Communications Manager 

£56,534 

Manchester - Agile 

Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per a week 

Closing Date: 30th November 2023 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.     

At One Manchester, we’re passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We’re more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support, and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.   

We have an exciting position available for a Communications Manager to join our team!    

The Communications Manager at One Manchester is responsible for leading and managing the core corporate functions of the Communications team, ensuring high-quality output and consistency across all channels with internal and external stakeholders.   

Reporting to the Head of Communications, Marketing and Brand, the Communications Manager plays a crucial role in delivering communication projects, managing key corporate deliverables, and providing support in crisis communications.  

What we’re looking for:          

• Degree level or management and leadership development qualification or evidenced experience  

• A track record of leading, managing, and motivating professional teams, ideally within a similar sector  

• Professional communications experience at a managerial level in an organisation/sector with a high public profile and a track record of advising at the most senior level  

• Extensive experience of working with the media in a high-profile public sector/organisation, including up-to-date knowledge of social media and its integration with traditional media  

• Proven ability to develop and deliver high-quality and innovative strategic communication campaigns and powerful storytelling communications, both internally and externally  

• Proven ability to translate complex and sensitive information and communicate it effectively and appropriately to a range of audiences 

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. It’s an exciting time to join our Communications team! The small team is expanding to enable them to better support our customers and communities. In the team every day is different and there are always opportunities to challenge yourself, be creative and see the difference your work makes to the people of our great city.          

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!       

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives.  We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.     

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'.  This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles.  We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation.      

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.  We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.       

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.