Communications Manager (Ex-Military preferred)

Role: Communications Manager (Ex-Military preferred)

Location: London

Salary: Competitive

Start Date: ASAP

The Company

Our Client is a leading UK building and civil engineering company. With a history spanning almost 150 years in successfully delivering numerous iconic projects, they're proud to be building Britain's future heritage. Committed to engineering excellence, they operate across a range of sectors undertaking projects of a variety of scale and scope.

The Role

Support the London Business Unit in delivering internal communications across the region to ensure all staff are kept informed and motivated. Liaise with the Head of Communications to ensure local communications support and align with national communications strategy and activities across the business.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Reporting to the Regional Proposals Manager, manage and deliver internal communications across the London Region
• Work with the Managing Director of the London Business Unit to develop and execute internal communications strategy for London
• Support London MD in communicating business strategy and initiatives directly to staff, eg via regular briefings, email, newsletters etc
• Lead on the design and delivery of all key internal engagement campaigns (eg employee conferences, HR programmes, charitable fundraising) and measure and report on impact
• Manage key engagement events, eg all-hands events and webinars from conception to deployment
• Liaise and engage with the national Head of Communications and Communications team members across the business, to ensure messages are aligned and support national initiatives
• Provide communications support to SRM managers on the cascade of key messages
• Plan, write, edit and proof read content for a variety of internal communications media as required (eg campaign material, SRM online, SRM News, brochures and literature)
• Create core messaging resources and ensure all internal communications are consistent in content and tone, providing best practice advice to the business as required.

Key Relationships:

Internal

• Work Winning and Proposals
• HR
• Sustainability
• Regions

External

• PR agency
• Key suppliers, eg designers, copy writers

Key Performance Indicators:

• Employee engagement index (to be agreed)
• Campaign specific metrics

Job Skills & Knowledge (Essential):

Experience

A background in communications at management level for a large organisation is essential. Specifically, the creation, management and successful deployment of internal communications plans with a focus on change.

Communication Skills

• Writing skills: First class writing, editing and proofreading skills as well as the journalistic ability to source stories from employees at all levels within the organisation. Also, the ability to write engaging copy for a wide variety of employee audiences and across media.
• Presentation skills: Strong presentation skills and the ability to engage people at all levels within the organisation. Excellent PowerPoint skills.
• Creative skills: The successful candidate will possess the creative flair to design original, engaging employee campaigns and initiatives that align and deliver against business objectives.
• Media & PR skills: Proven experience of managing PR campaigns and dealing directly with the media. Crisis management experience desirable.

Relationship Skills

Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills. The successful candidate will need to work across the business and possess the confidence to deal with senior leaders and explain communication techniques to them if and when required. Agency and supplier management experience is essential.

Organisational Skills

Excellent communications planning, campaign management and measurement skills and the ability to deliver consistently to plan, to budget and on time. The successful candidate will need the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and the skills to lead virtual teams to deliver campaign objectives when required.

Proactive / Takes Initiative

This is a hands-on role for a self-motivated, results driven individual with a passion for driving business excellence through engagement and who can deliver at pace to a consistently high standard.

Systems Skills

Familiarity with the various channels of engagement required (e.g. intranets, internal social media platforms, webinars, blogs, vlogs and forums) their uses and management.)

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject (marketing, communications, PR or journalism) - Essential
• Professional qualification from Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) or Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) - Highly desirable

Ref: 13212_1501247790 | Published: 28th Jul 2017