Marketing & Communications Planning Partner
Reference: JUL20255252
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £39,205.00 - £41,856.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Contract: Fixed-Term for 6 months
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
We are seeking an experienced and talented ‘Marketing and Communications Planning Partner’ to lead the co-ordination of our marcomms planning process.
The position sits across both our strategic communications and marketing functions in the Digital Technology & Communications directorate and has a responsibility for ensuring that there are plans in place to effectively prioritise our marketing and communications year-round. Their role is to develop audience-focussed, channel-agnostic marcomms plans, which are rooted in our corporate strategy and build from the principles of our brand, ensuring that we are engaging audiences for impactful outcomes.
The ideal candidate will have a successful track record coordinating complex marketing and communications plans for a large organisation and able to quickly collate and analyse information. They will enjoy building trusted and respectful relationships across the organisation with which to bring greater collaboration.
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Main responsibilities:
- Consistent management of our annual marcomms planning process, through which marketing and communications can be successfully scoped and prioritised.
- Agreeing marketing and communications priorities with senior leads as part of an annual, quarterly, monthly and weekly planning process, ensuring that our approach delivers value for the organisation and a more relevant experience for audiences.
- Ensure that our plans align with the corporate strategy and are effectively designed to enable the RSPB to grow and retain audiences.
- Coordinate evaluations to measure the effectiveness of our marketing and communications and help to identify actionable insights which can enhance our strategy.
- Collaborate with the Planning & Delivery team to ensure a smooth end to end process from marcomms planning into activity (tactical) planning, working to adapt plans according to feasibility assessments
- Working closely with stakeholders on any emerging trends or issues which may result in a change to our plans and priorities and working with key leads to develop planning in response to this, allowing the organisation to respond effectively to new opportunities and to mitigate risk.
- Oversee continued improvement in our approach to planning and prioritisation, resulting in better collaboration within the organisation, an enhanced experience for stakeholders and ultimately ensuring that we can reach the right audience, with the right message at the right time
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- Experience of complex marketing & communications planning to achieve specified outcomes
- Ability to engage in negotiation with all levels, managing expectations and influencing aligned with objectives
- Experience of successfully managing complex projects, involving multiple stakeholders, from start to finish
- Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills
- Experience of coordinating evaluation of activities and using this information to drive insight led decisions
- Able to demonstrate continual learning in the field of communications
- Excellent writing, planning and verbal communication skills
- Ability to quickly collate, analyse and comprehend large amounts of information
- Strong communication skills with an ability to listen and understand stakeholder issues
- Experience of working in a large, functionally and geographically diverse organisation, preferably in the voluntary sector
- Experience implementing new processes, templates and frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Self-starter & fast learner who is detail-oriented and organised
- IT literacy - competent in MS Office
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Experience implementing new planning and work management systems and software, such as Jira, and/or Miro
Closing date: 23:59, Mon, 11th Aug 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from w/c 25th August 2025.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
As part of this application process, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.
This role will require completion of the standard pre-employment checks.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
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About Habitat for Humanity Great Britain
Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (Habitat GB) is part of the global Habitat for Humanity network fighting global poverty and homelessness. We believe that a decent home helps to permanently break the cycle of poverty and allows families to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance.
Habitat GB has recently completed a strategic review, resulting in a new National Strategy and an organisational restructure, to ensure the organisation is able to deliver the Strategy impactfully, efficiently and effectively.
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Location of this role: Home-based with regular travel to internal and external meetings and team events.
Job Purpose
Head of Major Gifts, Foundations and Trusts will be a key member of the Team.
With strong foundations already in place, Habitat for Humanity Great Britain are ready to take philanthropy to the next level—growing income from high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and foundations. This role offers the opportunity to grow and lead a talented team, cultivate transformational gifts, and build a sustainable, high-performing philanthropy programme. The role offers flexibility in how you manage your time and team, giving you the freedom to creatively approach donor stewardship, team development, and pipeline growth.
The foundations are already in place, over the past 3 years our team have established relationships with established and emerging Trusts and Foundations and created a robust set of stewardship journeys for new and existing donors. We are in the process of launching an inspiring calendar of events from online webinars for mid-level donor conversion and early engagement to tailored thought leadership events and international project engagement. This is an exciting time to lend your philanthropy experience to a high growth area within Habitat for Humanity.
The role leverages the connections, networks, support, proposals/programmes and partnerships from across Habitat for Humanity GB and the Habitat for Humanity International network by working in collaboration, support and shared vision with others. As a member of the Fundraising and Partnerships Team the role will support and enable the development of the whole organisation. Externally, the role develops the profile of HFHGB, bringing in new relationships as well as managing existing, requiring strong oversight of fundraising and delivery.
We’re looking for a proven leader with hands-on experience in securing six and seven-figure gifts, developing high-value pipelines, and inspiring teams. The role is based remotely with frequent travel within the UK, and occasional global travel.
Key responsibilities include:
- Strategic and operational planning and research.
- Partnership working and development.
- Management and reporting of Major Donor fundraising.
- Being an active leader, collaborating effectively with teams, and contributing fully to initiatives and opportunities.
- Co-creating ways of working to enable an adaptive, collaborative and high performing team
- Leading and managing a team.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Strategic and operational planning and research
- Research and develop plans for fundraising from trusts, foundations, & philanthropists. Collaborate with CEO, Board, and Development Councils to explore and equip opportunities to extend networks and relationships.
- Partnership working and development: Cultivate, secure and steward funding and relationships for HFHGB from major donors, high net worth individuals, trusts and foundations. Design and implement a programme of relationship development/stewardship and cultivation events.
Management and Reporting
- Develop oversight and reporting on development and delivery of Major Donor fundraising monitoring progress against key performance indicators.
- Maintaining the database of critical information (pipeline proposals, meetings, grants and donations.
Leadership, networking and representation
- To develop a culture of support within the organisation. To lift others up and to give voice, agency and equity to all. Contribute to the Development Team, taking the lead on cross-organisational activities.
- Collaborate with the CEO to support/enable them to develop engagement with HFHGB. Represent HFHGB externally at a senior level, building the organisational profile.
Skills and competencies:
- Extensive knowledge of trusts, foundations and high net worth individual fundraising best practice.
- Proven experience of raising 6 and 7 figure gifts from Trusts, Foundations and High Net Worth Individuals.
- Demonstrated success in developing and implementing strategic plans for high value donors/ trusts and foundations.
- A strong track record of overseeing prospect research, pipeline development and delivering growth.
- Extensive experience of producing high quality and compelling donor facing proposals, reports and other materials.
- Experience of fundraising management databases.
- Strong interpersonal and professional network development skills
- Engaging communications style for all stakeholders.
- Empowering and engaging line management style and approach.
- Excellent numeracy skills including experience of financial planning, budgeting, target setting and presenting detailed financial information.
- A self-starter with creative, entrepreneurial energy and confidence to take calculated risks with tenacity to manage setbacks.
- Strong integrity, showing respect for others, trustworthiness and responsibility.
- Commitment to our vision, mission and values.
- Right to work in the UK at time of application.
- Ability to travel in the UK and occasionally globally
The role and responsibilities will be carried out in a way which reflects:
- Habitat GB’s commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Safeguarding Policy.
- A commitment to Habitat GB’s vision, mission, values and approach.
- A commitment to effective management of risk, by operating within the Charity’s code of conduct, policies, procedures and controls and by carrying out the risk management and assurance responsibilities of the role as set out in relevant Policy and Procedures.
We want the recruitment process to give you the opportunity to shine, to share your skills and experience as clearly as possible, and for you to find out more about Habitat GB in return. You are welcome to get in touch and arrange an informal chat with Tessa Kelly -please see or website>vacancies or contact our email address provided to arrange.
To apply for the role, please send us your CV and a supporting statement (max two sides of A4) telling us about the skills and experience you would bring to the role and your motivation for applying.
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