Role OVO-View

Location: Hub based! London

But you have the flexibility to work wherever suits you best

Team: Corporate Affairs

Salary banding:  £35,000 - £45,000

Experience: Entry Level

Working pattern:Full-Time

Reporting to: Coralie Frost, Corporate Communications and News Lead

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Engaging, Self-starter, Collaborative

Top 3 qualities for this role: Communication, Team player, Organisation

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“You will be part of PR Week’s In House Team of the Year 2023. An enthusiastic, dynamic and talented department at the forefront of making the world of energy fairer, greener and simpler for households across the UK. It’s a big year for OVO for someone looking to get stuck in!”

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need a diverse group of people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen.

This role in a nutshell:

In this role, you’ll be supporting the delivery of campaigns - across corporate and consumer - and leading on communication plans for announcements to enhance OVO’s reputation. This will include newsgathering, drafting materials, sourcing and managing case studies, creating content, liaison with stakeholders, pitching press and managing press queries, and briefing spokespeople. 

Your key outcomes will be:

• Deputy to Corporate Communications and News Lead for press enquiries, crisis communications and media handling. You’ll be enthusiastic about pitching stories to key media and building relationships with journalists.
• As part of an integrated Corporate Affairs team you’ll run and create content for corporate digital channels including OVO’s media centres and OVO’s LinkedIn channel.
• Working with key OVO functions, including our Commercial, Policy, Regulatory, People, Risk, Brand, Marketing and wider Corporate Affairs teams by supporting OVO’s communications strategy. You’ll be happy to support other areas in the wider External Affairs team, where required.
• Have responsibility for the day to day management of OVO’s media monitoring agency and subscription services. The role will provide daily media monitoring across national, trade and online press, circulating to senior stakeholders and the wider business.
• Lead on managing OVO’s speaker engagement grid and award submissions. Drafting submissions and associated supporting content.
• Assist with preparation and help facilitate meetings with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring agendas and actions are noted and shared promptly to ensure we meet project deadlines.
• Finally, the role will help with the smooth running of the team, such as raising POs and tracking financial spend, and analysing the press office status to the wider business (e.g. monthly updates and forward planning risks).

This is a fantastic opportunity for a media savvy individual who is keen to step into a visible and impactful in-house role.

You’ll be a successful Senior Communications Executive here at OVO if you…

• Have 3+ years experience of working in-house or agency (energy background is not a requirement of the role).
• Have excellent writing and verbal communication skills and feel confident raising new ideas 
• Are able to keep team resources up to date, including media lists, content planners and key messaging documents.
• Are comfortable working in a very fast paced environment. OVO is constantly evolving with an entrepreneurial approach to ‘find a better way’.
• Are highly responsive and proactive in everything you do.
• Are self-confident but also humble enough to critically appraise your own work.
• Are willing to work out of hours where required to support the press office function as part of the team rota.
• Have experience of working in a press office in-house/or at an agency.
• Have a hunger to work on exciting projects and feel confident taking the lead to come up with new ideas to drive the communications strategy.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £35,000 and £45,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you! If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..