Communications Manager

Salary: £32,603 - £38,813 (Grade 3/4) depending on experience

Location: Head Office, Bridgend, South Wales

Job type: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week, flexible hours)

Closing date: 18th November 2026 (5pm)

Introduction

Project Seagrass – Saving the World’s Seagrass

Project Seagrass is the world’s largest organisation solely dedicated to the conservation of seagrass meadows; one of the planet’s most vital yet overlooked ecosystems. We are a global charitable organisation working at the intersection of community, research and action to secure a thriving future for seagrass and the people who depend upon it. Through research excellence, partnerships, and practical conservation, we tackle the biodiversity and climate crises by restoring and protecting coastal ecosystems worldwide.

Project Seagrass aims to lead societal change to enable the recognition, recovery and resilience of seagrass ecosystems globally; that provide biodiversity, equitable and sustainable livelihoods, and planetary life support. Project Seagrass was founded on scientific rationale; we remain an evidence based and evidence generating organisation.

We offer flexible working, support for work-life balance, above-average leave entitlement, and ongoing learning and development opportunities. We also provide generous pension, maternity and paternity benefits. We value diversity and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background, and encourage anyone with relevant drive and experience to apply. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement. Your unique experiences and perspectives could be exactly what we’re looking for.

Purpose of the role

The Communications Manager leads the delivery, tracking and evolution of Project Seagrass’ internal and external communications strategy. As a growing international conservation charity, effective communication is central to influencing change, sharing evidence, connecting our team, and strengthening our global impact.

This role supports strategic organisational communications, ensuring consistent, high-quality messaging that advances our mission. The Communications Manager will oversee day-to-day communications delivery, manage the Digital Content Officer, and work closely with programme and leadership teams to align communications with organisational priorities.

The postholder will help guide proactive, impactful storytelling and brand development, ensuring Project Seagrass communicates science and conservation practice in ways that are credible, accessible, and influential at local, national, and international scales.

Key duties & responsibilities

• Work with the executive team to develop and deliver Project Seagrass’ communications strategy, ensuring communications activities align with organisational priorities and overarching strategy.
• Line management of Digital Content Officer, setting priorities, supporting professional development, and ensuring high-quality, coordinated delivery across communications channels.
• Direct organisational messaging and brand management, acting as brand guardian to ensure consistency in tone, visual identity, and messaging across all outputs, partnerships, and platforms.
• Oversee content planning and delivery across digital and media channels, including website, social media, newsletters, and email marketing, ensuring communications are strategic, audience-focused, and impact-driven.
• Lead media and public relations activity, including managing press relationships, overseeing press releases and responses, coordinating media engagement, and strengthening Project Seagrass’ external profile.
• Advise and support staff and project teams on communications planning, embedding communications thinking into programmes to ensure science, evidence, and conservation impact are communicated effectively.
• Monitor communications performance and growth, using analytics, KPIs, and audience insights to evaluate impact, optimise campaigns, and expand engagement with priority audiences.
• Oversee the delivery of communications materials and external collaborations, including working with designers, agencies, and partners, and representing Project Seagrass through communications activities linked to fieldwork, campaigns, and organisational initiatives.
• Any other duties, responsibilities, or tasks that are reasonably required to support the effective operation and success of the role and the organisation.

Person Specification

Essential

Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge in science communication and strategic development of a communications function within a growing organisation.
• Excellent understanding of how to create engaging outputs for different audiences across multiple platforms, including video.
• Understanding of marine systems.

Skills

• Leadership skills – of people and projects. Strategic thinking and strong project management experience alongside developing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to inspire and develop others, and work effectively within a small team
• Able to take lead on strategic work, including impact measurement of science communication and building cross-organisational capacity and skills.
• Excellent digital marketing skills. Confident creating and editing appropriate content for social media and websites, including commissioning it from others. Disseminating content and reviewing performance to continually improve.
• Excellent ability to communicate complex information and ideas using a range of media in ways that are persuasive, engaging and appropriate to the audience. This includes strong writing and editing skills. Able to communicate effectively with people from different professional and cultural backgrounds.
• Confident working with others to develop and deliver science communications, engage stakeholders, and influence plans that maximise the impact of underlying work.
• Confident using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, social media platforms (predominantly Bluesky, X, Instagram, LinkedIn).

Experience

• Experience of people management (i.e. as a line manager).
• Experience of leading a communications team.
• Experience of project management, managing competing priorities and working to deadlines.
• Experience in strategic planning, developing organisational strategies and organisational development work.
• Track record in managing websites and growing online platforms.
• Confident presenting information at meetings both internally and externally, answering questions and promoting work to external audiences.
• Experience of building constructive working relationships with others, including senior managers, and a variety of external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Appropriate level of education and qualifications to demonstrate clear ability in skills, knowledge and competency for this post.
• Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• Understanding/knowledge of Seagrass.
• Familiar with Canva, Affinity/Adobe Suite, WordPress and social media optimisation tools.
• Experience working in a charity/third sector/not for profit

Additional Information

All applicants will need to have an existing right to work (visa) in the UK.

Application Deadline: 18th November 2026 (5pm)

We are an equal opportunities employer and are actively encouraging applicants from all backgrounds to apply.