About this role
Base salary £54'878pa to c £64'562pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As a Senior Internal Communications and Engagement Manager at HS2 you will have a key role in delivering HS2’s internal communications and engagement strategy, aligned to strategic priorities and our employee value proposition, so that we can help employees understand how they successfully contribute to our company purpose, and ensure everyone feels informed, valued and engaged.
About the role :
To enable the delivery of HS2, the External Affairs Directorate manages relationships and communications with key internal and external stakeholders to:
• protect and promote HS2's reputation
• increase understanding, engagement and co-operation in the workforce
• build understanding, support, co-operation and advocacy for the delivery of HS2 and its benefits.
About You:
Skills
- The ability to develop and deliver engaging internal communications messaging, aligned with strategic business objectives across a range of communications channels to a wide and varied audience.
- The ability to produce and present information, through a range of mediums, to a variety of stakeholders and to engage and respond to queries and requests in a way that fosters collaboration.
- The ability to plan, execute and complete projects to agreed deadlines and required quality standards.
- The ability to influence and negotiate with senior internal stakeholders.
- The ability to engage and communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Ability to understand and promote complex and sensitive issues in a persuasive way to different audience groups.
- The ability to manage online channels including intranets and e-newsletters, along with video capture and editing skills.
- Events management skills, including logistics, planning, technical requirements and delivery.
- The ability to independently manage and deliver individual and functional goals.
- Ability to work in a consistently evolving organization.
Knowledge
- Working knowledge of the development, delivery and measurement of best practice internal communications and its role in enhancing business performance
- Knowledge of new and emerging internal communications tools, techniques and channels as well as evaluation techniques and practices.
- Knowledge of best practice employee engagement approaches, including survey processes, change management practices, tools and techniques.
- Project management tools and application within corporate communications.
- Knowledge of public affairs, media relations, corporate communications, community engagement, social media and campaigns.
Experience:
- Experience at senior management level developing and delivering comprehensive, evidence-based internal communications and engagement strategies and plans aligned with wider business objectives .
- Experience working on large-scale transformation programmes and using change impact analysis to inform appropriate communication approach.
- Experience of developing and delivering engagement campaigns.
- Providing counsel on internal corporate communications and engagement to Executives and senior leaders across large, complex , fast-paced matrix organisations.
- Development, delivery, and measurement of internal communications and resources planning, defining the processes and structures required to achieve success.
- Experience delivering high quality engagement communications to agreed deadlines.
- Experience of designing and writing content for a range of internal communications channels.
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives , policies and procedures on EDI.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant . Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce , your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.
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Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership .
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.