Head of External Communications

Birmingham, Staffordshire
Successionwealth

Head of External Communications

Excellent Benefits Package (See Below For Full Details)

Hybrid working, aligned to any Succession office hub (preferably London or Birmingham)

Role Overview

Succession Wealth is one of the UK’s largest privately-owned national wealth management businesses. We are currently seeking an experienced Media and PR professional to lead strategies that align with Succession’s client proposition and corporate strategy, highlighting our commitment to helping clients manage and preserve wealth.

The role will also involve handling reactive media issues and leading crisis communications when needed.

The ideal candidate will be highly creative with a flair for storytelling, and comfortable analysing and interpreting complex data and insights.

With strong negotiation and influencing skills, you’ll be confident engaging senior stakeholders. Using your network of external contacts, you will also have a proven track record in building relationships with key trade and consumer media, protecting corporate reputation, and driving corporate storytelling. As Succession grows under Aviva’s ownership, expanding our brand presence will be a key focus.

Experience in either financial services, professional services, or another regulated sector, along with strong PR and media skills, is essential.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain and drive our Media and PR strategy across Succession Group (Succession Wealth, Succession Employee Benefit Solutions, and Succession Independent Schools)
• Develop excellent relationships with key trade and consumer media journalists
• Facilitate Media Coaching
• Leading a busy press office
• Manage corporate relations and reputation
• Work with our Internal Communications Team to deliver integrated and coordinated campaigns
• Horizon scanning for issues of relevance and potential impact.

Key requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Media, or equivalent work experience.
• An outgoing, driven individual with great enthusiasm and a can-do attitude.
• Comfortable working in a flexible way outside of the normal 9-5, to deliver to tight timescales and support colleagues.
• Strategic thinker with excellent judgement. Skilled at coordinating multi-channel activity while collaborating with multiple internal teams.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to manage budgets and multiple competing priorities and deliverables.
• Experience in developing and reporting on clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Objectives for all communications.

Why join our Team?
We offer a competitive basic salary, annual pay reviews and performance linked increases as well as a fantastic range of benefits.

What You Can Expect From Us:

• A competitive basic salary, annual pay reviews and performance linked increases as well as a fantastic range of benefits including:
• 25 days Annual leave rapidly increasing with service, plus bank holidays and additional days for Christmas closure.
• Excellent company pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Agile and family friendly working arrangements to allow for a great work/life balance.
• Company sick pay.
• Group Income Protection.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
• Up to 40% discount on Aviva Insurance & Investment products.
• £465 towards the purchase of home office equipment.
• Group Life Assurance Scheme: 8 x salary.
• Access to the Benefit Hub; discounts on shopping, dining out, holidays and lots more!
• A range of health benefits including eye care vouchers, flu vaccinations, Annual Health Screening, Digital GP, Mental health and Nutrition Sessions and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Voluntary flexible benefits platform including Private Medical Insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and Health Screening.
• Support with the cost of professional exams/study days.
• Charity Days.
• Company Events.

Our Commitment to DE&I
Succession is committed to building and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity. With a diverse team of employees, we are able to grow, innovate and deliver excellent client care to help us reach our goals as a business. Our diverse teams help us reflect and understand the communities in which we operate and the subjects we cover in our everyday work. In recruiting for Succession, we welcome the unique contributions all candidates can bring regardless of their background and strive to ensure that every candidate is given the best chance of success through fair and equitable recruitment practice.

We do not accept unsolicited CV submissions from agencies; any such will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate.