Internal Communications Lead

A leading healthcare logistics company is recruiting for an Internal Communications Lead who will be responsible for designing and delivering the Internal Communications strategy. The post holder will strategically lead, and be accountable for, the internal communications function, providing professional advice, expertise, and leadership on all aspects of internal communications to the Executive Team and Senior Leaders.

They are currently in the process of integrating four new organisations into the business and driving a considerable amount of change to help us achieve their 10-year vision. The Internal Communications Lead will be a critical part of supporting this integration – taking colleagues along the change journey to help them understand the organisation’s vision and the role they play.

The role will support those ambitious plans and be responsible for informing, educating and engaging colleagues to support the delivery of the organisational priorities.  The role will work closely with the Executive team, and leadership team of the business to establish the right continued engagement and input to maximise the impact of the function.

The role will also build relationships with communications teams within the wider group on key topics, as well as looking to leverage the communications channels of both organisations effectively. They will be responsible for engaging, effective and impactful internal communications, across the breadth of the logistics company, working with communications leads within partner organisations.

The role will need to evolve the use of technology to support communications activities, managing current channels and content, as well as looking to evolve how data sources and insights can be better leveraged to improve the impact of the function.

As they continue its transformation, the focus for internal communications will include both the continued engagement and understanding of the current operation, as well as providing communications support for the change management activities to ensure projects are implemented well.

What skills, qualifications and qualities do I need to be successful?

• Experience in designing and delivering an internal communications strategy in complex organisations and geographically dispersed workforce
• Experience of setting clear KPIs and showing a ROI
• Experience of advising senior managers on complex internal communications challenges, including crisis communications
• Experience of influencing at a senior level
• Experience of successfully influencing staff at all levels within an organisation
• Experience of successfully managing complex projects, involving multiple stakeholders, from start to finish
• Analytical skills to identify and evaluate internal communication needs and challenges.
• Experience of working within a complex organisation with many key stakeholders IT skills especially Microsoft Word / Adobe / PowerPoint

If you have the relevant experience and this opportunity sounds interesting, then please get in touch with a copy of your CV as soon as possible via the form below.

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