15328 - Communications Strategy and Planning Roles
| Posting date: | 03 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,335 to £42,859 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £35,335- £37,847. London salary range is £40,014 - £42,859. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 March 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 15328 |
Summary
About the Ministry of Justice
From keeping drugs out of prisons and cutting crime, to overhauling sentencing laws, supporting victims and creating new offences to protect women from violence – the Ministry of Justice is one of only a handful of Government departments that can truly dominate the news agenda.
Our Communications directorate, bursting with talent, is widely recognised as the gold standard within government for shaping stories and influencing news across print, broadcast, and online. With a diverse remit including prisons and probation, family justice, victims support and modernising the courts system, no day is ever the same in this busy office.
We are looking for creative, hard-working, passionate people to join our team, so if you’re looking for an exciting, challenging job, where you can develop with support from experienced communications professionals, keep reading.
About the role
We are recruiting for two roles within the MoJ Communications Strategy and Ministerial Engagement team: a Communications Planner and a Strategic Communications Manager. Together, these posts play a crucial part in how we plan, prioritise and deliver high-quality, insight led communications across the department and with partners across Whitehall.
The Communications Planner and Strategic Communications Manager sit at the centre of our strategic function. The Planner leads on gridding, sequencing announcements and horizon scanning—working with teams across the MoJ and the Prime Minister’s Office to identify risks, opportunities and ensure alignment with the wider Government narrative. The Strategic Communications Manager helps shape and track our highest priority workstreams, maintaining planning and insight tools, ensuring decisions are evidence based, and supporting teams to identify dependencies, risks and opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
1) Communications Planner
Purpose: Own the MoJ communications grid and long-range planning, working with the Prime Minister’s office and teams across Whitehall to sequence announcements, horizon scan, and manage risk against the Government narrative.
Key responsibilities
• Lead the gridding process and sequencing of announcements across press, digital and stakeholder channels.
• Conduct horizon scanning to identify risks, pinch points and proactive opportunities.
• Align medium and long-term plans to MoJ priorities and wider Government strategy.
• Coordinate with ministerial private offices and cross-departmental colleagues to resolve clashes and dependencies.
• Provide clear recommendations and decision support under pressure and at pace.
From keeping drugs out of prisons and cutting crime, to overhauling sentencing laws, supporting victims and creating new offences to protect women from violence – the Ministry of Justice is one of only a handful of Government departments that can truly dominate the news agenda.
Our Communications directorate, bursting with talent, is widely recognised as the gold standard within government for shaping stories and influencing news across print, broadcast, and online. With a diverse remit including prisons and probation, family justice, victims support and modernising the courts system, no day is ever the same in this busy office.
We are looking for creative, hard-working, passionate people to join our team, so if you’re looking for an exciting, challenging job, where you can develop with support from experienced communications professionals, keep reading.
About the role
We are recruiting for two roles within the MoJ Communications Strategy and Ministerial Engagement team: a Communications Planner and a Strategic Communications Manager. Together, these posts play a crucial part in how we plan, prioritise and deliver high-quality, insight led communications across the department and with partners across Whitehall.
The Communications Planner and Strategic Communications Manager sit at the centre of our strategic function. The Planner leads on gridding, sequencing announcements and horizon scanning—working with teams across the MoJ and the Prime Minister’s Office to identify risks, opportunities and ensure alignment with the wider Government narrative. The Strategic Communications Manager helps shape and track our highest priority workstreams, maintaining planning and insight tools, ensuring decisions are evidence based, and supporting teams to identify dependencies, risks and opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
1) Communications Planner
Purpose: Own the MoJ communications grid and long-range planning, working with the Prime Minister’s office and teams across Whitehall to sequence announcements, horizon scan, and manage risk against the Government narrative.
Key responsibilities
• Lead the gridding process and sequencing of announcements across press, digital and stakeholder channels.
• Conduct horizon scanning to identify risks, pinch points and proactive opportunities.
• Align medium and long-term plans to MoJ priorities and wider Government strategy.
• Coordinate with ministerial private offices and cross-departmental colleagues to resolve clashes and dependencies.
• Provide clear recommendations and decision support under pressure and at pace.