Communications Manager

at  Amey

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.
We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

YOUR NEW ROLE

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Communications Manager to join our Marketing Team supporting our Group Business Unit. This role will be based in our Furnival Street office and will offer Hybrid working.
The purpose of the role is to help to develop and deliver the internal communications strategy for this fast-paced organisation. In collaboration with the communications team and wider stakeholders create engaging communications campaigns to embed the new Employee Value proposition, help business growth and support change communications for key projects.
The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Working collaboratively with the business to deliver appropriate Group level internal communications campaigns
• Supporting the content development and management of regular organisation wide communications, including Weekly newsletters, Quarterly live CEO broadcast updates and Bi-annual employee Hub magazine
• Working with the communications team and people team to embed the Employee Value Proposition with compelling campaigns and content
• Working with Health & Safety teams to create communications and campaigns to promote our Safety First culture
• Supporting the management of the annual senior leadership conference, including contributing to content ideas, managing speakers and delegates
• Promotion of the internal recognition programme and managing the annual employee award event
• Providing communications support and develop communications for key change programmes across the organisation, including updates to systems and processes as well as ways of working
• Working closely with our marketing communications and public affairs colleagues to ensure internal and external communications are aligned.
• Preparing, writing and editing comms materials e.g.: presentations, case studies, newsletters, press releases, social posts and blogs, videos etc to support our brand positioning and growth strategies
• Work with designers and multi-media producer to create campaign content (for print, digital, video, social media use)

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A qualification in Communications or experience
• A strong creative mind – ability to produce content that is different and in engaging formats
• Customer-centric mindset
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to craft clear, concise, and impactful messages for a diverse audience, using a range of digital and conventional channels
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects to time and to budget
• In depth communications experience
• Experience of managing agencies and budgets
• Experience of working within a large matrix organisation
• Clear understanding of how to maintain a consistent brand voice and style across all marketing communications materials, following brand guidelines and tone of voice (TOV) documents to build brand recognition and trust.

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiative