Head of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs

This post is full time and permanent, working 35 hours per week.

The University of Westminster is a global University set in the heart of London offering an inspiring portfolio for our 23,000 students. Our three distinctive Colleges: Westminster Business School; Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Design, Creative & Digital Industries prepare our graduates to make a real difference in the world as global citizens and agenda shapers. 

We have a wonderful opportunity for a seasoned communications professional to join us and lead our high-performing corporate communications, public relations and public affairs team. You will play a key role in shaping the communications culture and external perception of our University in line with our vision and strategic goals.

Communicating our inspirational Being Westminster story to key audiences, you will develop the reputation of the University of Westminster as a welcoming, globally connected and diverse place to study, providing our students and colleagues with the opportunity to reach their full potential and celebrating our world-changing research outcomes and impact.

Through media engagement, public affairs and internal communications, you will reach our audiences in ways that resonate with them. Alongside developing compelling narratives, you will bring significant professional experience of leading on issues management for a major organisation, with skilled negotiating skills and a cool-headed approach, enabling you to handle even the thorniest issues with calmness whilst inspiring confidence in stakeholders at all levels. 

Our campuses are set in vibrant locations, and our offices are a short distance from Oxford Circus, so it’s a great place to be, and there’s an opportunity for hybrid working too.

If you are looking to join a university whose values are progressive, compassionate and responsible with wellbeing as a top priority; if you have oodles of experience in PR, PA and Internal Comms; and if you’d like to join a diverse and inclusive community, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply for this vacancy please click above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed through link below.

At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.

We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.

The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.

Closing date: midnight on 30 June 2025

Interviews are likely to be held on: a date to be confirmed

Administrative contact (for queries only): Recruitment@westminster.ac.uk

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