Job type: Permanent
Salary: £32,000 per annum
Contact email: recruitment@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Deadline: Sunday 11th October 2026 23:59
The National Theatre is looking for an Assistant Internal Communications Officer to join its Communications team.
The Assistant Internal Communications Officer will play a key role in supporting the continued development of the National Theatre’s Internal Communications function. With around 1,000 staff and many freelancers working with the organisation each year, the role will support communications for a large and varied internal audience.
Working closely with the Internal Communications Manager, the successful candidate will help deliver clear, timely and engaging communications that keep colleagues informed, involved and connected to the organisation and its work.
A central focus of the role will be supporting the coordination and delivery of regular and ad hoc staff events, including Company Meetings, Senior Management Forums and Town Halls. The postholder will also draft and support communications plans, creating clear, accessible and inclusive content for the intranet, newsletters, internal emails and digital screens.
The role will also provide administrative support to the Internal Communications team and wider Communications team, helping to keep activity organised and on track.
This is an important time for the National Theatre as it continues to build a more connected, transparent and inclusive culture. Working in partnership with the People & Culture team and colleagues across the organisation, the Assistant Internal Communications Officer will help foster authentic, values-driven dialogue, support stakeholders to engage colleagues confidently and help bring the National Theatre’s purpose to life for everyone who works there.
Person Specification
The successful candidates will have the following:
- Experience in internal communications, PR or media.
- Experience of drafting and delivering communications plans and creating content for different audiences and channels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, engagingly and accessibly, proofread content and check information for accuracy.
- Experience of coordinating meetings, events or projects, with the ability to bring together information, materials and contributors to support successful delivery.
- Demonstrable planning, administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to manage a busy workload, balance multiple priorities and deadlines and respond to changing demand.
- The ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, follow up proactively and work collaboratively to see tasks through to completion.
Employee Benefits:
- Complimentary staff tickets for shows and guided tours, subject to availability and policy
- 25 days annual leave increasing up to 32 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Development Programmes via e-learning platform, and specialist in-person training relating to role
- Access to interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme partnership
- Enhanced sick pay
- Family Friendly policies including Family leave and Support leave
- Family-friendly employer – we are a member of Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA)
- Pension schemes with Legal & General and NEST
- Sabbatical option, subject to agreement and policy
- On-site staff canteen and social facilities
- On-site occupational health support
- In-house mental health and wellbeing advisors providing workplace counselling and support
- Wellbeing programme of events, including mental health awareness, financial wellbeing, skills sharing and opportunities to get active
- Exclusive staff talks to hear more about NT productions, past and present, from leading practitioners
- Discounted access to National Theatre at Home
- Volunteer leave – one paid day per year to volunteer for your chosen charity
- Discounts in the NT’s bars, cafés, restaurants, and bookshop, as well as in local businesses (from Wagamama to gyms), on and around the South Bank
- Access to retailer discounted gift cards and a cash-back-on-spending card
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