Communications Rep Sr / Employee Engagement Lead

Job Description:

Accountable for employee communications and providing internal counsel to senior stakeholders.

• Lead international employee communications and engagement

• Development and for providing support for employee communications undertaken by the VP of International Business

• Effectively manage internal employee engagement activities primarily for employees in the UK but with a secondary need to support wider international requirements

• Driving the internal clients UK news agenda, working with colleagues in the corporate team and across business areas to generate and publish relevant and timely content

• Provision of consultative communications support to the clients UK leadership team and both development and delivery of functional internal communication plans

• Effectively producing supporting communications including written materials, electronic communications, presentations and events

• Increasing the positive impact and usability of the company intranet with internal stakeholders

• Developing and sustaining positive relationships with internal partners and business area communicators in support of employee engagement activities

• External benchmarking to identify and propose new technologies or enhancements to current processes which improve the delivery of employee engagement

• Effective stewardship of budgets assigned for delivery of internal communications and employee engagement programmes

• Support for other UK and international communications activities as may be required by the client

Required Skills:

• Strong communications experience across multiple-disciplines
• The candidate must be a motivated ambitious with broad experience and interest in the global security business with:
• Proven leadership, credibility, interpersonal and team skills.
• Ability to cultivate and maintain a close working relationship with business leaders, Corporate and Business Area Communications and Global Business Development as well as working effectively at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong knowledge of international affairs, awareness of current global issues and ability to work well with people from multiple cultures.
• Ability to cultivate and maintain close working relationships with media, government public affairs offices and in-country communication firms and businesses.
• Extensive experience in strategic communications, international and domestic media relations, and integrated communications planning to include both internal and external stakeholders.
• A proven track record of vision, creative thinking and effective decision-making.
• Ability to multi-task and work well under deadline pressure.
• Superior writing and communication skills.
• Broad experience interacting with and counselling senior executives.