Internal Communications Officer - London, United Kingdom - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £31,120 - £37,260

National: £31,120 £33,085 London: £34,410 £37,260 An additional £5,050 communications allowance is applicable to this role
Job grade:
Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
BEIS
Corporate Services
Corporate Services
Communications
Type of role:
Communications / Marketing
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

Job summary:

Our Mission
At BEIS, we are leading the UK's recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

We lead on the UK's commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

Our Inclusive Environment

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves.

We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension.

We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer.

We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

Job description:

BEIS' internal communication is known across Whitehall for its distinctive and high performing employee engagement results. The awardwinning team is at the heart of BEIS' leadership and decisionmaking and influences departmental culture and behaviour through a high impact programme of communication and engagement.
From backing business to tackling climate change, this exciting role will play an important part in engaging staff in our mission to lead Britain's recovery.
Our Internal Communications Officers work across a number of key areas. You will be expected to support on one or a number of these in the course of your work.

These areas include:

Generating staff understanding of, and advocacy for the department's key policy areas.
Helping people find what they need to do their jobs and to navigate changes in corporate processes as these are introduced.
Supporting our top team so they engage with teams across the department in the right ways, build confidence in their leadership and visibility.

Staff engagement will be a crucial element to the success of this role.

You will need to find creative ways to elicit views and feedback from staff to ensure internal engagement and strategies we create are based on evidence and staff feedback.

This post provides a great opportunity to work alongside senior leaders in BEIS, to shape the culture of the organisation, develop innovative communication approaches, and continue developing one of Whitehall's most highly performing internal communication teams

Person specification:

Working within the internal communications team, you will support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of effective communications and engagement activity in support of our strategic priorities

You will:

Support the delivery of engaging internal events and internal communications activities which create motivated, knowledgeable and enthusiastic advocates for BEIS, and it's policies, whilst also keeping line managers and colleagues aware of issues that affect them.
Use a variety of digital channels, technologies and platforms to create and manage visual internal content, provide effective twoway communication between employees, and deliver seamless hybrid events.
Create engaging and thoughtprovoking articles by identifying interesting and unique stories around the department.
Engage with key partners around the organisation to agree relevant outcomes and objectives and provide proactive strategies and approaches to deliver these.
Ensure alignment and consistency of messaging across all communications and manage events and projects as required.
Identify the best methods of communicating, engaging with, and gaining insight from our audiences using a range of data sources; making recommendations around channel, format, frequency, content and delivery, and working closely with internal communication colleagues on delivery, including through our digital channels.
Champion BEIS strategic messages, val