Role Overview

Deliver our corporate communications strategy– spanning our work as funder, investor, corporate citizen and employer.
Advise on property element of corporate communications strategy and tactical delivery
Develop, deliver and evaluate annual plans for corporate communications.
Own and update our tone of voice and narratives about the key areas of our work– how we act as a funder, investor, corporate citizen and employer.
Draft and/or edit news stories, opinion, statements, quotes and other, liaising with key colleagues, using our tone of voice and adjusting to the different channels as required.
Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders and contacts in the sector, including relevant platforms, networks and trade press.
Support communications around projects in our large property portfolio: leading specialist communications activity for planning process for large developments and reputational risk communications associated with this.
Supporting communications activity across the endowment, including multi-million pound commercial arrangements (for example property partnerships in Central London).
Relationship management and acting as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders including development partners, KCL and the Trust. Collaborating and working as a strategic advisor to members of the Executive Team, including CIO and the People & Culture team to support efforts to attract best talent by building our reputation as an employer of choice.
Sharing our progress and learnings on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work with relevant external audiences
Collaborative working with the Corporate Communications Team and internal communications as required.
Manage the external communications events calendar–identifying opportunities for cross-pollination of messages across our family of organisations.
Proactively identify and manage reputational risks linked with key activities in our multiple roles including as an investor, funder, owner of property, employer and custodian of arts. This includes acting as a strategic advisor and managing internal and external escalation processes.
Be the first point of contact for our approach to crisis and reputational management, iterating as needed. This includes an awareness of cross-cutting reputational risks, managing media with proactive and reactive approaches, and complex stakeholder management.
Deliver significant support to endowment team across reputational, senior stakeholder and media management (inc. conversations with investors, collation groups and other senior stakeholders).
Act as first port of call for media queries, liaising with the relevant colleagues to respond appropriately.
Management of relevant agencies and other resources, including communications agency advisors.

Requirements

Excellent written communications, with an eye for detail and ability to craft nuanced yet accessible messaging
Strong ability to understand complex topics and information (e.g. financial performance)
Strong project management skills
Build strong relationships with colleagues across the organisation to ensure the success of our strategy
Confident in building successful relationships with very senior colleagues and stakeholders
Ability to flex tone and style for different audiences
Calm and sensitive attitude in handling difficult communications
Proactive and solutions focused
Comfortable with emerging ways of working and committed to improvements
Committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion in everything we do
Support efforts to drive the success of the team, processes, and ways of working
Understanding of investment and use of assets for social good (desirable)
Experience of managing corporate communications, ideally in the non-profit sector
Experience of developing comms strategies and plans for B2B audiences.
Experience of property or property development communications and reputational risk associated with high value commercial activity
Experience of successfully managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver comms.
Experience of acting as a confident and trusted advisor on corporate communications with colleagues and external partners, including very senior stakeholders internally and externally (Endowment CIO, property partners, and others)
Experience of producing annual reports
Experience of commissioning and/or producing content across a range of formats
Trade press experience, ideally in a press office environment.
Reputational and crisis management experience
Investor communications experience (desirable)

Benefits

Competitive pension
Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
Shower facilities and bike lock area.
Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
Employee Assistance Programme

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