Analyst II-Communications Specialist

Darwinbox Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; India; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwinbox Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

is seeking a Communications Specialist - Analyst II to support the HR Communications team in developing clear, audience-appropriate communications that explain HR programs, initiatives, priorities, and changes. You will collaborate with U.S.-based teams to translate business needs into coordinated messages and manage multiple workstreams across geographies and time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Marketing, Human Resources, Business, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Typically 4+ years of relevant professional experience in employee communications, internal communications, HR communications, corporate communications, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and editing professional communications for employee or internal audiences.
• Experience developing communication plans, communication calendars, or stakeholder cascade plans.
• Experience coordinating communications across multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and initiatives.
• Experience supporting Human Resources, Talent Management, Employee Communications, or other people-related programs strongly preferred.
• Experience working with U.S.-based or global stakeholders preferred.
• Global Capability Center or shared-services experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and coordinate written communications supporting HR programs, initiatives, processes, and priorities.
• Develop clear and concise communications for employee, leader, and HR audiences.
• Translate complex HR information into accessible, audience-appropriate messaging.
• Develop communications such as announcements, emails, leader messages, talking points, FAQs, toolkits, presentations, and related materials.
• Edit and proofread communications for clarity, consistency, accuracy, tone, grammar, and alignment with established standards.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback while maintaining message clarity and consistency.
• Develop communication plans for assigned HR initiatives, identifying audiences, messages, timing, channels, owners, and required deliverables.
• Build cascade plans that clarify how information should move through leaders, HR teams, managers, and employees.
• Develop leader and manager resources that support effective message cascade and reinforce consistent communication.
• Identify communication dependencies, sequencing requirements, and potential gaps before launch.
• Coordinate communication timing across multiple stakeholder groups to support an organized employee and leader experience.
• Track communication milestones and follow through on outstanding actions and approvals.
• Support development and maintenance of functional HR communication plans and calendars.
• Partner with HR stakeholders to understand upcoming initiatives, key dates, communication needs, and audience considerations.
• Help organize individual communication requests into a coordinated functional plan rather than isolated messages.
• Identify potential communication conflicts, overlaps, or opportunities to combine and streamline messaging.
• Maintain visibility to planned communications, key milestones, owners, and status.
• Support recurring planning discussions and communication reviews with U.S.-based partners.
• Serve as a day-to-day communications partner for assigned HR stakeholders and workstreams.
• Partner closely with the U.S.-based HR Communications team to ensure alignment with communication priorities, standards, and approaches.
• Gather information and requirements from subject-matter experts and translate them into effective communication deliverables.
• Manage review and approval cycles and ensure feedback is incorporated accurately and efficiently.
• Communicate status, risks, dependencies, and required decisions proactively.
• Build productive working relationships across HR functions, geographies, and organizational levels.

Skills

Written English

Clear messaging

Communication planning

Internal comms

Message simplification

Project management

Time zone coordination

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Communications Specialist - Analyst II serves as anextension of the HR Communications team, supporting the development andexecution of communications that help employees and leaders understand key HRprograms, initiatives, priorities, and changes.

This role is responsible for developing clear,audience-appropriate written communications, creating communication andcascade plans, and coordinating functional communication plans from initialrequest through delivery. The Communications Specialist partners closely withU.S.-based HR Communications, Talent Management, Leadership Development, andother HR stakeholders to translate business needs into thoughtful,coordinated communications.

The roleindependently manages defined communication assignments and workstreams,maintains visibility to communication calendars and deadlines, and helpsensure messages are accurate, consistent, timely, and aligned to broader HRpriorities. Success requires strong writing and editing skills, attention todetail, project-management discipline, and the ability to work effectivelywith multiple stakeholders across geographies and time zones.

Responsibilities:

HR Communications Development

• Draft, edit, andcoordinate written communications supporting HR programs, initiatives, processes, and priorities.
• Develop clear andconcise communications for employee, leader, and HR audiences.
• Translate complex HRinformation into accessible, audience-appropriate messaging.
• Developcommunications such as announcements, emails, leader messages, talkingpoints, FAQs, toolkits, presentations, and related materials.
• Edit and proofreadcommunications for clarity, consistency, accuracy, tone, grammar, andalignment with established standards.
• Incorporatestakeholder feedback while maintaining message clarity and consistency.
• Develop communicationplans for assigned HR initiatives, identifying audiences, messages, timing,channels, owners, and required deliverables.
• Build cascade plansthat clarify how information should move through leaders, HR teams, managers,and employees.
• Develop leader andmanager resources that support effective message cascade and reinforceconsistent communication.
• Identifycommunication dependencies, sequencing requirements, and potential gapsbefore launch.
• Coordinatecommunication timing across multiple stakeholder groups to support anorganized employee and leader experience.
• Track communicationmilestones and follow through on outstanding actions and approvals.

Functional Communications Planning

• Support developmentand maintenance of functional HR communication plans and calendars.
• Partner with HRstakeholders to understand upcoming initiatives, key dates, communicationneeds, and audience considerations.
• Help organizeindividual communication requests into a coordinated functional plan ratherthan isolated messages.
• Identify potentialcommunication conflicts, overlaps, or opportunities to combine and streamlinemessaging.
• Maintain visibilityto planned communications, key milestones, owners, and status.
• Support recurringplanning discussions and communication reviews with U.S.-based partners.

Stakeholder Partnership & Coordination

• Serve as a day-to-daycommunications partner for assigned HR stakeholders and workstreams.
• Partner closely withthe U.S.-based HR Communications team to ensure alignment with communicationpriorities, standards, and approaches.
• Gather informationand requirements from subject-matter experts and translate them intoeffective communication deliverables.
• Manage review andapproval cycles and ensure feedback is incorporated accurately andefficiently.
• Communicate status,risks, dependencies, and required decisions proactively.
• Build productiveworking relationships across HR functions, geographies, and organizationallevels.

Communication Operations & Project Management

• Independently manageassigned communications from intake through drafting, review, approval,scheduling, and completion.
• Maintaincommunication trackers, calendars, templates, process documentation, andrelated resources.
• Manage multiplecommunication assignments and deadlines simultaneously.
• Establish and followconsistent workflows for intake, review, approval, and delivery.
• Identify processimprovements that increase efficiency, visibility, consistency, or quality.
• Support developmentof templates, standards, and repeatable practices that enable scalable HRcommunications support.

Education& Experience:

• Bachelor's degree inCommunications, Journalism, English, Marketing, Human Resources, Business, ora related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Typically 4+ years ofrelevant professional experience in employee communications, internalcommunications, HR communications, corporate communications, or a relatedfield.
• Demonstratedexperience drafting and editing professional communications for employee orinternal audiences.
• Experience developingcommunication plans, communication calendars, or stakeholder cascade plans.
• Experience coordinating communications across multiple stakeholders, deadlines, andinitiatives.
• Experience supportingHuman Resources, Talent Management, Employee Communications, or otherpeople-related programs strongly preferred.
• Experience workingwith U.S.-based or global stakeholders preferred.
• Global CapabilityCenter or shared-services experience preferred.

Must HaveSkills

• Excellent writtenEnglish communication, writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Demonstrated abilityto develop clear, concise, audience-appropriate communications.
• Experience developingand executing communication plans and cascade plans.
• Strong understandingof internal or employee communication principles.
• Ability to translatecomplex or detailed information into simple, actionable messages.
• Strong project-management and organizational skills.
• Ability toindependently manage multiple assignments, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Strong attention todetail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strongstakeholder-management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to gatherrequirements, synthesize information, and identify the core message for anaudience.
• Strong proficiency inMicrosoft PowerPoint, Word, and related productivity tools.
• Ability to workeffectively with U.S.-based partners across geographies and time zones.

Nice to HaveSkills

• Prior HRCommunications or Employee Communications experience.
• Experience supportingcommunications for Talent Management, Learning & Development, PerformanceManagement, Employee Experience, or other HR programs.
• Experiencemaintaining editorial calendars or enterprise communication calendars.
• Familiarity withinternal communication platforms, intranets, email distribution tools, oremployee communication technology.
• Experience workingwith communication templates, brand standards, or style guides.
• Basic understandingof communication measurement, engagement data, or channel effectiveness.
• Healthcare or otherhighly regulated industry experience.
• Global CapabilityCenter or shared-services experience.

Licenses,Certifications & Training:

Knowledge,Skills, Abilities, Behaviors:

• Demonstratesexcellent judgment regarding message clarity, tone, audience, and timing.
• Writes clearly andconcisely and adapts communications for different employee and leaderaudiences.
• Demonstratescuriosity and asks effective questions to understand the purpose and desiredoutcome of a communication.
• Thinks beyondindividual messages and considers how communications fit into the broaderemployee experience.
• Builds trust withstakeholders and responds professionally to feedback.
• Demonstrates strongownership and follows assignments through drafting, review, approval, andcompletion.
• Works independentlywhile collaborating closely with U.S.-based communications partners.
• Maintainsorganization and attention to detail while managing multiple communicationdeadlines.
• Identifies potentialcommunication gaps or conflicts and raises them proactively.
• Demonstratesdiscretion when working with confidential, sensitive, or pre-release HRinformation.
• Maintains aservice-oriented, collaborative, and continuous-improvement mindset.