Merlin Communications Manager Job Vacancy in London

Position:
Communications Manager

Department:
Communications
Salary: £29,650 – £31,650 (an additional special market supplement may be
applied if appropriate)
Location: London

Merlin:

Undaunted and
determined, Merlin saves lives. We deliver medical expertise to the toughest
places. And we stay to help build lasting health care.

Our mission is to end
the needless loss of life in the poorest countries caused by a lack of
effective health care. We help communities set up medical services for the long
term including hospitals, clinics, surgeries and training for nurses and other
health workers.

We do whatever it
takes and we stay for as long as it takes.

Department:

The Marketing and
Communications department was created in 2005 as a result of a strategic
decision by Merlin to expand and develop its marketing and communication
activities in order to significantly increase the amount of voluntary income
raised by the charity and to communicate with a range of stakeholders. The
department has three distinct areas: Individual Giving;

Donor Partnerships;
& Communications

Communications is
responsible for raising the profile and reputation of Merlin with key
stakeholders by managing media relations and integrated communications,
including roll-out of a new brand and brand management from 2011. Since 2008,
Communications has also been responsible for promoting Merlin as an effective
campaigning voice on health systems and workers, helping to bring about policy
change and raise funds for this work.

Main purpose of the
role:

To lead on brand awareness
activity and ensure this enhances external public engagement working with
other external facing teams.
To ensure brand compliance across
Merlin that the public experiences one
voice, look and feel of the brand.
To ensure that publications,
events or any other public-facing activity reaches the widest possible
audience, as appropriate.
To ensure cross-organisational
planning, identification of key moments for the organisation and maximum
impact gained.

Overall Objectives:

Lead on the strategy for the brand
including brand compliance across communication outputs such as external
publications, products etc. working with internal team.
Lead and manage cross team working
to ensure appropriate dissemination plans are in place for all external
Merlin information
Project manage any brand awareness
activity with external agencies and with internal teams
Ensure that communications
collateral is in place and accessible for the organisation (case-studies,
photo library, film library)
Maintain relationships with
designated designers, copy editors and printers to ensure consistency
across communications
Raise the profile and reputation
of Merlin brand with a range of audiences that might support the
fundraising voluntary income goals via all activities.
Ensure that key moments in the
calendar year make the most impact for Merlin.