Senior Manager, Strategic Comms
The Role
Can you use your communications skills to engage our fundraising community?
As Senior Manager, Campaign Communications, you will manage and execute a strategic communications plan which brings to life the School’s ambition through the narrative of our fundraising campaign, pulling together the Advancement team under one communications vision. You will build community through increased volume and quality of communications to help us deliver excellent fundraising results and reach our ambitious targets.
Main Responsibilities
Execute a comprehensive and strategic stakeholder communications plan across key audience groups
Collaborate with senior colleagues within Advancement to execute a centralized communications vision and voice
Collaborate on the production of Case for Support assets (digital and physical) and Campaign presentations ensuring consistency and quality of messaging
Provide guidance to colleagues on best practice with media relations, stakeholder communications and effective promotion of the LBS brand.
Who we are looking for
Experience in the fundraising industry preferred
Extensive professional knowledge and expertise of strategic advancement stakeholder communications planning and execution within an organization of comparable size and complexity, preferably within education sector.
Experience in developing and delivering coordinated and integrated communications strategies across advancement stakeholder groups.
Knowledge of communications techniques and the principles behind effective engagement.
Experience of change management and organisational transformation, preferably within education sector
Why London Business School
London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.
In financial year 22/23 London Business School will embark upon the School’s next strategic fundraising campaign. With a goal of £200m to square LBS’s impact on the world, investments in the next Campaign will run across our four key areas – Scholarships, Research, Learning Environment and Innovation. The next Campaign for LBS will unleash the School’s potential allowing the ambition to have profound impact on the world, to translate into reality.
What you can expect from us
Benefits You Can Enjoy
You will enjoy generous annual leave, automatic enrolment to one of the largest pension schemes in our sector and a free on-site gym and swimming pool. There is also an amazing range of professional development opportunities to support your career path.
We’re implementing Smart (hybrid) Working so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in this role.
Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.
Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging
We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key pillar of our School priorities, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.
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