Engagement and Communications Manager

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Job Description

Our people are at the heart of Wincanton. That's where your Engagement and Communication leadership comes in, as our Engagement and Communications Manager reporting into our Senior People Partner within our Group Transport sector. Creating and supporting the delivery of internal communications and engagement strategies, delivering a best-in-class colleague experience that helps to support driving the people agenda forward. Working in collaboration with sites and our union partners to develop and deliver our Communication Strategy.

Our culture is focused on being bold, curious and engaging. If you're looking to utilise your proactive, adaptable and resilient experiences in our fast paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering an internal communications strategy across our network in an unionised environment
• Support the delivery of our Industrial Relations strategy through appropriate engagement initiatives and communications
• Design and creation of mixed-media materials to include weekly / monthly newsletters, Viva Engage posting schedule, digital screen content creation and maintenance, ad hoc visual design requests.
• With the Regional People Partners, lead and develop our internal engagement forums to give our colleagues a voice and enable development of clear employee desired engagement activities
• Ensure communications campaigns are designed to support site initiatives, wellbeing activity and the Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging calendar of events
• Develop effective relationships with senior operational, People leads, Union partners and colleague champions to maximise colleagues' engagement in events, and lead on a campaign each month
• Design and support a clear communication plan for the operational teams
• Measure the effectiveness of ongoing site communications processes and ensure consistency of communications material across site and all teams
• Work closely with the People and Training teams to promote Apprenticeship activity and L&D opportunities, supporting the development of a learning culture across the contract
• Drive and promote the colleague engagement survey, providing support to local operational teams to help encourage high levels of completion, realistic action planning and delivery of key actions
• Develop and maintain links with third party providers, local community partners and media; promoting and facilitating networking opportunities and building relationships
• Work with operational stakeholders and Engagement Champions to drive and ensure a consistent approach across the network
• Support the People Partner team with ad-hoc projects where required to drive broader cultural development
• Be able to work independently and on own initiative as internal comms SME for the network
• Support brand group communication campaigns and initiatives, ensuring that they align to the customer requirements and be an active member of the Internal Communications Network

This role supports our sites across the country and will require frequent travel to sites. As we support a 24/7 operation you will need to support activities outside the traditional 9-5 on occasions but they will be yours to plan!

What Will You Bring To Our Team

We're looking for you to be proactive, adaptable and resilient and have the below experience.

• In depth knowledge and experience in internal communications roles
• Experience in a People/ Communication role in an unionised environment
• Logistics / retail background (desirable)
• Excellent relationship building skills at all levels with both senior stakeholders & customers
• Robust, resilient and diplomatic
• Capacity to work with a wide range of stakeholders with conflicting priorities
• Ability to meet deadlines and cope with pressure
• High levels of passion, positivity and drive

Our Culture & Benefits

In addition to a generous salary, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, colleague benefits include: online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Due to the requirement for travel this role attracts a Company Car benefit.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That's why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values; Excellence, Integrity, Passion, Proactivity, Togetherness & Trust. Apply Now!

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes.

Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future talent.

Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce

Wincanton champions a diverse workforce

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of Wincanton's people strategy

About Us

Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country. Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best-known companies.