Senior Communications Manager

The General Dental Council (GDC) is recruiting for a Senior Communications Manager to join our team on a full-time, fixed-term contract for 18 months. This role is Hybrid (2 days per week spent working from the GDC’s office in central London) and in return you'll receive a competitive salary of £58,700 to £69,059 per annum.

About us:

Our primary purpose is to protect the public and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education. Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints.

About the role of Senior Communications Manager:

• To use strategic communications to build understanding, influence debate and shift perceptions, to positively impact the quality and quantity of oral healthcare delivered across the UK.
• To lead the external communications strategy and put audience insight at the centre of developing plans for what, when and how we communicate.
• To work closely with engagement, media, policy and operational teams to bring together insight and ideas to develop communication strategies, inform communication objectives, craft messages and lead and continuously improve a suite of products, content and channels.
• To work with senior leaders across the GDC and the external sector to understand audiences’ needs and how to meet them through communications content, channels and campaigns.

About you:

We are ideally looking for an individual from a regulatory environment or public-sector background who has significant experience of working as a senior communications professional within a small team. Our new Corporate Strategy begins in January 2026 and the external communication and engagement is also being redefined, as a key enabler to ensure success of the corporate objectives. Insight and evaluation will be at the heart of our new external communications and engagement and your role is fundamental to this.

You will build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and develop a deep understanding of our audiences to inform communication strategies. You will manage a suite of existing and new communication products, content and channels, and set a direction that increases our reach and ability to influence debates in the sector and the perceptions of stakeholders. You will think strategically, and work across the team and with policy and operational colleagues to build support for communication objectives and activities.

Benefits:

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish. To support this we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development. Some of our benefits include:

• 27 days holiday (plus statutory) - rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service
• Pension employer contributions up to 10%
• Buy/Sell annual leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 years’ service.
• Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
• Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership.

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

Closing date: 23:59 on 11 May 2025. Please note we reserve the right to bring this campaign to a close early and would therefore advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. Please no agencies unless instructed otherwise.