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Remote
£19,160 - £21,424 per year
Part-time
Permanent
Job description

Head of Communications

Location: Remote

Salary: £19,160 - £21,424 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

We are a leading social justice charity supporting people to recover from addiction and leave behind crime - helping them move on in life with family, friends, jobs, homes, and a sense of belonging. Working in over 80 prison and community settings across England and Wales, we support more than 40,000 people each year to achieve lasting, transformational change.

Alongside frontline local delivery, we are driving change nationally - challenging stigma, influencing policy, and creating a society that believes in second chances and long-term recovery.

The opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional communications leader to join us in a job share Head of Communications role, working alongside an experienced colleague to shape and deliver a high-impact, organisation-wide communications strategy.

This is a unique opportunity to lead high-profile national campaigns, strengthen our voice across the media and digital landscape, and ensure our people - over 900 staff across the country, many with lived experience - remain connected, engaged, and inspired by our mission.

What you’ll lead

You will play a central role in amplifying our impact and growing our influence, including:

    • National campaigns and public engagement — including our flagship Taking Action on Addiction campaign and Addiction Awareness Week, supported by our Royal Patron, HRH Princess of Wales, reaching millions each year
    • Media and profile-building — securing high-quality coverage, managing relationships with press, ambassadors, and influencers, including Lily Allen, Alasdair Campbell and many others
    • Audience growth and supporter engagement — expanding our network of donors, partners, and advocates
    • Digital and content strategy — driving a multi-platform approach that positions us as a thought leader in our field and also helps us reach the people who most need our support
    • Internal communications and culture — ensuring our 900+ staff feel informed, connected, and part of a shared purpose
    • Team leadership — jointly leading a skilled communications team and working closely with senior leaders, including our Chair, Tony Adams OBE, the CEO and Executive Team and Trustees.

Why this role matters

This role sits at the heart of how we influence change - shaping how we tell our story, how we reach people who need support, and how we mobilise public and political will.

You’ll help ensure our communications are not only compelling, but impactful - supporting service delivery, influencing systems, and ultimately helping more people rebuild their lives.

Who we’re looking for

We want a dynamic, values-driven communications professional who can operate both strategically and ‘hands-on’. You will:

  • Bring a strong track record across PR, campaigns, digital, and internal communications
  • Be confident leading complex, multi-channel communications activity
  • Experience navigating complex organisational environments with diverse operational and service functions.
  • Have experience translating organisational mission into clear, engaging messaging for diverse audiences
  • Be a collaborative leader, comfortable working in a job share arrangement and across senior teams
  • Combine creativity with delivery—able to move from strategy to execution at pace
  • Bring a strategic and pragmatic approach to marketing, with strong attention to brand consistency and discipline.
  • Be passionate about social justice and motivated by real-world impact

If you’re ready to use your communications expertise to drive real social change, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

Organisation
Forward Trust View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 501 - 1000
Posted on: 09 June 2026
Closing date: 06 July 2026 at 13:28
Job ref: 412602
Tags: Communications, Information Management