Senior Internal Communications Officer – Professional Services Transformation Programme

Cardiff University; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff University is seeking a Senior Internal Communications Officer to support the Professional Services Transformation programme. The role focuses on influencing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of staff, ensuring they feel valued, informed and part of the change agenda.

It involves engaging across channels, coordinating networks and ensuring actions are followed through with accountability. The position is full-time and fixed-term for 18 months, with a salary of £41,064 – £46,049 per

Responsibilities

• Engage staff through timely communications across channels reflecting audience needs and information consumption habits
• Support networks and sponsorships, ensuring agendas are followed and owners are accountable
• Draft, curate and disseminate internal communications for the Professional Services Transformation programme
• Coordinate with stakeholders to promote inclusivity and awareness of change initiatives

Job description

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Senior Internal Communications Officer – Professional Services Transformation Programme

An opportunity has arisen to join the Professional Services Transformation programme team.

To influence the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of staff and effectively engage them in the strategic direction of the University so that they feel valued, informed and part of the University’s change agenda.

This role will support the Professional Services Transformation programme. All related staff communications should be:

• Relevant to all staff, or targeted to specific groups, depending on their needs and/or interests
• Timely – both strategic and reactive according to priorities of the Future Research Service programme of change
• Communicated via a range of channels that reflect both audience needs and information consumption habits
• Reflective of best-practice
• Utilising the full range of available stakeholders and sponsors.

They will also be required to participate in networks (both internal and external) to meet the requirements of the role and build mutually beneficial relationships.Setting and ensuring agendas are followed, actions and owners noted and held accountable, plus disseminate of information to participants.

Please ensure you have prior approval for a secondment before applying for this post.

The position is full-time and fixed-term for 18 months.

Salary:£41,064 - £46,049 per annum (Grade 6). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale unless in exceptional circumstances

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those under-represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or those with disabilities. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Hysbyseb Swydd

Uwch-swyddog Cyfathrebu Mewnol – Rhaglen Drawsnewid Gwasanaethau Proffesiynol

Mae cyfle wedi codi i ymuno â Thîm Rhaglen Trawsnewid y Gwasanaethau Proffesiynol.

Dylanwadu ar wybodaeth, agweddau ac ymddygiadau staff a'u cynnwys yn effeithiol yng nghyfeiriad strategol y Brifysgol fel eu bod yn teimlo eu bod yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi, yn wybodus ac yn rhan o agenda newid y Brifysgol.

Bydd y rôl hon yn cefnogi Rhaglen Trawsnewid y Gwasanaethau Proffesiynol. Dylai’r holl gyfathrebu staff perthnasol fodloni’r canlynol:

• Perthnasol i’r holl staff, neu grwpiau penodol, yn dibynnu ar eu hanghenion a/neu eu diddordebau
• Amserol – yn strategol ac yn ymatebol, yn unol â blaenoriaethau rhaglen newid Gwasanaeth Ymchwil y Dyfodol
• Yn cael ei rannu drwy amrywiaeth o sianeli sy’n adlewyrchu anghenion y gynulleidfa ac arferion defnyddio gwybodaeth
• Yn adlewyrchu arferion gorau
• Yn defnyddio'r ystod lawn o randdeiliaid a noddwyr sydd ar gael

Bydd gofyn iddynt hefyd gymryd rhan mewn rhwydweithiau (mewnol ac allanol) i fodloni gofynion y rôl a meithrin perthnasoedd sy’n fuddiol i'r ddwy ochr.Gosod agendâu a sicrhau eu bod yn cael eu dilyn, nodi camau gweithredu a’r rhai sy’n gyfrifol amdanynt a sicrhau eu bod yn atebol, a rhannu gwybodaeth i’r cyfranogwyr.

Sicrhewch fod gennych gymeradwyaeth ymlaen llaw ar gyfer secondiad cyn gwneud cais am y swydd hon.

Swydd amser llawn ac am gyfnod penodol o 18 mis yw hon.

Cyflog: £41,064 – £46,049 y flwyddyn (Gradd 6). Ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, penodir fel arfer ar waelod y raddfa gyflog ac eithrio o dan amgylchiadau eithriadol

Dyddiad hysbysebu: Dydd Mercher, 30 Medi 2026

Dyddiad cau: Dydd Mercher, 14 Hydref 2026

Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi ymrwymo i gefnogi a hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a chreu gweithle cynhwysol. Rydym o’r farn bod modd gwneud hyn drwy ddenu, datblygu a chadw ystod amrywiol o bobl o lawer o gefndiroedd gwahanol. Felly, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bobl o bob rhan o’r gymuned, beth bynnag fo’u rhyw, eu hethnigrwydd, eu hanabledd, eu cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, eu hunaniaeth draws, statws eu perthynas, eu crefydd neu eu cred, eu cyfrifoldebau gofalu neu eu hoedran. Rydym yn croesawu ac yn annog ceisiadau yn arbennig gan y rhai o grwpiau nad ydynt wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol o fewn gweithlu'r Brifysgol, fel y rhai sy'n uniaethu fel LGBT+, o gefndiroedd ethnig leiafrifol neu'r rhai ag anableddau. Er mwyn helpu ein cyflogeion i sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng eu gwaith a’u bywydau personol, byddwn hefyd yn ystyried cynigion i weithio’n hyblyg neu rannu swydd.

Caniateir i geisiadau gael eu cyflwyno yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn y Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.