Communications Manager, Places (12-month contract) at Arcadis

Warrington, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

17 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Communications, Change Management, Internal Communications, Employee Engagement, Strategic Partnering, Content Development, Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Digital Channels, Crisis Communications, Thought Leadership, Narrative Crafting, Metrics Analysis, Collaboration, Consultative Approach, Global Strategy

Industry

Professional Services

Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role description: Manage and deliver corporate communication initiatives for Advanced Process and Manufacturing (APM) as an integral part of the Places Global Business Area (GBA) strategy and plan, ensuring Places APM communications are aligned with, embedded and elevated in the broader Places and Arcadis narrative and communications. Provide specialist internal communications and employee engagement advice to the business, acting as a consultative and strategic partner to the Places APM business and management team, with a particular focus on Arcadis' growing semiconductors & advanced technologies and life sciences activities and the additional capabilities brought into Places through Arcadis DPS Group. Advise business leaders on the impact and effectiveness of communications, including external activity in partnership with the external communications team. Play an active role as part of the GBA Corporate Communications team, contributing Places APM perspectives into the shaping of broader corporate communications strategies, priorities and programs across GBAs. Provide extended corporate communications support within the Places team and for key priority global projects aligned with the Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA. Reports to: Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA (dotted line: strong day-to-day partnership with the Global Communications Director, Places) Role accountabilities: Manage and deliver internal communications strategies and channels for APM within the wider Places GBA communications strategy and plan, ensuring that APM communications reinforce and amplify Places GBA priorities. Act as a consultative and strategic communications partner to the APM business and management team, helping leaders translate strategy, growth, integration and transformation into clear, engaging narratives for colleagues. Lead the internal communications strategy for transformation and change across Places APM, ensuring clear, timely and well-sequenced messaging and acting as the primary contact to the Places APM Change Management team. Develop and execute communications plans, especially for change initiatives and key business programs, crafting narratives that elevate APM's focus, and connect to the wider Places and Arcadis strategy. Plan and develop high-quality written content for internal and external communications such as blogs, internal news and announcements, bulletins, storytelling, case studies, presentations, speeches, newsletters and intranet stories, elevating Places APM capabilities and thought leadership. Support key global Corporate Communications projects and programs (e.g., cross-GBA campaigns and corporate initiatives) as directed by the Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA, ensuring Places APM perspectives and content are represented and integrated. Proactively identify APM subject matter experts and leaders to elevate, developing opportunities for them to contribute to thought leadership, sector positioning and storytelling, and supporting them in raising their profile internally and externally as part of the broader Corporate Communications priorities and programs. Manage internal digital channels and cascade frameworks for Places APM, aligned with the broader Corporate Communications frameworks and priorities, ensuring Places APM is represented in the development and delivery of internal and external content, and in coherence with Places and cross-GBA priorities. Consult on strategic leader and all hands Town Hall engagement events for APM and Places, supporting leaders to communicate strategy, performance, change and culture. Tailor global and Places-wide programs to make them relevant for APM colleagues, ensuring that internal communications messages are relevant and the right cascade frameworks are in place to support. Manage an internal communications calendar for APM that is fully aligned to, and feeds into, the broader Places and GBA Editorial Calendars, ensuring communications activity is planned, sequenced and sustainable. Measure activity and use metrics to inform improvements to internal communications activity. Provide quarterly reporting on communications effectiveness and insights to the Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA, GBA Communications Director, Places and APM leadership. Key Shared Accountabilities Work closely with the Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA, the GBA Communications Director, Places to embed APM initiatives and narratives into broader Places and corporate communications strategies and plans in a relevant and meaningful way across Arcadis. Advice the Global External Communications to help manage brand and reputation, including external positioning of Places APM in life sciences and semiconductors, and support media and issues management where required. Play a collaborative role in the Corporate Communications team in raising the profile of Arcadis, delivering the global strategy, managing internal events and supporting Arcadians in serving our clients and markets. Represent Places APM on the Global Internal Communications Community of Practice, sharing best practice and contributing to global projects and cross-GBA initiatives. Support with crisis communications in partnership with Corporate Communications and business leadership. Partner with GSSC colleagues for the creation and delivery of high-quality content, working in partnership with GBA Corporate Communications to ensure consistency. Collaborate across the GBA Corporate Communications team to continually improve communications, contribute to shared priorities and help shape cross-GBA communications strategy, ways of working and engagement initiatives. Partner closely with the Places APM Change Management team to coordinate and deliver strategic communications that support APM transformation, organizational change and integration initiatives. Decision Rights Owns: Internal communications approach, planning and day-to-day delivery for Places APM, ensuring alignment with the broader Places and cross-GBA communications strategy. Execution of APM-related content and channel activities, including internal campaigns, announcements, leadership communications and event communications. Development and implementation of stakeholder self-service models and communications SLAs for Places APM. The strategic communications approach (broader vs. functional) supporting APM transformation and change, including sequencing, messaging frameworks and acting as the primary communications partner to the Places APM Change Management team. Identification, coaching and support of Places APM subject matter experts and leaders. Influences: Overall transformation and integration communications across Places APM. Broader Places GBA and cross-GBA editorial planning and priorities. Global Corporate Communications projects and campaigns. Channel optimization and performance recommendations. Related Marketing campaigns. Crisis communications response. Vetoes: Content or messaging that conflicts with Arcadis' tone of voice, standards or governance. Communications that inaccurately position APM. Change impact. Qualifications & Experience: 6+ years business experience at professional level in communications, change management or similar role. Thorough understanding and experience of applying change communications methodologies. Multi-discipline skills including internal and external communications. Experience of working in a matrix organization (preferably global) and adapting to managing differing stakeholder objectives. Excellent communication and written skills, with strong attention to detail and a knack to simplify complex organizational priorities into simple, human communications. Interpersonal skills and proven ability to project manage complex multi-channel initiatives. Experience of advising to leadership level, willingness to execute comms initiatives. A growth mindset, always wanting to learn and improve. Highly collaborative, energized by working to shared goals, and comfortable operating as part of a GBA Corporate Communications team. Bachelor's degree or equivalent (journalism or communications preferably). Arcadis values professional experience across: Breadth of experience: Working internationally, across different industries and business lines and/or functions, managing projects impacting people/issues/solutions across organizational boundaries. Managing change: Managing change e.g., divestments or mergers/acquisitions, growing a start-up, or leading change into other market/services or products, operating with new business models, turning around underperforming businesses, programs or teams and driving standardization and automation at scale. Living our purpose: Mentoring and sponsoring people coming through the business and from outside. Proactively, supporting communities and social initiatives, and showing attention for the planet and sustainability Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek Arcadians with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful Arcadians will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success and igniting passion Be curious: Demonstrate and develop curiosity in oneself and others, bringing clients and Arcadians on a journey of discovery and co-creation. Have a global, strategic, and future thinking mindset. Are digitally-savvy, entrepreneurial and innovative. Build organizational networks that are value-adding, engaging and purposeful. Incorporate a human-centric, experimentation-led and continuous learning mindset to lead innovation and transformation. Actively engage diverse points of view and manage healthy issues-based conflict. Drive success: Create a sense of shared ownership and accountability balancing this with decisiveness and holding others to account for delivery. Take ownership for own responsibility, creating clarity and motivating and aligning others. Internalize organizational goals, making them one's own personal stretch goals. Are outcomes focused and tackle challenges head-on. Demonstrate commercial acumen in general, and specifically with regards to sustainable solutions. Actively shape the future of the organization. Ignite passion: Role model own commitment to improving quality of life and putting sustainability at the core. Apply an adaptive style to engagement that is culturally sensitive and appeals to the personal needs of others. Bring clarity and manage anxiety in others, through clear communication and inspiring storytelling. Integrate their work, helping others make the connection between their work and the bigger picture. Maintain personal resilience and rebound from setbacks and help others to do the same. Build trust through authenticity, demonstrating integrity and courage regarding own convictions. Main Working Contacts Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA (manager) Global Communications Director, Places (day-to-day working) GBA Comms Directors Corporate Communications Leadership team (including Global Internal Communications and External Communications leaders) Places APM Management Team Global Internal Communications Community of Practice Marketing team Marketing and Communications global service centre (GSSC) Change Centre of Excellence Tech and People teams Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. LI-MS2 LI-Hybrid

Responsibilities

Manage and deliver corporate communication initiatives for Advanced Process and Manufacturing (APM) as part of the Places Global Business Area strategy. Provide strategic internal communications and employee engagement advice to the APM business and management team.