Internal Communication Executive

Consortium; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Law Society of Scotland is seeking an experienced Internal Communications Executive to join a busy team. The role focuses on maximising engagement with members, staff, media and parliamentarians, through strategic content and channel management.

You will develop and deliver internal communications plans, gather feedback, and measure impact across various audiences, including colleagues and the Council. Hybrid working is offered.

Qualifications

• Degree or relevant experience in communications.
• Experience in communications, public relations or related field.
• Ability to identify, create and implement engagement activities.
• Ability to gather and present complex information clearly.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implement an internal communications strategy.
• Create content across channels: email, intranet, videos, events and presentations.
• Identify opportunities to boost employee engagement with colleagues and groups.
• Develop a content calendar to keep communications timely and relevant.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to align messages with goals and values.
• Coordinate with IT on change programmes to improve ways of working.
• Lead comms for engagement surveys from launch to reporting.
• Measure effectiveness and recommend improvements based on data.
• Lead comms for recruitment and engagement of committees and Council.

Skills

Degree in comms

Experience in comms

Education

Degree in comms

Job description

Permanent position at the Law Society of Scotland

Salary of £34,147 per annum

Role involves managing internal communications and engagement

Requires degree or relevant experience in communications

Offers hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Internal Communications Executive, Permanent, 35 hours per week, £34,147pa

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced internal communications executive to join the Law Society of Scotland.

Who we are

We are the professional body for over 14,000 Scottish solicitors.

As well as setting standards for and regulating solicitor to ensure the provision of excellent legal services and that the public can have confidence in Scotland’s legal profession, we work to influence the creation of a fairer and more just society through active engagement with the Scottish and United Kingdom governments, parliaments, wider stakeholders and our membership.

We also provide wide-ranging support to help our members thrive through our wide-ranging member services, support and engagement. We engage with schools through our Street Law and school debating tournament and engage with law students throughout their legal education journey.

The role

The Internal Communications Executive reports into the Head of Communications and plays an important role within a busy communications team with a wide and varied remit. The team is responsible for maximising engagement with a range of audiences from Law Society of Scotland members, the media, public and parliamentarians to our internal stakeholders who include colleagues and our governing Council and committees

As internal communications executive, you will play a key and specialist role within the Communications Team, as we seek to maximise engagement with our internal audiences, including colleagues and our volunteer community.

The role manages regular communications which include our weekly videos and newsletters and monthly townhall meetings, and will have additional responsibility for gathering feedback, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing new engagement exercises.

You will advise on best practice, developing strategy and content and implementing internal communications plans to improve and measure internal engagement.

The Candidate

You will be a motivated and high performing team player, with an excellent communications and engagement track record. You will have a flair for developing and delivering content across a range of channels for our internal audiences and your excellent attention to detail will be balanced with the ability to see and contribute to the bigger picture.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of an internal communications strategy for the organisation, including its key messaging, communication channels, and tactical approach
• Create and deliver internal communications content using a range of internal communication channels, including email, intranet, videos, events and presentations
• Identify opportunities to promote and strengthen employee engagement. This will include working with colleagues within the wider Comms Team as well as our Colleague Community Action Group and equality, diversity and inclusion group to engage and inform colleagues about their work
• Develop and maintain a content calendar to ensure that internal communications are timely and relevant
• Work with key stakeholders across the organisation, including the senior leadership team, to ensure all internal communication is clear, consistent, and aligned with our goals and values
• Work with our IT team on our change programme to improve the way we work and deliver services
• Lead on comms for our employee engagement survey, from launch to reporting, working with the Law Society’s Research Team to garner insights and feedback from colleagues
• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of internal communications, and recommend improvement based on feedback and data analysis
• Lead on comms on recruitment and engagement of our committee and Council members.
• Assist with crisis communications, ensuring all employees are informed and up-to-date
• Carry out any other reasonable duties that may be required by the Head of Communications

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Degree or appropriate experience in communications, public relations or related field.
• Experience of working within communications, public relations, digital comms and marketing role in-house or agency
• Ability to identify, create and implement compelling engagement and communications activities/campaigns which will engage our internal audiences
• Ability to swiftly gather, assess and communicate sometimes complex information in an appropriate and understandable format to engage audiences using the most appropriate channels
• Ability to work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the organisation
• Knowledge of best practices for internal communications
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to analyse and evaluate engagement and communications activity, reporting in a concise and action-orientated way

Desirable

• A qualification in communications/PR/marketing is desirable but not essential.

What we offer our colleagues

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:

• A hybrid working environment.
• Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• A competitive pension provision scheme
• Excellent family friendly benefits
• Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
• Private medical insurance including dental and optical.
• Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering.

We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce.

This vacancy will close at 11:30am on 11 November 2026.