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Head of Corporate Communications

Employer
Comic Relief
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£60,000 - 70,000pa
Closing date
1 Aug 2019

Job Details

Head of Corporate Communications
CEO Office

£60,000 - 70,000pa

London

The Head of Corporate Communications will provide strategic communications leadership and advice to the Chief Executive with responsibility for developing and managing a Corporate Communications strategy. They will be responsible for reputation and risk management, advising the CEO, Executive team and Trustees directly.

Key responsibilities

·         Oversee and advise the CEO and Executive Directors on all reputational risk, and lead on reputational risk management, planning and response, alongside partners if necessary.

·         Work with the Board of Trustees to advise where there is reputational risk.

·         Act as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders within the organisation identifying reputational factors which will influence the planning of their work.

·         Revise, communicate and manage a communications risk escalation plan within the organisation.

·         Work with the Social team to strategically manage monitoring and response on relevant platforms to mitigate/deal with risk/reputation issues.

·         Devise and implement an effective engagement plan for the CEO, to include media interviews, Public Affairs, events and others, advising on messaging and writing speeches where required.

·         Collaborate with colleagues across the Impact and Investment directorate, including the Advocacy and Influence team to advise on Public Affairs and communications strategy for policy and campaigning.

·         Develop the future facing Comic Relief narrative alongside the Marketing team, to bring strategic direction to the story of the organisation

·         Work closely with the Media Team on areas of risk and reputation, building strategic corporate media opportunities into Red Nose Day, Sport Relief and any other fundraising projects.

·         Lead relationships with influential journalists in broadcast, digital and traditional media, leveraging these in support of Comic Relief work.

·         Support the direction, design and communication of the annual report.

Essential Skills and Competencies

·         Strong relevant journalist relationships across national and sector media, and proven experience of handling high profile reputational issues.

·         Experience and knowledge of the Charity sector, understanding the current pressures on charities and fundraising.

·         Have a strong belief in what Comic Relief stands for, our values and the work we fund.

·         Experience of working in a complex organisation with multiple stakeholders.

·         Extensive experience of leading the creation and implementation of Corporate Communications strategies.

·         Experience of operating, advising and influencing at a senior level in a highly effective way.

·         Excellent writing skills.

·         Experience and knowledge of the Broadcast industry.

To apply please our website via the link.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 1st Aug 2019 BST (Europe/London)

Company

Our mission, thanks to our comedy heritage and the fantastic relationship we enjoy with the BBC, is 'positive change through the power of entertainment'.

And our biggest tool, in trying to achieve these two goals, is the ability to inspire people across the whole country especially those who don’t normally do charity - to do charity.

As the world has changed and become more complex over the last two decades, so Comic Relief has had to adapt and change too but the fundamentals remain the same - a just world free from poverty. In trying to achieve that vision we make this promise to the people who make those efforts possible - our supporters:

"In order to run itself in a professional and effective way Comic Relief incurs necessary costs. Raising funds, making grants and organisational overheads cost real money.

Despite these costs, Comic Relief is still able to promise that for every pound the charity gets directly from the public, a pound goes to help transform the lives of people living with poverty and social injustice. If Sport Relief raises £20 million, Comic Relief will spend at least £20 million doing just that.

It can make this promise because its operating budget is covered in cash or in kind from all types of supporters like corporate sponsors and donors, suppliers, generous individuals and government (including Gift Aid) as well as from investment income and interest"

AND IF YOU'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE HERE'S THE MORE DETAILED ANSWER:

Comic Relief is obviously a charity - but it's also a business too.

The money we raise is allocated to a wide range of grants and social investments aimed at delivering real and long-lasting change to the poorest, most vulnerable people at home and across the world; as well as informing the public and young people in particular about global citizenship and the underlying causes of extreme poverty.

That money comes in from a number of different sources. Traditional charitable fundraising obviously plays a vital role. The public contribute to Comic Relief's annual campaigns by raising money through sponsorship and by making donations online, by post, by telephone and through major banks and building societies. This support, from almost the very day Comic Relief was formed, has been both humbling and inspirational.

On the business side of things, Comic Relief works with key corporate partners to produce products and promotions that are profitable. The clearest example of this is the Red Nose that is the emblem of Red Nose Day.

Where possible these products tie-in with the charity's commitment to delivering benefits to poor farmers and producers. The Red Nose Day 2007 T-shirt for instance was made with fair trade cotton from Mali, Cameroon and Senegal and there will be a fair trade Maraba Bourbon coffee grown in Rwanda, a country to which Comic Relief has had a clear commitment since the appalling genocide of 1994.

Another way Comic Relief raises funds is via the creativity made available to the charity. Comedians from time to time offer access to key brands like Little Britain for commercial exploitation. The charity also develops and owns key sub-brands like Robbie the Reindeer and Monkey, both of which deliver a revenue too.

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