Marie Curie UK

Senior Strategic Communications Manager

Marie Curie UK

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £45,000 - £50,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Working closely with the Director and Head of Communications to develop, manage and optimise Marie Curie’s external communication strategy.
  • Leading strategic communications planning, translating organisational goals into actionable, audience-led communications plans.
  • Developing and overseeing key messaging frameworks and thematic narratives based on insight and research.
  • Evaluate performance, generate insights, and ensure continuous improvement.
  • Advising and working closely with senior management, internal communications, teams across our income and innovation directorate and external agencies.
  • Ensuring team, channel, campaign and product strategies are aligned and support the departmental, directorate and organisational strategy.
  • Line managing the Strategic Communications Manager and leading matrix teams on key projects.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in a senior external communications role, with a 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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
strategic communications planningkey messaging frameworksperformance evaluationinsight generationproject managementcampaign managementagency partnership managementaudience-led communicationsintegrated communication campaignscommunication strategy development
Soft skills
confident communicatorpersuasive communicatorexcellent writing skillsplanning skillsleadership skillstask prioritizationmulti-project managementadvising skillsinfluencing skillsadaptability