Employee Engagement Specialist

Kuehne + Nagel; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is looking for an Employee Engagement Specialist in the UK. You will develop and implement communication strategies, engage with stakeholders, and support various initiatives aimed at enhancing colleague experiences. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills, creativity in content creation, and experience in employee engagement. Join us to make a positive impact and help foster a vibrant workplace culture.

Benefits

Contributory pension plan

Discounts and benefits through Route 2 Rewards

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing centre access

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills with ability to engage with stakeholders.
• Excellent copywriting skills for diverse audiences.
• Demonstrable experience in employee engagement is preferable.
• Creative and able to handle data and presentations.
• Independent and team-oriented worker.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit content for national communication channels.
• Support delivery of engagement initiatives and programs.
• Work with HR on feedback and insight for employee communication.
• Organize key internal events and workshops.
• Assist stakeholders in developing engagement materials.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Creative writing skills

Strong organisational skills

Experience as Employee Engagement Specialist

Ability to translate complex messages

Proficient in MS Office

Familiarity with Adobe packages

Passion for photography/videography

Education

Qualification in communications, marketing or journalism

Tools

MS Office

Adobe creative packages

Job description

Overview

Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG

Want to listen and learn from people across our business, before putting plans into action to keep them engaged? Want to bring to life our colleague experiences, taking stories from the ground to build blogs and stand out social media? This is the role for you. You’ll be working with key people across our all areas of our organisation to deliver communications which keep our colleagues informed and excited. You’ll provide invaluable support for the development, implementation, and embedding of our Kuehne+Nagel UK-wide engagement plan and strategy, gathering feedback as you go. Not only that, but you’ll support the development and creation of innovative communications, all while reinforcing Kuehne+Nagel’s brand. If you relish a challenge and want to be part of an exciting journey (and business), then we’ll be the right fit for you. Be ready to get to grips with our business – logistics is more interesting than you think. Our job is to support the people working hard across the UK to deliver for our customers, so we need to know what makes them tick. You’ll need to be able to embrace variety and be a quick learner, and before you know it you’ll be figuring out how one company can do everything from providing a red carpet for the King to moving a 15-tonne aeroplane engine.

What you will do / Responsibilities

• Write and edit: provide writing, formatting, proof-reading, and editing service to support the content creation for our national communication channels.
• Production of collateral: Support the delivery of Kuehne+Nagel UK’s initiatives and programmes, relating to colleague engagement. Developing presentations, and engagement collateral in a variety of formats (photographs, videos etc.) to drive our internal culture and align colleagues with our values.
• Support colleague engagement: work with HR to advise on feedback, insight, research and support in developing new messages and methods. Support the delivery of organisational objectives relating to colleague engagement.
• Support preparations for key internal events, taking on a wide range of responsibilities as necessary to ensure the successful delivery.
• Support a variety of stakeholders: Assist stakeholders by supporting in developing engagement materials (such as briefing documents, statements, and FAQs), including any that may be required for external stakeholders.
• Recognise success: supporting the national colleague awards.
• Workshops: manage the organisation of workshops, including scheduling and compiling presentation material.
• Administrative support: manage the purchasing of goods and services, liaising with internal support functions, approved suppliers and wider communications team.
• Work with regional and global teams: liaise with the central Kuehne+Nagel communications team and follow guidance on corporate content.
• Measure and improve: Track our progress and keep our dashboard up-to-date through our relevant tools (e.g. survey tool, focus groups, analytics) to measure how effective communication is, understand what’s working and what needs to improve, and use this to drive improvements.

What we would like you to bring / Qualifications

• Demonstrate strong communication skills coupled with the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
• Creative with excellent copy writing skills (English) for a variety of audiences
• Strong organisational skills along with the ability to collate and analyse data and presentation skills.
• Demonstrable experience as an Employee Engagement Specialist, ideally dealing with a diverse/disparate employee base which includes operational, frontline and functional colleagues
• Positive, self-starter, ambitious, resilient, solutions-focused with a desire to work in employee engagement
• Able to translate complex messages into engaging stories, copy and visuals
• Able to work effectively as an individual and part of a team; creating trust with colleagues
• Proficient in MS Office and familiarity with creative Adobe packages. A relevant qualification in communications, marketing or journalism (desired but not essential)
• Passion and skills for photography/videography (desired but not essential).

What’s in it for you / Benefits

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will make sure that you’re rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme, which offers everything from discounts, benefit information, recognition and its own wellbeing centre. We care for our colleagues (and their immediate family) with our employee assistance programme providing access to 24/7 GP, legal and financial advice along with mental health counselling. All of this to help you live a happier and healthier life. As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.