Corporate PR Manager in London

At Rathbones, our purpose is to help more people invest their money well, so they can live well. We are one of the UK’s leading providers of wealth management, investment management, financial planning and asset management services. We work with individuals and families, charities, trustees, financial advisers and other professional partners to help them make confident decisions about money and investments.

Our advisers take the time to understand each client’s goals, values and circumstances. Together, we create a personalised approach designed to manage, preserve and grow their wealth over the long term. Our services include discretionary investment management, financial planning, fund and asset management, tax planning, trust and company management, and specialist responsible investment services through Rathbone Greenbank Investments. We also work with financial advisers to help them deliver positive outcomes for their clients.

With roots dating back to 1742, Rathbones has been trusted for generations. Today, we manage £120.7 billion of client assets, supported by more than 700 investment professionals across 21 offices in the UK and Channel Islands. Rathbones Group Plc is a FTSE 250-listed company.

Purpose - To support our reputation across financial and corporate audiences as the business builds both its resilience and reputation through a more integrated growth narrative and investment case. The role will support the Senior Manager to help deliver a programme of work led by the Director of Corporate Affairs, also working closely with various internal stakeholders and an external agency.

Outcomes for the Role:

• An enhanced external perception of the business across financial and corporate audiences to support wider work to deliver excellence for clients.
• An integrated narrative demonstrably built into our content, thought leadership and all financial and corporate communications across all channels, anchored on strong core messaging and brought to life with proof points, stories, and relevant executive profiling.
• A robust, joined up approach to integrated communications and content across all channels, closely aligned with other teams in Client Office and other relevant internal teams, notably Company Secretariat, Responsible Business, and IR.

Focus of the role and activity:

This work is in addition to the existing growth-related PR activity of the Corporate Affairs and Communications team, centring specifically on initiatives to restore and strengthen the reputation and resilience of the business with key stakeholder groups. Activity to include:

• To work collaboratively with the Senior Manager, Director and other internal stakeholders as part of a refreshed, integrated approach to an external narrative that reflects the enhanced resilience and controls to deliver excellence to clients.
• Anticipated activity to include working with the agency, internal colleagues and stakeholders to find and package up stories, examples and data which evidences progress in the business.
• To support the agency and Corporate Affairs and Communications team in building a structure for our future narrative which supports the business and is brought to life via content, proof points and stories carried across our annual report, other corporate reports, financial communications, Group, IR and media segments of the website, and social channels.

Prior experience in corporate communications, in-house or agency, to develop stories, thought leadership, executive comment in a multi-channel way, including social/digital communications to deliver a joined up and integrated corporate narrative and messaging.

Experience developing and project managing measurable programmes to carry across social and digital channels; also working with, and interpreting measurement for senior executives.

Excellent and proven stakeholder management capabilities.

Understanding of regulatory environment in financial services, also working with compliance and risk management functions.

Experience of working in media environments, ideally to engage a wide range of audiences – from consumers to professional, specialist, financial, investor and political.

Person specification:

• Significant working in fast moving corporate communications environments.
• Familiarity with Rathbones and/or the wealth management sector as well as financial services more broadly will be an advantage.
• An ability to adapt to rapidly changing plans and circumstances.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Sound judgement of corporate positioning in the context of external expectations and developments.
• Proven capacity to work in a matrix environment, with strong ability to drive and deliver results.
• A self-starter, you will be curious and enjoy identifying, helping to build, write and create stories from our business to help position us with target audiences and support strategy.
• You will be a good listener, and collaborative, with other teams from all parts of our business and external agency partners, also possess good influencing skills and an ability to form relationships with a wide mix of internal and external stakeholders.

Our offer to you:

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential, in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong. We offer a comprehensive remuneration package, which we review regularly, and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%.
• Private medical insurance – Individual on joining, family after 1 year’s service.
• Life assurance - 8 x salary.
• Company share scheme.
• Discretionary bonus.
• Flexible holidays – purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Green Car Scheme.
• Family friendly policies – enhanced family leave for parents & carers.
• Study support – study days and funding for courses and qualifications.
• Season travel ticket loans.
• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you.

Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. These include:

• Sports & Social Committees, such as cricket, football, netball, running, yoga, quiz nights, charity bake sales and much more.
• Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Menopause and Armed Forces.

Life at Rathbones:

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all. We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer (level 2) under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities.

Mission:

We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing — for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we’re part of. Our values shape how we work:

• We aim high.
• We get it done.
• We show we care.
• We do the right thing.

These aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other, how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.