Head of Media Relations (Investment, Wealth & Retirement)

Head of Media Relations (Investment, Wealth & Retirement)

Location: York, Norwich, Bristol, London based (50% hybrid working)

Salary: circa £100,000 (national) - circa £120,000 (London)

This is a great job for someone who is a seasoned communications professional, with expertise in media relations, consumer PR or broader corporate communications.

A bit about the job:

This role-holder leads a team of media relations professionals to develop and deliver a first-class media relations plan to support the Investment, Wealth & Retirement (IWR) business and aligned to the overall Brand and Corporate Affairs strategy, Aviva’s overall corporate priorities and the Investment, Wealth & Retirement business objectives.

This encompasses proactive consumer PR activity to promote our brand, and reactive issues management and media handling to help protect our reputation. This team work closely with other areas of the function including public policy, employee comms, social/digital media and financial media – to ensure an integrated communications approach.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Team Leadership: the ability to motivate and drive a team in service of defined objectives and ensuring clear prioritisation of activity

• Stakeholder Management: the ability to work with, and advise, senior stakeholders across the business, including at CEO level

• Media Relations Expertise: a strong level of media relations experience including a strong understanding of how national and trade media work, how to build effective relationships with journalists, the ability to craft news, features and editorial content, knowledge of how to manage hostile media enquiries

• Issues and Crisis Management: knowledge and understanding of what constitutes a reputational risk for the business and experience in helping to mitigate and manage issues and crises with the media

Please be advised there will be an element of travel required with this role across both Regional and London based sites.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary circa £100,000 (national) - £120,000 (London) - depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications
• Bonus opportunity – 25% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to Balazs Palcsek at balazs.palcsek@aviva.com