Senior Marketing and Communications Manager

Role Overview

As Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, you will play a key role in driving forward an award‑winning global charity's approach to audience engagement and development, maximising both existing and new supporters to increase loyalty and long‑term value. You will maintain strategic oversight of priority audiences, brand, messaging and channels, and develop and deliver integrated marketing and communications plans that support fundraising objectives and enhance the organisation's profile across agreed audience segments.

This is a 12‑month maternity cover contract, commencing in early June 2026, based in London.

The organisation is an award‑winning global charity delivering community‑centred education programmes to some of the world's most remote communities, working towards a vision of eliminating education poverty.

The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will bring experience in global advocacy or movement‑building and be able to bridge the gap between programme delivery and public positioning. You will translate internal work into compelling, relatable narratives for key audiences—particularly in a global context—to support fundraising and brand growth. The role includes line management responsibility for two Marketing Managers.

We're looking for someone who has experience:

• Developing and successfully delivering marketing and comms work plans in collaboration with others with a proven track record of delivery.
• Communications and Marketing experience that drives action using a variety of channels and content types.
• Influencing policy, public opinion, or decision‑makers internationally (advocacy), or growing and mobilising communities/supporters around a cause (movement‑building).
• Aligning strategy, communications, and impact.
• Turning complex content into clear, persuasive messaging, spotting a strategic story, and adapting it for different stakeholders (donors, policymakers, partners, media, grassroots supporters).
• Managing social media channels and website, and interest in AI.
• Managing senior stakeholders and influencing through others.
• Line management experience.
• Are you someone who can translate complex global programme work into powerful public‑facing narratives that build influence, support, and momentum? If yes, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: London (Hybrid, 2 days in the London office (Whitechapel, E1).
Contract: 12 month FTC maternity cover. Full‑time hours, working 5 days a week, or condensed hours into 4 days.
Start date: Beginning of June 2026 Salary: £50,000 Firm closing Date: 9am Monday 16th March. Interviews will take place w/c 23rd March and 2nd interviews w/c 30th March.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever‑improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.