Communications Coordinator

Salary: £30,600
Contract term: Full time, Permanent
(Opportunity for flexible working 4 or 5 days a week)

The role

Part of a nimble communications and marketing team, the Communications Coordinator drives our content engine, ensuring we are telling an impactful and engaging story of how business can act as a force for good. As the first point of contact for media, you will work on a wide mix of content, from supporting our own editorial and blogging efforts, to pitching externally and responding to opportunities. As a strong copywriter with a powerful news sense, you will help to ensure the B Lab mission is relevant and well-understood by a wide variety of audiences.

Experience and skills for the role:

• Experience as a Communications Coordinator, similar role or comparable lived experience to develop the required core competencies
• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong interpersonal skills
• Confident in writing best in class content on topics such as responsible business and systems change - e.g. opinion pieces, media pitches, internal communications
• Strong administrative skills with an eye for organisation and prioritisation
• Ability to juggle short deadlines, multiple projects and work with global counterparts
• Familiarity with these (or comparable) platforms: G Suite, Google Analytics, Sprout Social, Slack and Zoom

In your first 6 months, you’ll :

• Support the Marketing and Communications Manager to deliver a drumbeat of ‘business as usual’ communications to support ongoing business objectives
• Drive our content engine, ensuring we are telling an impactful and engaging story of how business can act as a force for good
• Act as the first point of contact for media, working on a wide mix of content, from supporting our own editorial and blogging efforts, to pitching externally and responding to opportunities
• Work alongside the organisation to identify and highlight inspiring stories from the B Corp Community; interviewing B Corps and writing articles
• Support on crisis management communications; developing internal talking points documents and liaising with the Social Media Coordinator
• Identify and administer B Lab UK speaking opportunities; drafting speaker notes and talking points where appropriate
• Own, organise and update B Lab UK’s internal FAQs document
• Support us to monitor and evaluate B Lab UK communications activity, and identify actionable insight from our content and media work
• Work closely with the B Global Network to develop B Lab’s points of view and communicate to key stakeholders in the UK
• Work with the Community & Engagement Team and Growth & Product Team to draft and edit ad hoc updates about the certification process and B Corp Community

Benefits:

• Opportunity for Flexible working 4 or 5 days per week
• Hybrid working, 2-3 days working from home
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Our office is closed for Christmas holidays, no need to take extra holiday!
• One additional annual leave day for each complete year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days
• Private Medical and Dental cover
• £200 annual wellbeing allowance
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Pension and Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Income Protection policy
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Working in a flexible office workspace