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Elevate Global Health as Head of Strategic Communications & Engagement at the Visionary Wellcome Trust
Overview
Salary £84702
Location London, UK - Hybrid
Nomad Friendly? Hybrid (In-person ~2 days / week)- London United Kingdom
Expires Expires at anytime
The Wellcome Trust is a pioneering global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health through science funding, policy advocacy, and partnerships. With an ambitious £16bn investment over the next decade in life, health, and wellbeing, Wellcome Trust is at the forefront of tackling mental health, infectious diseases, and climate-related health challenges.
- Lead and develop the Strategic Communications & Engagement team within Corporate Affairs.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts to promote Wellcome’s mission and strategic health programs.
- Implement innovative communication strategies, campaigns, and engagement initiatives.
- Build and nurture a creative, inclusive team environment.
- Proven expertise in communications, campaigns, and engagement in the health and science sectors.
- Strong leadership skills with a focus on strategic planning and high-standard execution.
- Motivation driven by the impact of science and research on health.
Interested candidates should apply through Workday’s anonymised application process, ensuring to complete all sections fully. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing Monday, 29 April 2024.
- Embrace our Hybrid Way of Working, with a balance of office presence and remote flexibility.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
As Head of Strategic Communications & Engagement you’ll lead the Strategic Communications & Engagement team in Corporate Affairs. You will report to the Associate Director of Strategic Communications, Planning & Insight and manage four Strategic Communications & Engagement roles. Your role will therefore work closely with all of Corporate Affairs’ teams and with subjective matter experts across the organisation in Policy, Government Relations, Strategic Partnerships and research programmes in order to deliver Wellcome’s mission and its strategic programmes of Climate and Health, Discovery Research, Infectious Disease and Infectious disease.
You will be leading Wellcome’s strategic communications & engagement team ensuring Wellcome’s strategic programmes, have communications, campaign and engagement strategies and long-term plans in place that work alongside one another to further Wellcome’s mission and tell a cohesive Wellcome story. You will also be establishing new strategic communication practices and processes and creating an inclusive, collaborative, creative environment for your team and others across the organization.
We’re looking for an individual who is excited about the benefits that science and research can have on people’s health and is motivated by the impact that excellent communications, campaigns and engagement can have in this. You will have proven experience across communications, campaigns and engagement strategy and evaluation on health and science issues and will excel at driving high standards of execution.
For the recruitment of this role we are using Workday’s anonymised application functionality. To apply please upload your CV and complete our short application. Please ensure that when you are applying you complete all sections on the application form, we will not be able to accept any applications that are incomplete.
Interview dates: Week commencing Monday, 29 April 2024
Our Hybrid Way of Working: We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days working either remotely or in the office. From 1st September 2024 we will move to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
