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About the organisation:
Ellwood Atfield is proud to partner with Quadrature Charitable Foundation, a London-based philanthropic foundation set up in 2019 by Greg Skinner and Suneil Setiya, the founders of Quadrature Capital. In 2025 the organisation widened its remit to bring its climate funding together with funding for poverty, inequality and humanitarian response. Quadrature Charitable Foundation works by trusting and resourcing those closest to the work, towards a just and resilient world.
The opportunity:
This is a new position within Quadrature Charitable Foundation's communications team. The Communications Manager will work alongside the Foundation's programme teams, helping colleagues decide what needs communicating, to whom, by whom and why. Reporting to the Communications Director, it is a generalist role spanning external and internal communications, with real scope to use your own judgement on audiences, language and reputational risk in programme discussions.
Main responsibilities:
* Partner with allocated programme portfolios, joining planning discussions early to advise on audiences, language, external engagement, and communications risks and opportunities.
* Develop proportionate communications plans for significant programme and organisational moments, coordinating approvals, channels and specialist input.
* Write and edit briefings, messages, stories and materials to a high editorial standard.Write and edit briefings, messages, stories and materials to a high editorial standard.
* Work with programme teams and Impact and Insights to build a pipeline of evidence-led stories, ensuring accuracy, consent, context and partner agency.
* Identify relevant audiences, networks and engagement opportunities, and prepare colleagues and partners for external moments.
* Spot sensitive issues early, advise on positioning and partner communications, and escalate material risks to the Communications Director and senior leadership.
* Support significant internal communications, including organisational announcements, leadership messages and communications relating to major change.
Key skills and experience required:
* Experience in strategic and hands-on communications across both external and internal audiences, ideally including time in-house.
* Experience of complex social, philanthropic or international issues, or of ESG, sustainability or philanthropy within a corporate or financial services setting.
* Strong writing and editorial judgement, with the ability to make complex material accessible without distorting it.
* Confidence advising colleagues and senior stakeholders, and the seniority to hold your own in programme discussions.
* Sensitivity to reputation, partner relationships and different operating contexts.
* The ability to manage competing priorities and external suppliers, and to adapt as programmes and priorities evolve.
How to apply:
To apply, please submit the form below and include a copy of your CV.
Application deadline: Friday 27th November 2026
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