PR & Communications Manager

About Us
At SPEAR, we dedicate ourselves to helping those in South West London, across 5 boroughs, who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, find secure accommodation and support people to achieve a positive future.
For over 35 years, we’ve worked tirelessly to support people experiencing homelessness to overcome personal challenges and break down the many barriers they face. We recognise that homelessness is much more than just a housing issue, so, as well as providing accommodation, we also provide tailored support services to help people reach their full potential.
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Communications Manager to join our team to work with the Director of Fundraising & Communication and the Senior Exec Team (which represents different departments across SPEAR) to develop & implement a Communications Strategy ensuring it supports the organisational fundraising activities.
About you
You will have strong experience of developing multi-channel communications plans and taking a communications campaign forward through different digital and offline channels. Proficient across IT systems and platforms, you will also have commissioned and designed creative publications and branded materials and actively led on web, branding and social media. You will need to take a collaborative approach, ensuring full support and active participation across the organisation allowing you also to act as our brand champion. Your strong copywriting & editorial skills and attention to detail will help us maximise our opportunities and reach.
We need you to have creative flair and thrive in a fast-paced environment and we especially need you to be passionate and committed to making a real difference to people experiencing homelessness.
For a more detailed description of the role, please see the job description and person specification.
Your Benefits
- A competitive salary
- 34 days’ holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing to 39 days with length of service
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Enrolment into our pension scheme after three months’ service
- Yearly eye care vouchers
Your Perks
- 24-hour access to confidential counselling services (EAP)
- Free staff well-being sessions
- Flexible working
- Free moving house day
- Staff interest-free loans and season ticket loans
- Cycle-to-work scheme and free parking at some sites
Once you join us, you will be eligible for a whole host of benefits. Need a day off to move house? We can do that. Want to be out in nature every day and cycle to work? No problem. Need to know you’ll be financially secure whether you’re sick, having a child, or simply in the future? We’ve got that covered with sick pay, parental leave, and a great pension scheme.
We’ll also ensure your mental well-being can be your number one priority through access to a confidential counselling service, so you can go home every day, knowing your hard work is helping some of those most marginalised in society move from homelessness to independence.