Internal Communications Officer

Job Description

Internal Communications OfficerClosing Date - 20/02/2023A bit about the role...Working with Sonal Solanki, our Senior Internal Communications Manager and the wider Communications team, the Internal Communications Officer will play a critical role in delivering creative and targeted employee facing campaigns and content. You will be joiningthe talented and highly skilled Chief Operating Office Directorate. Sonal believes in working in a collaborative way and with different perspectives to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team.This is a rare chance to shape the future of Communications at Homes England in a national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent, and effective communications plansare in place that address our key themes and priorities. These include a range of themes from HR projects, operational changes, internal announcements to support our transforming organisation. You will have the opportunity to help create engaging employee experience campaigns as this role supports the delivery of key strategic projects like channel management, diversity and inclusion or the Homes England Operating model. You will also be responsiblefor working on communications plans and programmes that focus on engaging our leadership tier. There are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the Homes England employee experience. As a member of the Government Communication Service you will access to excellent professional development opportunities. A bit about youWhilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders on internal communication campaigns, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.Youll be comfortable with managing communications plan and drafting content for internal audiences. Along with a flair for creative writing, being able to turn complex messages in to simple and easy to understand communications. Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isnt always easy so you will understand principles of employee engagement in change programmes as well as the importance of consistent messaging across our internal channels.You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a Communications team. You will enjoy working in an innovative,fun, and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.As an experienced communications professional youll understand how to work flexibly on priorities as no day is the same and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.Who are we Homes England, the governments housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensuremore homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market. Following the publication of the governments Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunitiesacross the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.What we offer... As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to hybrid working. Well support you, wherever possible, so that you dont miss out on what matters to you. If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names. Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. If you are a member of a professional body, well pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, youll be good to go. Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We were all working from homeduring the pandemic and have since moved to a hybrid model, moving back into our office environments and utilising our space and time together in the most conducive way. We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage.

Keyskills :
Internal Communications