Communications Manager - EUANZ

Reckitt; Slough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hygiene and health company is seeking a Communications Manager to enhance internal communications for the EUANZ region. This role involves managing diverse stakeholders and mentoring communications champions to foster alignment with business priorities. The ideal candidate will have over seven years of experience in communications and a capacity to operate in a fast-paced, matrixed environment. Offers include a focus on well-being, parental benefits, and the opportunity for employee share ownership.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Employee share plans

Short-term incentives

Qualifications

• 7+ years communications experience across internal and/or external settings.
• Experience managing diverse stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Strong attention to detail and delivery.
• Experience working with partners and across a communications network.

Responsibilities

• Own the internal communications plan for EUANZ.
• Partner with the wider communications team to align on business priorities.
• Coach and mentor communications champions from across the regions.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to support their needs.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Listening skills

Writing skills

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Digital skills

Research skills

Time management skills

Adaptability

Stakeholder engagement and influence

Strategic thinking

Risk management

Business acumen

Leadership

Brand strategy

Relationship management

Job description

We are Reckitt Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Corporate Communications & External Affairs Our communications and external affairs team are at the very heart of Reckitt's brand, purpose and products, bringing them to life around the globe for our employees, consumers, investors, governments and our suppliers. It's a rewarding task, growing and protecting Reckitt's image and brand. Every day, we design public relations and communication strategies that build awareness, trust and relationships, while steering us away from reputational risk. We do this by gathering and maintaining knowledge of our policies, principles, and business strategies, while keeping up-to-date with relevant developments right across our business units and trusted brands. From digital, media and events to employee experience, strategic relationships, and community partners, we identify opportunities to deliver on our business and sustainability agenda, while proactively identifying storylines and opportunities to advance our narrative.

About the role Europe ANZ is a hugely exciting area with big ambitions, the original home of many of Reckitt’s powerbrands. This role would partner with the Communications Director EUANZ to support the Area teams in unleashing their full potential. This role works in close partnership with the Communications Director EUANZ and therefore has dual accountability into the CCA function leadership and the Area leadership.

The role will need to work closely with senior stakeholders to support the needs of their Regions, and must be comfortable deputising for the Communications Director EUANZ.

Your responsibilities

• Own the internal communications plan for EUANZ.
• Partner with the wider Communications team to understand our shared business priorities to ensure we’re aligned, but with our own clear ambition.
• Coach and mentor the communications champions from across the Regions, many of whom do not have a comms background but are keen to learn.
• Continuously work to ensure we’re bringing the right content, across the right channels, to the EUANZ team, horizon-scanning on new tools and engagement opportunities.

The experience we're looking for

• 7+ years communications experience across internal and/or external.
• Experience managing diverse stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Strong attention to detail and delivery.
• Experience working with partners and across a comms network.

Personal Attributes:

• Self-starter with high drive to deliver positive outcomes and enhance culture.
• Creative thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to operate within a fast-paced, highly matrixed organisation.
• Multi-tasking across numerous ongoing projects.
• Confidence to operate within a leadership team and counsel / guide on communications.
• Calm and considered at times of high pressure.
• Ability to manage high levels of ambiguity and change.

The skills for success Emotional intelligence, Listening skills, Writing skills, Presentation skills, Interpersonal skills, Digital skills, Research skills, Time management skills, Adaptability, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Strategic thinking, Risk management, Business Accumen, Leadership, Brand Strategy, Relationship management

What we offer With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.