Communications Officer

It’s knowing your communications tell a unique story.

Our teams bring passion, dedication, and expertise to everything they do. We create enriching experiences, sharing the Royal Collection and its stories to engage and inspire audiences from across the globe. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so different.

Royal Collection Trust, a department of The Royal Household, is a charity caring for the Royal Collection and welcoming visitors to the royal palaces – Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse - and The King’s Galleries in London and Edinburgh. We bring our shared history to life through world-class experiences that involve and inspire people, wherever they are.

As Communications Officer, you’ll play a key role in telling the story of the Royal Collection and the Palaces, managing both internal and external communications and ensuring that our activities are shared with staff, visitors, and the wider public.

Please note: This role is a 12 month fixed term contract. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Delivering the internal communications programme, organising key events such as Directors’ Briefings, staff Induction Days and coordinating the Internal Communications Working Group.
• Managing the production of our Annual Report, collaborating with colleagues from across the organisation, from curators to photographers, ensuring every detail reflects our unique mission.
• Collating and editing content from across the organisation for Director’s Reports for Trustees and staff
• Create engaging content for the staff intranet and maintain the ‘About’ section of our website, monitoring results

Essential Criteria

• Bringing proven experience in communications, you’ll have strong copywriting skills with the ability to create accurate, engaging content for a variety of channels and audiences.
• Experience of managing internal communications projects, including organising employee engagement activities.
• A confident, professional approach to building relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including senior management.
• The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver to tight deadlines.
• A flexible, collaborative attitude, along with sound judgement and sensitivity to the uniqueness of the organisation.

We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities. 

• Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.
• Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
• We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.

Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here.