Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience

About the Role
Join Barclays as an Assistant Vice President, Sustainability Communications Manager, to effectively communicate the Group's sustainability and climate strategy to relevant external stakeholders. This permanent role supports the development and execution of the communications strategy and the writing and coordination of sustainability thought leadership. Working closely with the Head of Sustainability Communications and collaborating with Employee Communications, Digital, Strategic Policy, and Media Relations teams, you will promote, protect, and defend the Bank’s reputation while managing communications activity across a range of sustainability topics.

You will be responsible for delivering and executing the bank's external communications strategy to ensure messages are effectively communicated across multiple owned and earned channels. This includes developing aligned campaigning, tactical content, and news flow that clearly convey Barclays’ values, goals, and objectives to the public. Maintaining strong external stakeholder relationships with media outlets and industry groups is essential to ensure press releases, media statements, and owned channels accurately reflect the bank’s strategy and reputation.

In this role, you will also play a key part in reputational risk minimisation and management by advising on risk mitigation and managing negative news flow or crisis issues. As an AVP, you will influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. You will collaborate closely with other functions and business divisions, lead complex tasks, and support the achievement of organisational objectives through strategic communication and stakeholder engagement.

The role demands strong leadership behaviours aligned with Barclays’ LEAD framework: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, and Develop others. You will be expected to communicate complex and sensitive information clearly, influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes, and demonstrate Barclays’ core values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, alongside the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Experience
- Proven experience in media relations, either agency or in-house, within a fast-moving, proactive and reactive news environment
- Experience in sustainability communications
- Knowledge of and experience in financial services is highly desirable
- Experience managing press office queries at pace with strong strategic thinking to achieve the best reputational outcomes
- Established journalist relationships and experience across a range of traditional and digital media, including business, finance, and trade publications
- Experience delivering strategic news flow and creative storytelling
- Experience writing and developing content for digital channels
- Experience handling sensitive issues and understanding current sustainability issues, policies, news, and politics

About you
- Strong communication skills with outstanding interpersonal and stakeholder management abilities
- Team-focused approach and enjoys working in a dynamic matrix environment
- Resilient with the ability to maintain perspective under pressure
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and business divisions
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and digital literacy

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are mandated; however, relevant experience in sustainability communications, media relations, and financial services is highly valued.