The opportunity

An arm’s length consumer advisory service is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Communications Executive to join their growing communications team. This person will be accountable for the communications planning calendar, organising events and providing wider support to the team. There is huge opportunity here for development and progression.

Main responsibilities

• Supporting the operationalisation of the Communications Strategy, working with Communications Strategy & Planning Manager and colleagues to coordinate multi-channel, multi-stakeholder communications plans with a focus on their communications objectives and business priorities
• Ensuring that the Communications & Partnerships planning calendar is kept up to date, coordinating with colleagues across the organisation to identify forthcoming events and opportunities
• Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring that the B2B CRM is maintained, coordinating technical and training requirements as needed, and making it a really effective stakeholder management resource for the whole organisation
• Organising events, including stakeholder workshops, seminars, webinars and conferences
• Coordinating with the team to ensure that communications plans-on-a-page are kept up to date
• Building and maintaining the central Communications & Partnerships content library, including key statistics, policy summaries, digital resources, etc
• Providing support for the Communications & Partnerships team on ad hoc requests, as appropriate

Key responsibilities

• Excellent organisational skills, with experience of managing small projects is an advantage
• Ability to manage a diverse workload, with competing priorities and deadlines, working in a fast-paced environment with a strong customer focus
• Experience of organising events, including coordinating with suppliers
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach, able to identify and deliver opportunities to improve how we work
• Strong stakeholder management abilities
• Be a team player, working collaboratively with the team and the wider organisation
• Be ambitious and keen to progress and develop in the role