Internal Communications Manager

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Job Description

Salary : Base salary: £38,550 to £45,350 depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% 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 an Internal Communications Manager at HS2 you will support the delivery of internal communications and engagement to inform and engage employees on HS2's progress against its purpose and priorities and help them understand how they contribute towards successful performance.

About the role:

• Work with the wider team to support the delivery of internal communications to inform and engage employees on business priorities and key milestones in delivering the railway

• Work with the Senior Internal Channels and Content Manager to provide an editorial calendar of content that brings to life the organisations priorities and shows progress in their delivery

• Work with the Senior Engagement Manager to deliver an employee experience strategy and approach which helps ensure employees feel connected to our business, with a focus on our values. Ensure appropriate activities (e.g. Values Weeks, Values Awards) and measures in place (e.g. regular engagement surveys) to help colleagues feel that HS2 Ltd is a great place to work

• Produce and publish internal communications content across channels as required, ensuring content is accessible, consistent and aligned to strategic business priorities and corporate KPIs

• 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

About You:

• Skills:

• The ability to plan, execute and complete projects on time and to required quality standards

• The ability to develop and deliver engaging internal communications messaging, aligned with strategic business objectives across a range of communications channels

• The ability to influence and negotiate with internal stakeholders

• Ability to grasp, understand and promote complex and sensitive issues in a persuasive way to different audience groups

• Ability to work with ambiguity and rapidly changing circumstances

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the development, delivery and measurement of best practice internal communications and engagement and their role in enhancing business performance

• Working knowledge of new and emerging internal communications tools, techniques and channels as well as evaluation techniques and practices.

• Knowledge of best practice employee engagement processes, including change management practices, tools and techniques

• Understanding of how to promote complex and sensitive issues in a persuasive way to different audiences

Type of experience:

• Developing and delivering comprehensive, evidence-based internal communications strategies and plans aligned with wider business objectives

• Development, delivery, and measurement of internal communications and resources planning, defining the processes and structures required to achieve success

• Delivering to agreed deadlines in a fast-changing environment

• Experience of designing and writing content for a range of channels

Behavioural competencies:

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with HS2's

• Health and Safety strategy and principles

• Company values

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.

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. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

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.