Strategic Communications Manager

Marie Curie UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Rejoignez Marie Curie UK en tant que Strategic Communications Manager pour façonner notre stratégie de communication. Vous serez responsable de la mise en œuvre de plans stratégiques et de la gestion de crises, dans un rôle essentiel pour notre mission d'améliorer la qualité de vie en fin de vie.

Benefits

Travail flexible

25 jours de congés annuels

Plan de pension

Opportunités de développement professionnel

Programmes de formation

Programmes d'assistance et de bien-être

Qualifications

• Expérience en communication stratégique requise.
• Capacité à prioriser les projets selon les objectifs organisationnels.
• Expérience souhaitée dans le secteur associatif ou de la santé.

Responsibilities

• Développer et livrer des plans de communication stratégiques.
• Coordonner la priorisation de la planification du projet.
• Évaluer l'impact des activités de communication.

Skills

Création et mise en œuvre de plans de communication

Gestion de projet

Test de messages

Évaluation de la communication

Relations interpersonnelles

Job description

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This range is provided by Marie Curie UK. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end of life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end of life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end of life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.

Join one of the UK’s best known charities, Marie Curie, as we sharpen our communications to be more strategic, integrated, and insight-driven.

We’re looking for a talented Strategic Communications Manager to ensure our communications strategy and planning are integrated, aligned, audience led and prioritised to achieve our objectives.

This newly created role is central to aligning communication outputs across teams. You will design and implement communication plans, support crisis readiness, write messaging, and embed insight into all that we do. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape how we communicate with external audiences while collaborating across a high-performing department.

Join our ambitious, motivated and welcoming department.

Main responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver strategic communications plans including the production of key messages, Q&As and stakeholder maps.
• Coordinate prioritisation and planning of strategy delivery including supporting monitoring of actions/interventions, with the Senior Planner.
• Support the Senior Strategic Communications Manager and department Heads to ensure team, channel, campaign and product strategies are aligned and support the dept, directorate and organisational strategy.
• Assist in developing communications responses to emerging issues and risks, working with PR and other internal teams.
• Help evaluate communications activity and its impact, working closely with analysts and other performance leads.
• Assist in developing communications responses to emerging issues and risks, working with PR and other internal teams.
• Contribute to department-wide learning and improvement through sharing insights and reflections from your work.

Key Criteria:

• Experience in creating and implementing strategic, proactive and reactive communication plans.
• Ability to prioritise campaigns, projects and products based on organisational objectives and make recommendations to senior managers.
• Strong ability to build and maintain effective relationships across all levels of an organisation, with the confidence to influence and drive change.
• Knowledge and experience of message testing, audience segmentation, and communication evaluation.
• Skilled in translating research and insights into clear, compelling, and audience-specific messaging.
• Highly organised with strong project management capabilities, adept at working collaboratively across cross-functional teams and with external partners.
• Experience of issues and crisis management.
• Previous experience in the charity, public, or healthcare sectors is desirable.

Please see the full job description HERE.

Application & Interview Process

• As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and Cover Letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
• Close date for applications: 22 June 2025

Salary: £35,530 – 39,474 per annum + £3,500 London Weighting Allowance if applicable

Contract: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)

Based: Hybrid. Home-based and 1-2 days a week in the Embassy Gardens office in London.

Benefits you’ll LOVE:

• Flexible working. We’re happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Industry-leading training programmes
• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
• Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
• Access to Blue Light Card membership
• Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests to [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations, Health and Human Services, and Fundraising

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