Manager Communications jobs in United Kingdom

Migrant Help are currently looking for a Public Relations and Communications Manager to join their team. This role is home based. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £40,563 per annum.

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

The Public Relations and Communications Manager role:

Part of the Communications team, the Public Relations and Communications Manager is an exciting role at Migrant Help. You will work closely with the Head of Communications to deliver all external and internal communications, helping develop and implement the organisational communications strategy, ensure effective media engagement, and take a leading role in Migrant Help’s campaigning activities.

This is an exciting time to join the Communications Team as we explore new ways of reaching audiences, changing public perceptions and sharing the stories of our clients. We continue to look at new initiatives and innovative ideas on how to grow the positive impact of our organisation and amplify the voices of the people that we support.

If you have demonstrable experience working within communications and public relations on managerial level, the ability to influence, persuade and negotiate and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Public Relations and Communications Manager:

• Help develop and implement Migrant Help’s communications strategies that will increase the reach and impact of the charity’s work
• Lead on both proactive and reactive media engagement
• Cultivate relationships with influential print, digital and broadcast journalists or thought leaders within our sector
• Write or approve media releases and other press materials, be first point of contact for media enquiries, brief spokespeople within the organisation as required
• Work closely with external PR agency on all public relations activities and awareness raising campaigns
• Undertake the necessary monitoring and evaluation to determine the success or otherwise of communications and public relations activities
• Support and develop a team of communication officers to deliver high quality and timely work
• Develop and promote Migrant Help’s brand voice and act as a ‘brand guardian’ ensuring consistency across all internal and external communications
• Write or approve digital content for our website and social media outlets in collaboration with the Senior Digital Marketing Officer

Skills and experience we are looking for in our Public Relations and Communications Manager:

• Experience of utilising social media and other digital channels to raise support and awareness
• Excellent writing and editing skills and the ability to write compelling copy for a wide range of channels and audiences
• Demonstrable success in leading on media engagement, both proactive and reactive, and building relationships with journalists
• Creative approach to developing, implementing and evaluating organisational communication activities
• Tact and diplomacy when dealing with sensitive / complex issues

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 10th March 2025

If you are interested in becoming our new Public Relations and Communications Manager, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!