Description

Salary: £46,280 - £48,000
Contract term: Permanent, full-time
Location: Hybrid - Whitechapel, London (expected 2 days per week in office)

Closing Date: 10th June 2024, 9am

The role

The communications manager will play a central role in enhancing B Lab UK’s credibility by leveraging our corporate milestones, data, insights, partnerships and public affairs work to reach priority audiences. You will work closely with our campaigns team to influence policymakers and develop thought-leadership to make a compelling case for an alternative to business as usual. You will be responsible for overseeing and optimising B Lab UK’s press office function, including monitoring and responding to reputational risk across the B Corp movement.

Primary responsibilities

Drive the delivery of core components of the communication strategy, specifically owning our corporate communications, press office and acting as the first port of call for media issues management
Developing and owning media strategies to increase the organisation’s influence, build understanding of evolving standards and support our policy and public affairs ambitions.
Lead B Lab UK’s thought leadership agenda to raise the leadership team and organisation’s profile and establish us as a leader in economic systems change
Establish and leverage relationships with key journalists, aligned organisations and B Lab UK partners
Line-manage members of the communications team, including the communications coordinator and leading the communications internship programme
Procure and manage the day to day business of external communications providers (agency/freelance), monitoring and managing budgets, timelines and deliverables
Collaborate with managers across the organisation, leading on cross-organisational projects where necessary
Collaborate with B Lab network counterparts, ensuring UK communications plans align with B Lab Global and other regions
Promote a respectful, diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment

Skills and experience

Experience writing briefs and procuring and managing agencies
People management experience within the communications specialism
A strong news sense and prior experience of delivering media relations campaigns or developing news stories
Excellent written and oral communications skills, enjoying writing opinion pieces and developing thought-leadership alongside senior leaders
Experience contributing to crisis communications processes and responses
A good understanding, interest or experience in the UK public affairs environment
Confident and inclusive team manager, taking a coaching attitude to upskill others


What we give you

Purpose-driven work supporting B Lab UK’s mission of redefining the role of business as a force for good
Hybrid and flexible working, we have a high trust environment and are advocates for right place working
Flexible working hours (based around core working hours)
Opportunity to work 4 days a week
An excellent range of benefits including a generous holiday allowance, private medical and dental cover, generous pension scheme, annual wellbeing allowance, carers policy, volunteering days among other benefits
An open, inclusive and collaborative working environment
The office is closed over Christmas with no need to use your holiday entitlement
We invest in professional development and have an open working environment giving you exposure to learn and develop in your career