Communications Officer in London

Salary: £32,785 per annum.

Hours: This is a full-time, permanent post with a 35-hour week; however, we may consider a part-time more senior position for an exceptional candidate.

Holidays: 25 days per annum pro rata, plus bank holidays, increasing by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.

Pension: Employee contributions to pension are matched 1:1 by Results UK up to a maximum of 5% of gross salary.

Benefits: Cycle scheme, interest-free travel card loan and Employee Access Programme.

Location: The post is based at Results UK’s office at DC-207, Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, 6 St George’s Circus, London, SE1 6FE. We offer hybrid working with the expectation that staff will be in the office two days per week.

Starting date: January 2027.

About Results: Results’ mission is to create the public and political will to end poverty, by enabling people to exercise their personal and political power for change. Results is a movement of passionate, committed people. Together as staff and grassroots activists, we use our voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty. Our advocacy is built on global solidarity, partnership and shared empowerment. This is crucial to challenging the racist, colonial and oppressive narratives that have underpinned development and that help to both create and maintain poverty. We prioritise specific issues on which we can have the most influence to achieve progress, including health, education and economic opportunities.

About the role: As Communications Officer, you will be an established communications professional, playing a key role in building the profile of Results UK, supporting the work of the organisation by developing original communications materials designed to amplify the impact of our advocacy and campaigning activities. You will have at least two years’ experience within the broad field of communications, excellent written English, strong awareness of how written and visual communications can support organisational values, and experience of managing digital communications projects. This role will work across issue areas and contribute to advocacy through effective public messaging via our website, social media and publications. This role is available five days per week on a permanent basis (however we will consider a part-time role for more experienced candidates) and will provide good opportunities for applying your communications, campaigning and advocacy leadership skills and leveraging your understanding of the role that communications can play in furthering organisational objectives. You’ll work closely with the Campaigns Manager to ensure the delivery of our communications strategy and build our reputation as an organisation that effectively fights global poverty, inequality and oppression.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead delivery of the communications strategy against target KPIs.
• Lead and support the development of high-quality communications materials, including publications, briefings, campaign materials, newsletters, website content and other digital assets.
• Lead delivery of Results UK’s organisational communications strategy, ensuring communications contribute to our advocacy objectives, strengthen our profile and reputation, and promote Results UK as a credible and influential voice on poverty and inequality.
• Work across the organisation to identify opportunities to promote Results UK’s work, publications, events and campaigns, increasing the reach and impact of our advocacy.
• Ensure communications output is engaging, accessible and consistent with Results UK’s brand, values and messaging, and effectively reflects the experiences of people living with poverty and inequality.
• Monitor the effectiveness of communications activity and use audience insights and analytics to improve future communications and strengthen our advocacy impact.
• Provide broader communications team support.
• Monitor and respond to generic communications enquiries and ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Maintain and update the Results UK website, including uploading new content and resources.
• Contribute to communications reporting for grants and other organisational reporting requirements.
• Represent Results UK in relevant coalitions, platforms and external meetings as agreed with the Campaigns Manager.
• Provide communications support to grassroots campaigns.
• Support the development and delivery of campaign emails, materials and other communications resources.
• Support the development of engagement activities to increase brand awareness and grow our supporter base.
• Develop fundraising materials.
• Support Results UK’s media work and develop relationships with journalists.
• Coordinate proactive media activity, including press releases, media enquiries and opportunities to raise Results UK’s profile and influence public and policy debates.
• Support the briefing and preparation of spokespeople for media opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to position Results UK and its expertise within relevant media and public debates.

Person specification:

Skills and Experience:

• At least 2 years’ proven experience of working in communications producing meaningful and engaging content in line with an organisational communications strategy.
• Experience managing the development of digital content and social media campaigns including social media assets.
• Experience of media work, including developing relationships with journalists and pitching stories and op-eds.
• Experience using a range of communications tools including social media, marketing and conferencing platforms to deliver campaigns and communications objectives.
• Experience of representing organisations and working in coalitions.
• Excellent English language and copy-editing skills with the ability to produce content for a range of audiences, and to support others to increase their communications effectiveness.
• Strong collaborative skills, with an ability to work with people across a wide range of functions and perspectives.

Personal attributes:

• A strategic thinker, with an understanding of how to engage diverse audiences in advocacy.
• Interest in international development issues and the UK international development campaigning landscape.
• A passion for sharing the voices of people impacted by poverty and for opposing injustice and oppression, and a commitment to finding practical approaches to delivering equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Proactive and organised, with a high level of attention to detail and the ability to balance multiple priorities, respond flexibly to changing priorities, and set and work to competing deadlines.
• A good team worker who is willing to take initiative to achieve organisational objectives.

This role may require occasional travel and to attend meetings outside of normal working hours – for which time off in lieu will be granted via our flexible working policy.

Why work for Results? Like you, we're passionate about ending poverty. We’re a small, collaborative organisation that has a big impact. We just do advocacy - we don’t run programmes. The experience you gain with us will further your career in international development.

Work-life balance: We offer flexible working so you can manage work around your own needs. Hybrid working means you don’t have to be trapped in a long commute every day and don’t have to be London-based. Staff members have their birthdays off as a bonus day of leave, and we close the office between Christmas and New Year so you don’t need to take annual leave. We subscribe to the Bupa employee advice line – free confidential access to financial and legal advisors as well as telephone and online counselling sessions. We run training on mental health at work and have named mental health first aiders who can be contacted in confidence if you would like help finding support.

Anti-oppression: We offer half a day’s anti-oppression learning leave each year. As well as making reasonable adjustments, we support our staff in making applications to the Access to Work scheme to get additional equipment where needed. We offer disability leave for disabled colleagues to manage specific needs they may have without having to give up their holidays. We have a Board working group on anti-oppression which helps to develop our work on anti-oppression and identify gaps in our current work.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: At Results UK, we believe that equality, diversity and inclusion should be the norm. As well as this being an issue of equality and fairness, we recognise that diverse and inclusive organisations are some of the most productive and impactful. We are aware of the under-representation of certain groups and communities in our sector. These include – but are certainly not limited to – people of colour, people living with disabilities, refugees and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. We want to change this and are committed to playing our part. As a committed equal-opportunities employer, we actively welcome applications from people from a wide range of backgrounds, skills and abilities, recognising the value that these different perspectives bring to our organisation.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role or have any questions, please contact the hiring manager: Will Sewell [email protected]

Full personnel policies are available on request. All candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK. If you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work, as per UK Government guidelines.

How to Apply: Please apply using the link above. You will be asked to upload a CV and cover letter (maximum two pages) as part of your application. Please ensure that you include examples of your previous experience within the application – this can either be via links or as a portfolio document. Deadline for applications – 11.59 am Wednesday 18 November. First Round interviews (online) – Friday 27 November. Second round interview (in person) – week commencing 30 November.