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Employee Communications Manager 9 Month Full Time Contract

Barclays

London

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GBP 60,000 - 70,000

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Job summary

A leading financial services company seeks an Employee Communications Manager for a 9-month contract in London. The role involves developing internal communication strategies, engaging employees, and advising senior leaders on effective communication. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in corporate communications and a strong understanding of financial services.

Qualifications

Extensive experience in Corporate Communications, ideally in Employee Communications.
Experience in financial services and ability to understand technical subjects.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute internal communication strategies aligned with business objectives.
Provide strategic counsel on communication and employee engagement initiatives.
Work closely with senior executives to communicate a compelling vision.

Skills

Corporate Communications

Employee Engagement

Strategic Thinking

Education

Communications

Marketing Communications

Journalism

Economics

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As a Vice President in the Employee Communications team supporting Coo and functions, you will work in a fast-paced team environment to develop and execute internal communication strategies that align to our functions’ objectives and priorities, and work closely with senior executives to help them communicate a compelling vision and strategy.

You will provide end-to-end strategic counsel on communication and employee engagement initiatives, and work closely with our brand, media, and social teams to ensure a strategic and consistent approach to storytelling.

You also will use detailed, systematic data and insight to help senior leaders understand employee sentiment, and empower them to communicate empathetically with their teams and help build believe in the strategy and the progress being made.

To be successful as a Employee Communications Vice President, you should have experience with:

Previous extensive experience working in a Corporate Communications team, ideally in Employee Communications.
Studies in Communications, Marketing Communications, Journalism, English, Economics, or a closely-related field or extensive work experience.
Experience in financial services and ability to understand technical subjects.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This position is located from our London office.

Purpose of the role

To build strong and effective partnerships with the senior leadership of the organisation, advising on how to engage and influence employees to achieve the business’s goals, through an insight-based employee communications strategy, backed up with outstanding execution capability.

Accountabilities

Leadership communication, using detailed, systematic insight research to help senior leaders understand employee sentiment, and empower them to communicate empathetically with their people.
Business strategy alignment, building belief in the strategy of the organisation, and the progress being made, with a strong focus on the impact employees have on the client experience.
Culture and employee proposition communication, designing and implementing communication interventions that influence individual behaviour to create a culture built on the Barclays Mindset; demonstrate why the organisation is a great place to work.
Change delivery, creating communication interventions that build employee commitment and capability through organisational change.
Crisis and issues management, working closely with the senior team as part of the management response, focused on the role of employees in engaging clients.
Capability building, leading and developing a high-performing team, building individual skills and team capabilities.

Vice President Expectations

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Executive

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Banking and Financial Services

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