PR & External Affairs Lead

About The Role

Join Magenta Living as our PR & External Affairs Lead and play a key role in shaping how we are seen and understood across Wirral, the Liverpool City Region and beyond. You'll lead our media, PR and stakeholder engagement activity, bringing our stories to life and building trust through impactful communications that showcase the difference we make to customers, colleagues and communities. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, provide expert advice on reputational issues, manage media relationships, and help position Magenta as an influential and trusted voice within the housing sector.

We're looking for an experienced communications professional with a strong background in PR, media relations and reputation management. You'll be a confident storyteller with excellent writing skills, able to build trusted relationships with stakeholders, partners and the media. Experience working with senior leaders, managing sensitive communications and developing strategic communication plans is essential. Experience within social housing, public affairs or place-based regeneration activity would be advantageous. [

At Magenta Living, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact by strengthening our reputation, influencing positive conversations about our communities and supporting our purpose of empowering people

About Us

Our Purpose:

Empowering people is our purpose. We work together by guiding, teaching, and mutual support, cultivating knowledge and confidence to overcome challenge and seize opportunities. By uplifting each other, we extend this empowerment to our customers and communities, contributing to the well-being of the broader society we serve.

Our Vision:

Opening doors to homes full of love, communities full of life, and a world full of possibilities is all about creating opportunities and eliminating barriers for everyone.

Our Values:

At Magenta Living, our mission is to provide customers with a home they’re proud of and create flourishing communities. We're proud to say that it’s our dedicated people that make this happen. This is a very transformative and exciting time to join us as we embark on the Road to 2030!

Who we are:

We are innovatively forward thinking, with a customer focussed approach. This allows us to be one of the best in our industry, managing around 13,000 homes across our heartland Wirral and the North West.

One of our key focuses is giving back to our customers and communities and as a Not-for-Profit organisation, social value is a significant part of who we are - everyone has their part to play at Magenta Living.

You’re in great hands here at Magenta Living. We are proud of being awarded the Navajo Charter-mark for our work supporting the LGBTQ+ community and ISO45001 for our people health and safety practices.

At Magenta Living we are proud to be an employer who provides equal opportunities. We encourage all applications regardless of age, different abilities, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Our Culture:

We’re proud of our empowering, fun and flexible culture and value every colleagues opinion.

Our teams are the talented and motivated driving forces behind improving our customer, communities and colleague experiences, with opportunities for you to get involved with our dynamic colleague panels and social events.

Each year we vote for our charity of the year from a fabulous list of local charities, all nominated by our colleagues. Hosting a range of fundraising events and activities throughout the year, and this year we’re proud to be raising money for the amazing Together Dementia Wirral.

What we offer:
There are so many to pick from, but to just name a few…

• 26 days holiday (plus UK bank Holidays)
• Paid time off over Christmas Period
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with a fixed employer rate of 6%
• Flexible working
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Well-being support and fun employee events
• Employee Recognition programme
• Talent Management Programmes and e-learning access to support development
• Free parking at either our head office or main depot
• Paid professional memberships
• Volunteering day
Free on-site gym

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