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Head of External Communications

1 month ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Homes England Full time

**Application closing date: 16/03/2023 23:59**

**A bit about the role...**

Are you an excellent media operator? Do you have the skills to take forward an ambitious strategy to enhance the Agency’s reputation and build its influence within the market it operates in?

This this anexciting opportunity for a highly skilled communications professional to take forward our external communications function. This function covers media handling, marketing, external affairs and events.

We are looking for an expert in media handling and strategies, with the ability to build excellent relationships to enable the Agency to get its messages out to our audiences. Preparing and delivering on marketing strategies that have impact and providingadvice on our external affairs programme and steer the delivery of this.

Experience in the management of communications in a crisis situation is essential, You will provide strategic advice to leaders and being able to influence stakeholders. The role involves overseeing the development of our new channel strategy, ensuring weeffectively manage our external digital platforms.

**A bit about you...**

You will lead on building and protecting the organisation's profile and provide strategic advice to the CEO, Chairman and government leads.

Lead the external communications, external affairs, and marketing team to deliver against our strategic objectives. Provide high-level, strategic advice to senior colleagues to manage the reputation of the organisation and support them to discharge duties,dealing proactively with sensitive issues. Lead the development and delivery of integrated marketing, communication and engagement programmes to build our profile, and influence stakeholders around our mission and strategic objectives.

Oversee a targeted events strategy to provide leaders and experts with the right platforms for engaging key audiences around our mission and strategic objectives. Deliver the external channels strategy, ensuring effective management of our internal and externaldigital platforms to increase understanding of our priorities and strengthen engagement with key audiences.

You will ensure that senior leaders are assured that communications are having a positive impact on achieving Homes England's strategic objectives by working with leaders and experts to ensure Home England’s messages and positions are consistent across allparts of the business and demonstrate a unified brand.

Work with peers to develop an agile, modern communications team that uses insight and evaluation and has a digital mindset to improve activities, ensuring everyone performs to high standards. You will coach team members to increase their confidence in usingdifferent communications approaches. Lead the external communications, external affairs and marketing team to embrace ethos of continuous improvement, providing coaching and management guidance to build capability.

In line with peers, act as the people management lead for the communications team, guiding colleagues to embody the Homes England Way. As a member of the senior management team, embrace the corporate life of the directorate, leading on ad hoc projects andcontributing to the leadership of the directorate.

Provide professional assurance to MHCLG, No 10 and Cabinet Office communications leads, contributing to Government Communications Service initiatives where appropriate.

**Key skills and knowledge**
- Significant experience in communications management, and you will have extensive demonstratable experience in leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Excellent media management and handling skills, with a good sense of the media landscape and you able to build successful relationships the media outlets.
- Confident in dealing with and briefing senior members of staff and in presenting information to groups at the highest level of an organisation.
- Significant experience of issues management and managing communications around a crisis situation.
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills in order to liaise at all levels of the organisation and with external bodies.
- Experience in marketing, and the delivery of successful campaigns.
- Knowledge and experience in external affairs and how speaking opportunities and events can help to market your organisation and build influence.
- Proven track of successfully leading a team

**Who are we?**

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is toensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunitiesacross the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

**What we offer...**

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

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