Communications Manager

Royal Society

Hours
35 hours per week

Salary
£52,703 - £52,704 per year

About the Organisation

Royal Society, founded in 1660, is the United Kingdom's National Academy of Sciences and one of the world's most prestigious scientific institutions. It is dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of humanity, promoting excellence in scientific research, and fostering collaboration across the global scientific community. The Royal Society is headquartered in London and remains a beacon of scientific excellence and innovation, striving to solve the world's greatest challenges through the power of science.

About the role

The Communications Manager is responsible for the development and delivery of an internal communications strategy, ensuring stakeholders, including our staff and Fellows, are kept informed of the Society’s work. They will need to proactively engage with staff from across the organisation, including the Executive Director, to ensure smooth gathering, coordination, and dissemination of information. 

The role is responsible for a range of corporate communications, including the Society’s intranet. The role also plays a key role in the delivery of other corporate communications.  The Communications Manager also provides strategic communications input to a range of teams across the Society. Key relationships include supporting the Design and Brand team to implement the house style and working closely with HR and Diversity and Inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the development and delivery of an internal communications strategy to develop internal communications and wider staff engagement.
• Work with the Executive Director, Fellowship team, and other teams to deliver a programme of regular communications to the Fellowship and staff of the Society, gathering information and ensuring all communications are consistently produced to a high standard and receive positive user feedback. This includes:
  • Regular updates to the Fellowship from the President and Executive Director
  • Regular communication from the Executive Director to staff
  • All staff meetings, roughly every two months (including working with teams to produce good quality presentations)
• Work with Grants, Publications, Schools engagement, Industry, and other teams to ensure consistent messaging across Royal Society newsletters.
• Provide editorial oversight for the ongoing review, development, and delivery of the Society’s intranet
• Work with the Web team to ensure the corporate sections of the site are regularly reviewed and updated
• Work with the Finance team to deliver the annual Trustees’ Report
• Provide strategic communications input to a range of teams across the Society, including supporting the Design and brand team in implementing the house style guide
• Coordinate the communications planner and fortnightly meetings to support it
• To work with HR and Diversity and Inclusion teams to support activities that ensure that the Royal Society is an inclusive and supportive place to work
• To work with the R team to support a programme of staff consultation and engagement.
• Maintain excellent working knowledge of the Society’s strategic goals, objectives, priorities, programmes, and messages (to all its varied audiences) and direct staff in effectively communicating their work in the context of the strategic plan.
• To carry out other duties as directed by the Officers, Executive Director, and other senior staff.

Skills, Competencies & Experience

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Extensive communications experience in a complex organisation
• Experience in internal communications
• Demonstrable experience in writing strategic-level communications (particularly demonstrable contribution to the preparation of annual reports)
• Proofreading skills
• Self-managing and able to work to tight deadlines
• Able to lead the development of communications strategies across teams
• Strong leadership skills and confidence in reporting work to senior colleagues
• Demonstrable understanding of best practice in writing succinctly for specific audiences
• Knowledge and interest in the communications sector and industry developments
• Experience in project management
• Experience of cross-team working and managing staff and budgetary resources across an organisation
• Working knowledge of SharePoint, Sitecore, and Click is an advantage, and knowledge of other email marketing and website CMS systems.

Working locations

• Carlton House Terrace, London

How to apply

• Apply online

Interviews

• Interviews will be held: 17th, 18th & 19th September 2025.

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