Oxford Policy Management

Chief Marketing Officer

• Develop and implement the global communications strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, reputational goals, and thought leadership positioning.
• Advise leadership on key narratives, messaging, and engagement opportunities.
• Leverage data-driven insights to inform the design of organisational business development strategy, regularly reporting to the Board and Senior Leadership on significant market developments and audience engagement.
• Lead editorial strategy and high-impact content initiatives, ensuring OPM is recognised as an expert voice.
• Oversee and approve major publications, campaigns, and multi-format content, providing guidance on innovative formats and strategic messaging.
• Lead proactive media relations management; directly support opportunities for external engagement that positions OPM’s thought leadership with a broad range of audiences.
• Build and maintain strategic media relationships and partnerships.
• Pitch high-value media opportunities and advise senior leaders on media engagement and spokesperson activities.
• Act as guardian of OPM’s brand, voice, and identity across all communications.
• Ensure consistency and quality of messaging and advise teams on best practice.
• Develop and guide OPM’s digital presence, ensuring our company website and engagement across social media platforms delivers maximum impact and engagement.
• Lead and directly support the management of critical incident and crisis communications.
• Manage communications and marketing budget, ensuring spend on suppliers, marketing tools, and other resources delivers maximum impact.
• Lead and develop a communications and marketing team spanning multiple locations, providing coaching, mentoring, and professional development to enhance capabilities and ensure high performance.
• Work in partnership with business development functions to cultivate opportunities to strengthen relationships with funders, foundations, impact investors, partners, and other strategic stakeholders through communications initiatives, events, and relationship-building activities.
• Ensure value-for-money and effective allocation of internal and external resources.

Head of Marketing and Communications

Project Manager

• Provide administrative support across all stages of the project lifecycle
• Assist in project planning, scheduling, and document control
• Maintain accurate project records, including file structures, systems data, and archives
• Support project start-up and closedown in line with OPM policies
• Assist with logistical arrangements such as travel, accommodation, visas, and events, considering security requirements
• Support baseline change requests as required
• Assist in updating risk registers, tracking mitigation actions, and closing resolved issues
• Provide information for audits and project reviews
• Support the review and approval of supplier, sub-contractor, and client contracts
• Provide data for reports, analysis, and project monitoring
• Ensure compliance with project processes and highlight any issues
• Support project gates, boards, and review meetings as needed
• Assist with financial data collection for forecasting
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable to process project purchases and costs in line with policies and client requirements
• Communicate effectively with project teams, partners, suppliers, clients, and stakeholders
• Assist with the negotiation, drafting, and monitoring of contracts
• Support the Project Manager with operational queries and supplier guidance

Project Administrator

• The Project Manager is responsible for managing single complex large projects (C or C+) and/or a portfolio of medium risk Class B projects.
• The Project Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of the project across the lifecycle, from the Start-up and Contract Negotiations phase through to leading delivery and closedown.
• The Project Manager must ensure that projects are delivered to contract and budget, whilst meeting OPM’s professional standards/frameworks, client requirements, relevant industry regulations and ensuring effective governance.
• Leadership, Stakeholder and Communications Management
• Share knowledge, good practice and embed project rigor whilst supporting the importance of project delivery to OPM’s strategy and vision.
• Proactively engage with the Community of Practice within OPM to share learning, address emerging challenges and develop knowledge and experience.
• Manage all internal and external stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
• Create a collaborative working environment to deliver successful projects.
• Identify, address and resolve differences between individuals and/or interest groups.