Communications Officer

Salary: £36,000 – £39,600 per year

Communications Officer

Location: Hersham (home based for now)

Salary: £36,000 – £39,600PA Pro Rata

Duration: 6 Month FTC

Summary of a Communications Officer

The role will support the employee communications team, specifically sourcing and developing multi-channel content, managing stakeholder requests, as well as helping with employee communications activity as advised by the Communications Lead for the UK, Ireland, Israel, Italy and Norway (UKIII) sub-region. You will also support the Head of European Communication with specific projects and ad hoc requests.

Key Responsibilities of a Communications Officer

* Support the re-launch and execution of the FY21 employee communications plan for the UKIII sub region

* Support leadership communication sessions

* Establish and manage ‘Ask management’ mailbox

* Regularly produce the monthly UKIII newsletter and maintain distribution list

* Source, research, and write articles

* Develop simple communications plan for projects with guidance from the Comms Lead

* Manage the UKIII Yammer site including regularly producing relevant copy

* Edit to house style and publish content on the CorpNEWS (Sharepoint based news intranet site)

* Support the UK D&IB (Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging) action team

* Support specific projects as advised by the Head of European Communication including but not limited to European-wide HR communication initiatives.

Key competencies of a Communications Officer

* At least 12 months relevant experience gained from an inhouse or agency environment

* Experience in copywriting and editing

* Excellent oral and written communication skills

* The ability to take your own initiative, self motivated, confident, and proactive

* A great team player; ability to connect with people remotely and build a network – even once we all return to the office, the majority of our contacts are based at remote sites

* A degree in PR, communications, journalism or relevant field

Please note: As you can appreciate we are currently overwhelmed with applications and we can therefore only contact those applications that have relevant skills for positions that we currently have available. Should you not hear from us within a week, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

March Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and complies with all relevant UK legislation. If you are successful in your application, you will be required to attend a full registration with one of our Consultants which will involve you providing a current passport, any relevant visas and completing relevant tests and a full competency based interview.

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