of working in the higher education sector.
3. Experience of undertaking desk‑top research, compiling analysis and reports and presenting the findings to senior stakeholders.
4. Experience of planning and supporting events.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.

At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.