Internal Communications Manager

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Equity in the business

Flexible hours

Learning and development budget

Flat structure

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Sheffield is seeking an Internal Communications Manager to bridge leadership and staff as the team grows. You will craft updates, newsletters, and leadership messages and manage the internal communications calendar across email, Slack, and meetings.

In a hybrid role, you’ll partner with founders and department heads, run employee surveys, translate strategy into actionable messages, and steer crisis communications.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in internal communications or PR or a related role
• Strong written English with the ability to switch tone between formal updates and Slack posts
• Comfortable with ambiguity in startup environments
• Experience using internal comms tools such as Slack, Notion or an intranet platform
• Confident presenting ideas to senior leadership without needing everything signed off first
• Basic grasp of employee engagement metrics and how to read survey results

Responsibilities

• Write and distribute internal updates, newsletters and leadership messages that people actually read
• Build and manage an internal communications calendar across email, Slack and company-wide meetings
• Partner with founders and department heads to translate strategy into messages staff can act on
• Run employee engagement surveys and turn results into visible changes
• Manage crisis and change communications when the business shifts direction quickly
• Support onboarding communications so new starters understand culture and priorities from day one

Skills

Internal communications

Strong written English

Present ideas to leadership

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

Slack

Notion

Intranet platform

Job description

Perfect role for a mid professional looking to grow their PR & Communications career in Sheffield.

Internal communications has stopped being a nice-to-have. As companies scale fast and teams go hybrid, the gap between leadership and staff widines unless someone is actively closing it. This growing startup, part of a wider PR & Communications sector that's investing heavily in employee engagement, needs an Internal Communications Manager who can build that bridge from scratch and keep it standing as headcount grows.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Write and distribute internal updates, newsletters and leadership messages that people actually read
• Build and manage an internal communications calendar across email, Slack and company-wide meetings
• Partner with founders and department heads to translate strategy into messages staff can act on
• Run employee engagement surveys and turn the results into visible changes, not just a slide deck
• Manage crisis and change communications when the business shifts direction quickly
• Support onboarding communications so new starters understand culture and priorities from day one

Here are the skills you’ll need:

• 2-4 years’ experience in internal communications, PR or a related communications role
• Strong written English with the ability to switch tone between formal updates and casual Slack posts
• Comfortable working with ambiguity. Startups change plans mid-week and the plan has to change with them
• Experience using internal comms tools such as Slack, Notion or an intranet platform
• Confidence presenting ideas to senior leadership without needing everything signed off first
• Basic grasp of employee engagement metrics and how to read a survey result properly

Key perks and benefits:

• Salary of £35,500 to £47,000, depending on experience
• Hybrid working, with time split between the Sheffield office and home
• Equity in the business, so growth benefits you directly
• Flexible hours and a genuine learning and development budget
• Flat structure. You'll speak directly to founders, not through three layers of management

Why pursue a career in PR & Communications?

PR & Communications has grown well beyond press releases. Internal communications now sits at the centre of how businesses retain staff, manage change and build culture that actually holds together under pressure. Sheffield has a growing cluster of ambitious startups and scale-ups, which makes it a genuinely good base for anyone building a career in this field right now. Get a few years in as an Internal Communications Manager and the next step, whether that's a Head of Comms role or something broader in People and Culture, tends to follow quickly.