Head of Strategic Communications and Planning in Woking

£56,297 pa + excellent benefits

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL / Hybrid Working

Hybrid working: Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month.

About The Role

We’re recruiting a Head of Strategic Communications and Planning to lead WWF‑UK’s external communications strategy and ensure our voice is trusted, influential and impactful to help bring our world back to life. In this role, you’ll shape and deliver a clear, coherent communications narrative that supports WWF‑UK’s mission, fundraising, advocacy and partnerships. Taking a supporter‑first, insight‑led approach, you’ll ensure our priority moments are planned and delivered through integrated, high‑impact activity across channels and platforms. You’ll provide senior leadership across the organisation, setting strategic direction, enabling effective ways of working and developing a high‑performing team with the skills and confidence to deliver at pace. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, internal teams, agencies and partners to ensure communications activity is aligned, agile and focused on impact.

Skills and Experience

• Significant experience leading large‑scale, integrated communications strategies and campaigns across multiple channels and audiences
• Strong strategic communications expertise, with a clear understanding of insight‑led and supporter‑focused planning
• Proven experience of leading, developing and motivating teams, including performance management and talent development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and compellingly
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with experience working at senior levels across an organisation
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, make sound strategic decisions and manage complexity in fast‑moving environments
• Experience coordinating and aligning communications activity across multiple teams, partners and agencies
• A clear commitment to WWF‑UK’s mission, values and ethical standards

Desirable

• Experience working in a large, complex or purpose‑led organisation
• Experience working at a communications agency
• Experience building and managing relationships with agencies and external partners in the UK and internationally
• Experience influencing organisational planning, evaluation and decision‑making processes
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills

What We Offer

• Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options, to support your work‑life balance
• 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow
• Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness

This is a UK‑based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we can’t offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK. This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you’ll hot‑desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF‑UK

We’re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world. At WWF‑UK, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left isn’t enough. We’re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it’s a race we can win with everyone’s help. We’re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with.

How To Apply

Click the link to apply via our website. You’ll be asked to complete an application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement that tells us why you’ll be a great addition to WWF‑UK. Application closing date: 08/03/2026

Our Diversity Promise to You

At the heart of our mission is a simple truth: the planet needs everyone. That means you – in all your uniqueness, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or how you choose to express yourself. We don’t do stereotypes. We work together with purpose, driven by passion and enhanced by respect, courage, and integrity. We pull together from all walks of life to fight for a better future, and we want you to feel supported every step of the way. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. If there’s anything we can do to make your application or interview experience more comfortable or accessible, just give our Talent Acquisition Team a shout via our website.

Safeguarding Commitment

Just as we celebrate diversity in all its forms, we are equally dedicated to creating a safe environment for every person we work with or encounter. Our commitment extends to children, adults at risk, and individuals experiencing any form of vulnerability, whether temporary or permanent. We proudly stand behind CAPSEAH (Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment) and put this commitment into action through clear policies, thorough training, and recruitment checks tailored to each role, which may include external vetting. If you ever have a concern, however big or small, know that there are confidential channels ready to support you at WWF‑UK. We promise to respond promptly and with care, because protecting every individual is at the heart of everything we do.