Our key question is ‘How are we influencing change?’ This role is aimed at helping us to craft the right messages at the right time to enable us to do this well, and then ensuring we share them with the right audiences. 

We are looking for someone who very much ‘gets’ the policy space in which we work, who is a brilliant communicator and understands how different communication channels work, is confident in reaching out to new channels to ‘place’ CTP spokespeople as speakers/writers etc., and has (or can develop) a good black book of key journalists and partners etc with whom we should have closer relationships. 

Main Areas of Work:

• Strategy. Work with the team to develop a clear and achievable communications strategy for the year to come.
• Messaging, writing, editing and shaping our story. Someone who is familiar and comfortable in the policy space in which we work and can communicate well with our very varied audiences.
• PR and thought leadership. Someone who can successfully place opinion pieces in the right publications and build relationships with key journalists. Someone experienced in lining up speaking slots at the right conferences and events and securing invitations to podcasts, radio shows, TV appearances etc. 

The work will require skills in strategy, press work, partnership building and policy advocacy.  Our key audiences include those working in local and regional governments and public sector organisations, community, social enterprise and voluntary sector anchor networks and think tanks, as well as funders and the broader media.  

We are looking for a doer as well as a thinker. Someone who can support our dynamic and growing team as we expand our reach and our impact in the coming year(s). 

Our team may be small, but the values that underpin our work make us a tight knit unit: we are rigorous and practical champions of people and systems; we share skills and experience positively and generously and courage is the hallmark of our approach to building a wellbeing economy.   If you think this sounds like a dream job for you, take a look at the full job description here, including the terms and salary offer. 

We are committed to making CTP a more diverse and inclusive organisation that actively tackles issues of exclusion, disempowerment and discrimination. If you feel you may be suited to this role but don’t meet all the essential criteria, still get in touch on hello@centreforthrivingplaces.org for an informal chat. Please help us to monitor our reach by completing this anonymous diversity form.

To apply, please complete the form below, which will ask you to upload your CV with a covering letter describing your reasons for applying. 

Deadline for applications: 17:00 BST on 22nd January 2025 

*We are a 4-day per week business. This means that full time is 4 days, and 2 days a week would  be 0.5 FTE and so on. A working day is based on 8 hours.