Head of Communications

Momentum ,
London, Greater London
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Applications close midnight 29th June and interviews will be held remotely on the 2nd and 3rd of July. From managing the launch of a new campaign to planning fundraising drives and landing a story in the press - you will manage a communications team that, working closely with the digital media team, is responsible for the strategic direction, tone and messaging of all Momentums outgoing and incoming communications. Your team of three - including the Member Communications Officer and Communications Supporter Officer - is normally based in London and is responsible for direct communications with members via email, website and Whatsapp, press liaison, managing incoming member communications and strategising communications across the organisation. The ideal candidate will be: * A highly organised, self starting communications professional with a proven track record of managing a team to deliver a communications plan across both media and digital. * Motivated by growing Momentum in terms of members and reputation but also bringing the organisation closer to its members, ensuring our communications empower them to act and that members recognise themselves in our output. * Excited by narrative and the chance to tell a big story about an important organisation on the national stage. * Experienced in managing competing priorities of different teams but also a complex, hectic workflow within their own team. * A stickler for detail and really care about the quality and consistency of Momentums communications - from ensuring the tone of new web copy is spot on to carefully framing and deploying a media intervention to maximum effect. * Able to conceptualise communications in terms of audiences, objectives and channels, understanding that all of Momentums communications should be driven by political objectives and underpinned by a coherent strategy. * Enthusiastic to build Momentums communications infrastructure in a distributed fashion, empowering members to communicate with each other as well as strengthening our one to many communications. * Comfortable working in a fast paced environment, reacting quickly to changing events but also able to step back, think deeply and plan beyond the next month. * Personable and easily able to build relationships with journalists and key media organisations on behalf of Momentum. * Have a keen eye for opportunity, constantly assessing how Momentum and our work can feature in the news cycle and actively planning media interventions. * Excited to take a wide ranging leadership role in the organisation and unafraid to get involved in other parts of the organisation, take collective responsibility for its good running and making big judgement calls. We actively encourage applications from both under represented groups and non traditional backgrounds. Momentum works collectively and youll be given support by other team leads as well as the outgoing role holder to settle into your role. With tens of thousands of members and a team of 26 staff across the country, Momentum is a unique organisation widely regarded for its communications. With Momentum entering a new phase and shifting its focus - there has never been a better time to join the organisation. Duties and Responsibilities Communications strategy * Devising and implementing a multi-channel, multi-audience, digital and media communications strategy that grows Momentums reach, influence and supporter base. * Strategising and messaging new campaigns, networks and launches. * Coordinating a coherent, cross organisation narrative about where Momentum is at, what we stand for and where were going. * Developing and overseeing the tone and accuracy of Momentums communications, tailoring them to different audiences using different communications channels. * Devising and implementing a communications risk mitigation strategy. Communications management * Overseeing the delivery of and improvement of all member communications via email, website, Whatsapp, some social posts and campaign websites. * Overseeing the accuracy and precision of all communications. * Building and improving systems of management within the communications team. * Managing two staff members, occasional freelancers and the communications budget. * Building, improving and maintaining systems of communications coordination across the organisation * Interacting with and presenting communications strategies and outputs to Momentums National Coordinating Group * As part of the team leads, contributing to the collective management of the organisation. Press liaison and crisis management * Advising staff members, elected representatives and activists on responses to the media. * Training, briefing and pitching spokespeople. * Responding to press enquiries. * Building relationships with journalists and key publications. * Managing rebuttal and negative press enquiries. * Attending press conferences or interviews with the organisations spokespeople. * Coordinating or writing pres

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