Interim Strategic Communications Lead

Charity People are partnering with The National Deaf Children's Society to help in their search for a skilled Interim Strategic Communications Lead / Chapter Member Communicate. This is a fantastic opportunity to help create a world without barriers for every deaf child. It's also a brilliant time to join the charity which is halfway through its ambitious five-year strategy, meaning you'll have the chance to really make an impact on their primary focus of delivering early intervention for deaf children.

An Agile organisation, NDCS is organised into chapters of skilled specialists, experts and emerging experts. Each chapter is self-organising, and every member has a vital role to play, sharing skills, knowledge and experience, and learning and developing together. As Chapter Member with a focus on strategic communications, you will enjoy a mix of strategic and operational communication responsibilities, one day thinking strategically about iterations to the external communications plan, the next working with a squad on a new initiative with colleagues from across the organisation.

Contract: One-year fixed term contract initially, with potential to become permanent

Salary: £45,000 to £48,000 depending on experience

Location: Home based, remote working

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

Closing date for applications: Friday 16th May

Interviews: Interviews will be held remotely with the first stage week commencing 27th May, and second stage week commencing 2nd June

Core responsibilities within your role will be to:

• Lead and run strategic communications across the platforms and chapters, pulling messaging together into a seamless story.
• Ensure the two-way communications flow with your colleagues in Market, Create and other chapters and lead on the communications planning and prioritisation process.
• Provide expert advice and deliver engaging and compelling strategic communications for a range of audiences, prioritising messages and channels in collaboration with other Communicate chapter members and colleagues from the Create and Market chapters.
• Support Chapter Leads to create integrated, seamless strategic communications that reflect and support the organisation's Agile way of working.
• Support colleagues with their communications needs, ensuring they're planned and on message and fit into the quarterly planning cycle.

You'll use your storytelling expertise to share the National Deaf Children's Society's story that will engage, inspire and excite people to become part of their community.

We would love to hear from you if you're passionate about working as part of a team; have an outcome-focused approach and a can-do attitude; and you're a natural collaborator.

Key skills and experience that are essential for this role include:

• Significant experience of a broad range of communications, ideally within a complex organisation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to liaise with internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Excellent copywriting with strong editing skills and attention to detail.
• Experience of strategic communications planning and implementation.
• Brilliant communication and presentation skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to cope under pressure, prioritising work and meeting deadlines while working on your own initiative.

If you're interested in learning more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance.

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