Hybrid Head of External Communications and Media

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About the role

  • Head of External Communications leading customer engagement and brand strategy at Affinity Water. Collaborate with teams, manage campaigns, and influence executive decisions in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage brand strategy, tone of voice, and voice of the customer across all external communications
  • Ensure communications are consistent, accessible, and mapped to customer journeys
  • Lead campaigns, events, digital content, and social communications that build engagement and trust
  • Collaborate with senior leaders and manage external agencies to deliver high-quality campaigns
  • Maintain governance frameworks and use data and insight to drive continuous improvement

Requirements

  • Senior leadership in brand, marketing, events, or customer communications
  • Strong digital, social media, and campaign experience
  • Excellent written, editorial, and presentation skills
  • Experience influencing Executive and Board-level stakeholders
  • Passion for customers, sustainability, and organisational purpose
  • Understanding of customer journeys in service-based organisations (desirable)
  • Experience in regulated environments (e.g. Ofwat) (desirable)
  • Track record of delivering large-scale campaigns and managing agencies (desirable)

Benefits

  • Car allowance
  • Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
  • Entry into the Senior Manager bonus scheme.
  • Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
  • A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
  • A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
  • We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
  • Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
  • Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
  • Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
  • Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
  • Life Assurance.
  • Disability Confident As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form.

Job title

Head of External Communications and Media

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£100,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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