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Location: London/Hybrid – 2 days in our London office
Hours: Full time
Contract: Fixed term contract 18 months
We have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Communications Manager to play a key role delivering a wide range of strategic communications that support the General Dental Council’s purpose of ensuring patient safety and maintaining public confidence in dental professionals.
About the role:
* To use strategic communications to build understanding, influence debate and shift perceptions, to positively impact the quality and quantity of oral healthcare delivered across the UK.
* To lead the external communications strategy and put audience insight at the centre of developing plans for what, when and how we communicate.
* To work closely with engagement, media, policy and operational teams to bring together insight and ideas to develop communication strategies, inform communication objectives, craft messages and lead and continuously improve a suite of products, content and channels.
* To work with senior leaders across the GDC and the external sector to understand audiences’ needs and how to meet them through communications content, channels and campaigns.
About you:
We are ideally looking for an individual from a regulatory environment or public-sector background who has significant experience of working as a senior communications professional within a small team.
Our new Corporate Strategy begins in January 2026 and the external communication and engagement is also being redefined, as a key enabler to ensure success of the corporate objectives. Insight and evaluation will be at the heart of our new external communications and engagement and your role is fundamental to this.
You will build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and develop a deep understanding of our audiences to inform communication strategies.
You will manage a suite of existing and new communication products, content and channels, and set a direction that increases our reach and ability to influence debates in the sector and the perceptions of stakeholders.
You will think strategically, and work across the team and with policy and operational colleagues to build support for communication objectives and activities.
The GDC is committed to equality and diversity. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.
The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.
To support this we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development
Some of our benefits include.
* 27 days holiday (plus statutory) - rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service
* Pension employer contributions up to 10%
* Buy/Sell annual leave
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 years’ service.
* Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
* Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership
We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.
How to apply:
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Please relate your supporting statement to the person specification expanding on your skills, experience and qualifications.
Closing date: 23:59 on 11 May 2025
Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
Please no agencies unless instructed otherwise instructed
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
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Full-time
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Other
* Industries
Public Safety
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