Dogs Trust
Strategic Communications Manager (Public Affairs)
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Strategic Communications Manager (Public Affairs)
Application Deadline: 19 July 2026
Department: Marketing Strategy and Planning
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London
Compensation: £47,300 per year + benefits
Description
Are you a dog-loving strategic communications professional with experience planning captivating public affairs campaigns? We’re looking for a Strategic Communications Manager to develop and deliver impactful marketing communications strategies and campaigns, with a particular focus on our public affairs activity.
What does this role do?
As Strategic Communications Manager, you’ll:
- Build strategic plans for key projects, scoping, and planning for communications across the marketing mix (paid, owned, and earned channels), focusing on public affairs projects, as we strive to influence governments and engage the general public to improve animal welfare,
- Shape key messages for campaigns, often distilling complex information into clear narratives, using evidence-based messaging frameworks,
- Brief content delivery teams and channel leads on activity, closely monitoring to ensure assets and output are on time and to spec,
- Embed evaluation frameworks from the very beginning of every campaign, ensuring success can be measured effectively.
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Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for the week commencing 27th July 2026 and will take place on Teams.
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Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you’ll have experience of leading strategic marketing and communications projects, utilizing excellent project management and communication skills to deliver and shape compelling stories and campaigns. We’re particularly interested in hearing from candidates who’ve worked in the public affairs space previously, with the ability to engage both mass audiences and political audiences with our campaigns and public affairs messages. You’ll have excellent stakeholder management experience, as well as strong evaluation skills, with experience of using clear evaluation methodologies. A commitment to Dogs Trust and the work we do is essential.
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