At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead strategic planning and deliver impactful communications for child protection.
- Company: Join the NSPCC, a passionate team dedicated to ending cruelty to children.
- Benefits: Supportive environment, growth opportunities, and the chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with a focus on personal and professional development.
- Why this job: Shape strategies that protect children and inspire change across the UK.
- Qualifications: Experience in strategic marketing and strong organisational skills required.
The predicted salary is between 65000 - 80000 £ per year.
The NSPCC's mission is simple but powerful: to end cruelty to children in the UK. To do that, we must communicate with clarity, emotional resonance and impact, inspiring people to support our work, champion change, and take action to protect children. Our Communications and Marketing directorate is award‑winning, creative, strategic and deeply committed. We’re looking for a Strategic Communications and Marketing Planning Manager to help us deliver our planning approach.
This is a rare opportunity to sit at the heart of how the NSPCC prioritises, plans and delivers its communications and marketing activity, ensuring that everything we do is audience‑led, insight and creatively driven and aligned to the organisation's most important aims.
What you’ll do
- Lead how we plan, prioritise and deliver communications and marketing across the organisation.
- Own our annual planning cycle—bringing together priorities, insight and creativity into a clear, actionable plan.
- Lead the development of a focused annual communications and marketing plan aligned to organisational goals.
- Facilitate planning workshops that bring teams together, challenge thinking and build alignment.
- Maintain a clear, forward‑looking marketing calendar so teams know what matters, when—reducing bottlenecks and improving delivery.
- Ensure our work is joined up, understood and driving shared goals.
- Build strong relationships across the organisation, especially with Engagement and Fundraising.
- Put in place simple, effective planning processes that keep priorities visible and teams aligned.
- Help ensure our marketing and communications deliver real results.
- Shape the directorate business plan, strengthening how we connect with supporters and the public.
- Turn complex data into clear insight, helping senior leaders make better decisions and continuously improve.
- Bring clarity to investment, performance and trade‑offs.
- Work closely with finance and agency partners to understand budgets, plans and performance.
- Support media and brand investment decisions to maximise impact.
- Provide concise, decision‑ready updates to governance groups—making priorities and choices clear.
- Support high performance within your team.
- Provide clear direction, coaching and support.
- Set objectives and help team members grow and develop.
- Create a collaborative environment where people take initiative and improve how we work.
About you
You are a strategic planner who brings clarity to complexity and helps organisations focus on what matters most. You likely bring:
- Strong experience in strategic marketing and communications planning within a complex organisation.
- A track record of aligning multiple teams around a shared plan.
- The ability to simplify complexity and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders.
- Confidence working across budgets, investment decisions and performance data.
- Strong organisational skills—you prioritise well and deliver at pace.
- Experience managing or developing others.
- A genuine commitment to our mission: ending cruelty to children.
A few questions to help you decide
- Do you enjoy turning complexity into a clear, actionable plan?
- Are you confident challenging teams and bringing people together around priorities?
- Can you balance long‑term strategy with day‑to‑day delivery?
Why join us?
At the NSPCC, you'll join a passionate, supportive and driven team who care deeply about the work we do, and about each other. Your expertise will help us keep children safe. You'll find opportunities to grow, stretch your strategic skills, collaborate across disciplines, and influence communications that reach millions.
Strategic Communications Planning Manager in London employer: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
The NSPCC is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and supportive work environment where your strategic expertise can make a real difference in the lives of children across the UK. With a strong commitment to employee growth, you will have opportunities to develop your skills while collaborating with passionate colleagues who share a common mission. Join us to be part of an award-winning team that values clarity, creativity, and impactful communication.
Contact Details:
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Recruitment Team
