Head of Communications

<p>Charity People is thrilled to be supporting a charity with a moral imperative to close the disadvantage gap through education in their search for their next Head of Communications.</p><p>The charity works toward achieving its mission by supporting teachers, and senior leaders in education, to raise the attainment of 3-18 year-olds.</p><p>As their next Head of Communications, you will be responsible for the comprehensive leadership, planning and coordination of the charity's communications; you will have the ability to establish and deliver a comprehensive communications strategy that is meaningful and coherent, with the buy-in of key stakeholders, and; you will work in collaboration with Heads of departments and the executive team.</p><p>Spanning communications operations, strategy, and management, this is a varied role that includes the following core responsibilities:<br />* Deliver &amp; develop the strategic communications plan to support the EEF's five-year strategy plan and objectives, including planning how this is to be achieved, time-frames and steps for achieving goals;<br />* Work with senior managers and staff to identify potential internal and external communications opportunities and threats; proactively identify appropriate strategies to manage them;<br />* Work collaboratively with teams across the organisation to deliver and to agree on core campaign activities, frameworks and projects; <br />* Establish areas of responsibility for communications on projects delivered by teams, agree reporting and evaluation measures, monitor activity;<br />* Lead, motivate and support 3 direct reports, ensuring an effective team to curate the charity's communications and raise the recognition of the charity;<br />* Act as a communications advisor to the EEF's management team,</p><p>to name but a few!</p><p>The Head of Communications role sits within the Impact Team - the team responsible for developing most of the charity's work to achieve sector impact, including communications and resources; the charity's Regional &amp; Research Schools work; Policy and Synthesis.</p><p>Ideally, you'll have direct experience of working in an educational setting, as well as having an understanding of the challenges that practitioners face. Other key competencies are: <br />* Deep knowledge of the education sector and a demonstrated commitment to the aims of the EEF;<br />* A minimum of three years' experience working in a senior communications and/or media-related role; <br />* Demonstrable knowledge of the education press, and points of influence<br />* exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, evidenced by close, successful relationships with journalists, policy makers and senior education stakeholders;<br />* An ability to articulate complex ideas in a way that is readily understandable both to specialists and non-specialists;<br />* Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail;<br />* Proficiency in all standard office IT programs (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint);<br />* Creative skills for contributing new and innovative ideas</p><p>Location: Central London [Hybrid Working Model]; so a mix of at-home and office-based working.<br />Salary: c.£55k+, plus benefits (D.O.E)</p><p>Contract: Full time, permanent</p><p>Closing date: 10th October; please apply ASAP if you're if you're interested in hearing more about this great opportunity. Please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance.</p><p>Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/YWxpY2UuNzI2MDQuNDM5QGNoYXJpdHlwZW9wbGUuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif" rel="no-follow" />