Internal Communications Lead

at  Beam

Job Title: Internal Communications Lead
Reporting to: Chief People Officer
Location: Bristol, Hybrid 3 Days/Week onsite
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 depending on skills and experience
As Internal Communications Lead, you will be the chief storyteller, working across the organization to ensure our mission, vision and values run through everything we do, empowering senior leaders and staff to communicate bi-directionally and share knowledge effectively. Reporting to our Chief People Officer in this newly created role your communications will resonate with our globally diverse workforce, ensuring everyone is informed, feels inspired, engaged and are proud to represent Beam.
You will build and maintain great working relationships at all levels throughout the business, producing material on behalf of all business functions and supporting leaders with effective communication delivery.

ABOUT US

At Beam, we bring the technology to transform offshore wind through AI and robotic automation, alongside the determination to tackle the significant challenges ahead. We’re committed to making the transition to renewable energy a reality.
Through industry-defining R&D and transformative partnerships, we’re reshaping what it means to work in offshore wind. Beam is making wind farm development more efficient, reducing risk, complexity and cost, while helping to cure an unsustainable dependence on oil and gas.
Together, we are Beam. And we’re leading the charge towards a sustainable future.
Benefits
At Beam, we’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Our hybrid-remote approach and state-of-the-art Office Hubs provide a welcoming space designed to nurture your creativity, productivity and well-being.

In addition you’ll get an extensive range of benefits so you can focus on doing your very best work:

• Flexible, hybrid working so you can work when is best for you
• 25 days annual leave to start with increasing to 35 days after 6 years + bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, including Dental, optical which can be extended to your family
• Career and learning development through paid courses, conferences and events
• Curiosity fund – up to £500 to spend on learning which is not role related
• Up to 10% company bonus
• Pension up to 6% company contribution
• Life assurance 4X base salary
• Volunteering day, to give back to your local community
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recognition & rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviours
• Flexible working options including, reduced hours, job share, phased return to work, term time working, compressed hours
• We’re a sociable, tight-knit team with monthly socials
• Hybrid working, Most teams work in our offices 2+ days a week to collaborate and be hands-on with our technology

BEAM IS AN EXCITING AND DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MEANING THESE ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE AS WE GROW. UPON JOINING YOUR OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

You will own and lead on an internal communications strategy, to enable meaningful two-way communication with staff; promote staff engagement; encourage organization-wide collaboration; ensure staff understand company objectives, priorities, and key messages; and disseminate major updates in a timely and consistent manner. You’ll manage day to day internal corporate communications, advising and supporting internal and external stakeholders and will be responsible for managing the development of our internal communications channels.
You will ensure that priority projects, particularly change management, are given adequate resource. You will deliver support and advice across the organization on internal communications best practice and will deliver a calendar of engagement activities, using personas to develop content and targeted messaging.

WE KNOW IT’S TOUGH, BUT PLEASE TRY TO AVOID THE CONFIDENCE GAP. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MATCH ALL THE LISTED REQUIREMENTS EXACTLY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE:

• Significant experience in a senior internal communications role, developing strategy and with demonstrable track record in developing and managing impactful communications activities.
• A strong understanding of brand and corporate identity, with experience of acting as a brand champion and guardian particularly with internal stakeholders and translating values into behaviours.
• Excellent written communications skills with significant experience of creating high quality, compelling communications that support the vision, values and strategic direction across a range of different media.
• Experience of building and developing relationships with a range of stakeholders as well as excellent diplomacy, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Experience of working directly with senior leadership, influencing and supporting their internal communications to staff.
• An audience-focused approach to communications with a demonstrable ability to adapt messages and methods to meet the needs of specific groups.
• Ability to evaluate internal communications campaigns against corporate objectives and use this to inform the development of future activities.
• Ability to innovate, identify opportunities for improvement, and respond to a changing internal context and to evolving internal communications best practice.
• Experience of creating and curating internal communications to a UK/US/European workforce in a fast-growing scaleup environment would be highly desirable.

In addition you’ll get an extensive range of benefits so you can focus on doing your very best work:

• Flexible, hybrid working so you can work when is best for you
• 25 days annual leave to start with increasing to 35 days after 6 years + bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, including Dental, optical which can be extended to your family
• Career and learning development through paid courses, conferences and events
• Curiosity fund – up to £500 to spend on learning which is not role related
• Up to 10% company bonus
• Pension up to 6% company contribution
• Life assurance 4X base salary
• Volunteering day, to give back to your local community
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recognition & rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviours
• Flexible working options including, reduced hours, job share, phased return to work, term time working, compressed hours
• We’re a sociable, tight-knit team with monthly socials
• Hybrid working, Most teams work in our offices 2+ days a week to collaborate and be hands-on with our technolog