Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary (not specified)

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 the bank's external communications strategy, ensuring messages are clearly communicated across multiple owned and earned channels. You will maintain strong external stakeholder relationships, including media outlets and industry groups, to ensure press releases, media statements, and owned channels reflect Barclays’ values, goals, and reputation. The role includes reputational risk minimisation and management through effective advice on risk mitigation and handling negative news flow or crisis issues. As an AVP, you will advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. You will collaborate across business divisions, lead complex tasks, set objectives, and coach employees or guide team members through structured assignments. The role requires strong leadership behaviours aligned with Barclays’ LEAD principles: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, and Develop others. You will engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively, communicate complex or sensitive information, and influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays’ core values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset to 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 with a range of media (traditional and digital) across 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 influence and convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes

Qualifications
- No specific qualifications stated, but relevant experience in sustainability communications and media relations is essential