Senior Strategic Communications Manager

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Senior Strategic Communications Manager for Marie Curie, guiding strategic communications and shaping impactful narratives. Focus on aligning messages with organizational strategy and audience needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Shape how the charity tells its story to the world.
  • Ensure messages, campaigns, and content align with mission and resonate with audiences.
  • Work across the organisation to turn complex priorities into compelling narratives.
  • Guide teams to communicate with clarity, consistency, and purpose.
  • Ensure external communications are cohesive, impactful, and aligned with organisational strategy.
  • Develop, manage and optimise Marie Curie’s external communication strategy.
  • Lead strategic communications planning, translating organisational goals into actionable, audience-led communications plans.
  • Manage the Strategic Communications Manager and lead matrix teams on key projects.

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience in a senior external communications role.
  • Strong track record of delivering integrated, high-impact strategic communication campaigns from start to finish.
  • Experience translating organisational strategy into compelling structured key messages for our audiences.
  • Experience advising and influencing leadership and stakeholders at all organisational levels.
  • Proven track record of leading projects across teams and managing agency partnerships.
  • Confident and persuasive communicator with excellent writing, planning, and leadership skills.
  • Highly capable of prioritising tasks and managing multiple projects and campaigns to meet deadlines.
  • Experience managing agencies and overseeing high-profile campaigns.
  • Confident working in changing environments.
  • Passion for purposeful communication that makes a measurable difference.
  • Experience working in a charity, not-for-profit, or health-related organisation (desirable).

Benefits:

  • Flexible working.
  • 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays).
  • Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%).
  • Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets.
  • Continuous professional development opportunities.
  • Industry-leading training programmes.
  • Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes.
  • Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits.
  • Access to Blue Light Card membership.
  • Subsidised Eye Care