Corporate Communications Lead

Job Description

Circa £55,000 per annumFull time/37 hrs a week/permanentLocation: Huntingdon & Home WorkingAnglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be Lancaster House in Huntingdon.Refreshingly different careers We are seeking a first-class writer and strategic communicator to join our team.As the Corporate Communications Lead at Anglian Water, your role will require a broad understanding of the business and sector in which we operate. Through compelling, high-quality communications you will give meaning to our purpose, translate our businessstrategy and contextualise our performance. Your responsibilities will include overseeing, coordinating and producing our corporate communications, primarily the growing array of corporate statutory and regulatory reports, speeches and presentations for C-suite,plus online and social content. As a valued employee youll be entitled to:-Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%-Personal private health care-Annual bonus scheme-26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion-Life Cover at 8x your salary-Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle-Paid time off when youre physically and mentally unwell-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parksWhat youll be doing:- Alongside the Head of Corporate Reporting, play a key role in delivering the corporate communications strategy - Lead on the creation and delivery of key corporate reports, managing senior stakeholders accordingly- Create content for multiple formats including strategic corporate reports, speeches, presentations, press releases, case studies and articles. - Support the consistent delivery of corporate messages by board members, including the CEO, CFO, Chairman and senior colleagues, across different comms platforms.- Support our Investor Relations activity - producing presentations, events, market stalls, speaker notes, and associated financial reporting as required- Deliver compelling award entries to achieve lateral endorsement- Stay abreast of key political and regulatory developments to help inform and develop communications strategies.- Evaluate the reach and effectiveness of Anglian Waters corporate communications and recommend changes to make continuous improvements.- Create briefs for communications campaigns and working with partners, agencies and freelancers to fulfil and deliver these. Often involves project management of the delivery of wide-ranging corporate communications tools and campaigns.- Edit and advise other authors across the business on the appropriate use of style, tone, brand and key corporate messages in the delivery of their materials.- Advising and supporting other colleagues in achieving best-in-class content/presentations for their purposes, or ghost writing for key subject matter experts, utilising freelancers where efficient to do so.- Maintain a fast-paced production schedule to meet immovable deadlines, including ongoing and detailed liaison with senior stakeholders across the business.- Manage substantiations from Auditors. Gather, collate and respond to feedback from across the business, making sense of unstructured or vague comments from SMEs to positive effect.- Stay abreast of the latest trends in corporate reporting, sustainability reporting/ESG, and appropriately reflecting these in our outputs.- Maintain an awareness of appropriate legislative or regulatory requirements in corporate reporting, in particular in relation to environmental, social and governance issues.What does it take to be successful- Conscientious communicator with a strategic mind.- Ability to write clearly, concisely and with our corporate reputation front and centre of mind- Exceptional interpersonal skills - able to build strong relationships with colleagues across business and confident and able to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate with others.- An understanding of the corporate, regulatory and financial arena in which we operate.- Knowledge of corporate reporting requirements, in particular those relating to ESG matters.- Experience of seeking out relevant stories from within a complex business and helping to translate these into engaging communications for stakeholders and customers.- Strong project management skills, able to deliver high-profile projects on brief and on time.Inclusion at Anglian Water:Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow watercompanies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Communitys Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer and we play a leadingpart in the Womens Utility Network.Closing date: 06/12/2023#loveeverydrop