Job Description

Permanent

Full time (34.5 hours)

Hybrid - Split between home and our

London Office

/

Shipley Office

/ Glasgow office

Salary: 32,000 - 36,000

About us:

At Macmillan Cancer Support you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.



Our new organisational strategy sets out how we'll fight even harder to help more people with cancer get the best care the UK has to offer, whoever and wherever they are. With your help, we'll transform cancer care for good.

About the Role:

As a

Communications Officer

, you will develop and deliver impactful communication plans that build awareness, trust, and engagement with Macmillan. Whether you honed your skills in a media agency, have a background in social media, corporate communications, or have previously worked in the corporate, public or charity sectors, this is your chance to apply your creativity and strategic thinking to a cause that makes a difference. Working across teams, you will create compelling stories, shape our voice across internal and external messaging, and drive engagement with a diverse range of audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and implement creative communication plans. Produce engaging content for media, social media and internal communications channels. Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Identify and respond to media and reputational opportunities. Ensure people affected by cancer are at the heart of our communications. Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve communication strategies.

About You:

Strong written and verbal communication skills. Channel-specific expertise in delivering audience-focused communications. Ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships. A flexible, collaborative, and proactive approach. Passion for Macmillan's mission and values.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days Pension matched up to 7.5% 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm

Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: September 9th

Interview dates: September 18th&19th



To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.



So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.