Senior Communications Manager

Confidential; West Kirby; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Liverpool seeks a Senior Communications Manager for a hands-on interim role, hybrid working. You will partner with delivery teams across 9 transformation projects, driving agile comms plans and ensuring coherent messaging for internal staff and external stakeholders.

Available immediately, the contract runs through to end of March. The role emphasises execution, stakeholder engagement, governance comms, and delivering high-tempo outputs under tight timelines.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on communications partner with multi-project experience.
• Experience in government/regulatory/public sector contexts is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and execution focus required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute communication plans across 9 transformation projects.
• Provide operational comms advice to project leads and senior stakeholders.
• Manage internal change communications to support staff through new ways of working.
• Deliver targeted external engagement to key governance stakeholders and audiences.
• Map audience-specific delivery plans, messaging, and campaign rollouts.
• Maintain high-tempo delivery against tight program milestones.

Skills

Comms business partner

Stakeholder management

Multi-project comms

Execution mindset

Job description

Senior Communications Manager - (Hybrid / Liverpool) - £550-£650/day (Interim to March)

Join a leading public sector regulatory body for an immediate interim contract running through to March. Acting as a dedicated Comms Business Partner, you will drive hands-on delivery and coordination across 9 transformation projects within a major change program.

Role

• Function as a hands-on Comms Business Partner, coordinating and executing communication plans across 9 concurrent transformation projects.
• Provide detailed operational comms advice to project leads and senior stakeholders to ensure all activity fits together seamlessly.
• Manage internal change communications to support staff through new ways of working and operational updates.
• Deliver targeted external engagement activity, ensuring key governance stakeholders, members, and external audiences understand key changes.
• Work closely with senior comms leads to map out audience-specific delivery plans, key messaging, and campaign rollouts.
• Hit the ground running to maintain high-tempo delivery against tight program timelines and milestones.

About you

• Proven track record as a hands-on Communications Business Partner with strong experience managing multi-project comms plans.
• Experience working within government, regulatory bodies, or complex public sector frameworks.
• Strong background managing both internal employee change comms and external stakeholder communications.
• Pragmatic "doer" mindset-focused on execution, coordination, and delivery rather than high-level strategic design.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, comfortable liaising with heads of department and operational project teams.
• Available to start immediately for an interim contract running until end of March.

If you are an execution-focused communications contractor available for an immediate start. Get yourself involved in delivering key project communications for a high-profile public regulator. Develop your portfolio and become part of an active transformation team.

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