Job Summary
Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.
We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Reporting into the Head of External Affairs, the Senior Internal Communications Officer will be responsible for managing and implementing our full range of Internal Communications activity. You will work closely with colleagues in the Brand & Marketing and External Affairs team (as well as senior colleagues across the wider organisation), to take briefings and gather key information, generating key updates for the wider staff base, which will be shared across a range of channels. You will support the Head of External Affairs to develop and rollout an Internal Communications strategy and plan, identifying opportunities to inform, update and engage staff. With a brand refresh being rolled out in 2023 and structural changes to the team (as well as a new corporate strategy), our people will continue to sit at the heart of our wider communications efforts.
You will play a pivotal part in delivering our new brand vision to our internal audiences and work in partnership with People and Culture colleagues to help them achieve their own internal engagement objectives. You will have great copywriting skills, a passion for threading our values and EDI commitments through communications and a desire to create content that engages, informs and inspires.
Please email us with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
Location
Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH).
Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Thursday 18 April 2024.
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Tuesday 23 April 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews
Interviews will be held from 29 April 2024 onwards.
How to apply
For more information and to apply, please click on the 'Apply’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.