Communications Manager

Communications Manager 

Permanent 

Full time (34.5 hours)  

Hybrid – Home/Any Macmillan office  

£43,000 - £48,000 p.a. 

About us  

At Macmillan Cancer Support, our communications have the power to reach someone at the moment they need us most, and make sure they know we're there. We're looking for a skilled, collaborative manager to help us plan and deliver communications that build awareness, trust and engagement across the audiences that matter most to us. 

This is a broad, varied role. You'll work across the full range of external communications activity, from finding and telling the stories of people living with cancer, to managing media relationships, driving social media engagement, supporting senior spokespeople, and making sure Macmillan speaks clearly and honestly when it matters most. Working in a matrix environment alongside other communications managers, you'll need to be genuinely multi-disciplinary and comfortable shifting focus as priorities change. 

You'll act as a trusted communications partner to colleagues and stakeholders across Macmillan, bringing strategic thinking and a clear head to everything from campaign planning to issues management. 

What you’ll make happen 

• Develop and deliver creative, insight-driven and audience-focused external communications plans across PR, media and social media channels  

• Find, develop and tell the stories of people living with cancer, putting lived experience at the heart of our communications  

• Build and manage relationships with journalists, broadcasters, social media creators and partner organisations  

• Advise and prepare spokespeople, including senior leaders  

• Identify and respond to reputational issues, providing sound counsel under pressure  

• Lead projects and manage matrix teams, working collaboratively across the Communications team and wider organisation 

What you’ll bring 

• Proven external communications skills and experience across both earned/news media and social media channels 

• Strong instincts for what makes a good story and how to tell it  

• Experience of strategic communications planning, including audience insight, messaging and evaluation  

• The ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and influence at a senior level  

• Experience of responding to reputational or issues management situations  

• A collaborative, flexible approach and the ability to manage your own workload across competing priorities 

Recruitment Process  

Application deadline: Sunday 24 May 2026 

First interview dates: TBC 

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.  

We are an organisation that is committed to setting candidates up for success, so we can support you to be at your best during the application or selection process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice, or a conversation on reasonable adjustments.   

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.  

If you would like to discuss your application or anything further in regards to a career at Macmillan Cancer Support please email us at TATeam@macmillan.org.uk. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.