Royal Navy Communications: Internal Communications Manager

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB SUMMARY

Royal Navy Communications and Influence (RN Comms) are looking for a passionate and motivated Internal Communications (IC) Manager to join our team and help keep the internal audience informed and engaged.
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of communications. Working alongside the IC Team Leader and closely with Royal Navy (RN) Defence leaders and project teams, the post consults and advises on internal communications to develop, plan and evaluate internal communications campaigns across the workforce (both military and civilian)
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role comes within the Internal Communications team of the Communications and Influence Department: functions involve the creation of internal communications content, providing communications consultancy to departments, and managing and improving internal communications channels.
Working in a team of people from military and civilian backgrounds, the Internal Communications Manager works with our internal Military experts, focusing on the requirements of the RN civilian and uniformed workforce.

Key tasks include:

• Working alongside the Royal Navy Internal Communications Team Leader to implement the RN IC Strategy
• Provide internal communications consultancy, encouraging stakeholders to adopt best practice IC
• Creation and tailoring of communications content for internal audiences
• Develop, plan, execute and evaluate campaigns and communications activities
• Line Management of the Internal Communications Assistant

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Government Communication Service: Ideas - Internal Communications
• Government Communication Service: Implementation - Internal Communications

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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Things you need to know

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Government Communication Service: Ideas - Internal Communications
• Government Communication Service: Implementation - Internal Communications
  When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
  At interview you will be assessed against the following:

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Government Communication Service: Ideas - Internal Communications
• Government Communication Service: Implementation - Internal Communications
  Government-Communications-Professional-Competency-Framework.pdf
  Application forms will be sifted and candidates selected for the next stage will be invited to a face to face interview.
  The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
  As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
  Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
  Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Royal Navy Internal Communications Manager focuses on ensuring effective delivery of internal communications campaigns to the civilian and military workforce (supported by military team counterparts for audience insight). The post holder must have strong communications skills to ensure that the RN whole force workforce remain promptly and accurately informed of matters of relevance to them. You will also be required to assist with both RN IC and Defence joint campaigns as required.

Areas include:

• Implementing the principles of the RN Internal Communications (RN IC) Strategy, based on the direction set in the RN Communications Strategy and fine tuning as priorities change within the organisation.
• Providing IC consultancy to RN leaders and project teams, encouraging the adoption of best practice IC.
• Developing, planning and executing campaigns and communications activities.
• Reports to the RN Internal Communications Team Leader, providing an overview of all MOD IC and MOD campaign activities and briefing on key matters
• Creating and tailoring communications content for the internal audiences.
• Working with the RN Internal Communications Team Leader and the Strategy Team, to evaluate and measure the impact of IC activities.
• Gather audience insight and internal communications campaign feedback to support continuous improvement of communications
• Act as champion of IC channels and expert in using and managing them for effect audience engagement, advising on use and continuous improvement
• Line Manager to the Internal Communications Assistant and oversee, plan and coordinate their professional development activities
• Act as RN Comms Duty Officer within the roster
• Collaborate with internal and external agencies as required to deliver delegated outputs.
• Engage with MOD, DDC Strategy and Campaigns, external organisations and other key personnel to gain insight to support ongoing campaign planning and delivery.
• Crisis and major incident communications support as required

Key tasks include:

• Working alongside the Royal Navy Internal Communications Team Leader to implement the RN IC Strategy
• Provide internal communications consultancy, encouraging stakeholders to adopt best practice IC
• Creation and tailoring of communications content for internal audiences
• Develop, plan, execute and evaluate campaigns and communications activities
• Line Management of the Internal Communications Assistan