Deputy Director of Communications (Volunteer role)
Are you a skilled and creative Communications professional passionate about crafting compelling narratives and driving impactful messaging?
Your Pride In London
Year after year, London's Pride celebrations bring people together in amazing ways. The connections and community we build lay the groundwork for a brighter, more inclusive future. Now's your opportunity to play a meaningful part as a Pride in London volunteer.
Pride in London is embracing a renewed sense of purpose that resonates with everyone. We stand as a beacon to highlight ongoing challenges within the LGBTQ+ community, even amidst progress. Our roots intertwine the protest origins of Pride with the spirit of celebration.. Our guiding values – Visibility, Unity, and Equality – drive every step we take.
Our incredible team is a blend of passionate staff and volunteers who champion diversity, inclusivity, and understanding. We hail from diverse walks of life, forming a vibrant community of change-makers. Our ultimate goal? To amplify awareness of LGBTQ+ matters and advocate for the rights that ensure equal lives for all.
With a diverse and dedicated year-round team of around 150 volunteers, we orchestrate Pride in London, the incredible event that unites us all. Your unique voice can contribute to the symphony!
Pride in London stands committed to truly representing every facet of our community. We celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion. Our focus is on enriching the diversity of our volunteers, ensuring that Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, Trans, and all communities are vividly reflected within our teams.
Your Role
We are looking for a skilled and creative Communications professional with a passion for crafting compelling narratives and driving impactful messaging to join the Communications team as Deputy Directors of Communications. In this active operational position, you will play a pivotal role in helping to shape our communications strategies under the direction of the Director of Communications. You’ll be enthusiastic about effectively conveying ideas, building relationships and engaging diverse audiences, working with our owned and earned channel heads, working alongside press, stakeholders, sponsors, and joining forces with volunteers from around Pride in London to skillfully tell our story to the world. You will be a self-starter with the professional experience to bring the best out of your team and your work.
Your Responsibilities:
Lead, motivate, and develop the Communications team, third-parties, and agencies
Plan and execute communications strategy to elevate brand awareness and reputation
Collaborate with different teams to gather insights for effective campaigns
Engage press and stakeholders to convey Pride in London's narrative, values, and mission
Assist in stakeholder interactions, especially during crisis and issues management
Cultivate and sustain relationships with media outlets, stakeholders, and partners
Oversee and evaluate communication endeavours, delivering reports and recommendations
Ensure all Communications channels and areas are fully resourced and operating effectively
Support the Director of Communications with press and media engagement
What you’ll bring to the role:
Excellent leadership and team management skills
Strong strategic planning and execution abilities
Effective collaboration and relationship-building skills
Compelling storytelling and narrative crafting abilities
Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and management
Crisis communication and issues management experience
Media relations and partnership development expertise
Project management and evaluation skills
Resourcefulness and problem-solving abilities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Role Details:
This is a volunteer, Leadership Team Role, reporting to th Director of Communications. 4 - 6 hours per week commitment increasing during the delivery of the event.
What you'll get from Pride In London:
Be Yourself, No Masks!
Friendly Induction, Year-round Training
New Professional Experience
Expand Network
Connect with Volunteers
Commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity
- Department
- Communications
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Colleagues
Our Culture
Our volunteers are driven and passionate about what they do. Putting on one of London's largest one-day events requires dedication and perseverance.
Although a lot of our work is completed remotely, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet with your team and others throughout the year to not only plan what's ahead but to socialise too.
We're looking for enthusiastic people to join the organisation so we can provide a platform for every part of London’s LGBTQ+ community.
About Pride in London
Pride in London is run in majority by a group of volunteers who are passionate about equality and diversity. We are a not-for-profit organisation, and any surplus funds we raise are used to support the LGBTQ+ communities and improve the event.
Pride in London includes people of every race and faith, whether disabled or able-bodied, and all sexualities and genders including lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, queer, questioning, intersex, trans*, genderqueer, gender variant or non-binary as well as straight and cis allies.
Deputy Director of Communications (Volunteer role)
Are you a skilled and creative Communications professional passionate about crafting compelling narratives and driving impactful messaging?
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