Job Title: Communications & Engagement Specialist
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph PAYE
Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until January 2027 - Maternity Cover)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J36826490
The Opportunity
The Communications & Engagement Specialist for Indirect Procurement is responsible for shaping and delivering a clear, engaging, and strategically aligned communications approach across the function. The role ensures employees are informed, connected, and equipped to support Indirect Procurement’s priorities, while strengthening culture and engagement through consistent messaging and strong cross-functional collaboration with their stakeholders and business partners, including IO Communications, and Senior Leadership.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Internal Communications Strategy
Message Development & Delivery
- Create and deliver clear, compelling, and engaging messages across all internal channels, ensuring information is easy to understand and actionable.
- Maintain strong editorial standards for tone, clarity and brand consistency across all communications.
- Recommend channel improvements, content adjustments, and new methods to strengthen employee engagement and communication effectiveness.
- Able to advise where content from internal channels can be shared wider than indirect Procurement e.g Videos.
Leadership Communication Support
- Develop effective leadership communication materials, including scripts, talking points, presentations, and briefing packs.
- Advise leaders on communication approach, messaging, and audience engagement to support visibility and impact.
- Lead and coordinate change communication activity relating to processes, systems, organisational changes, and strategic initiatives.
- Translate complex changes into clear narratives that support awareness, understanding, and adoption across the function.
- Working with internal change champions – pulse related and using them to deliver key messages rather than just through a technology
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work closely with HR, IT, senior leaders, IO Communications, and broader Procurement teams to ensure alignment on culture, engagement, and messaging.
- Support cross-functional initiatives by delivering communication plans that connect teams and enable cohesive storytelling across the business.
Events Planning & Delivery
- Plan and coordinate key departmental events, including Town Halls, Learning Sessions, and Social Connects.
- Deliver high‑quality events in partnership with key speakers, ensuring Indirect Procurement teams remain engaged and informed on business updates and upcoming developments.
Supplier Communication Alignment
- Manage and refreshe the Indirect Procurement Supplier distribution list
- Engage with the Supplier Relationship Management team to deliver key supplier events and messages aligned to the communications strategy
Other
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested from time to time.
Key Performance Indicators
- Communications strategy reviewed and refreshed twice per year, to reflect enterprise priorities
- Stakeholder map reviewed and refreshed every quarter, measuring impact through feedback
- 100% of leadership communication products (briefings, scripts, packs) delivered on time and to expected quality standards
- 100% of communication plans and events delivered to agreed timelines
- Minimum of 1 communication improvement implemented per quarter based on data, insights, and stakeholder feedback (e.g., channel optimisation, format changes, improved content sequencing)
Essential:
Previous experience and background internal communications accompanied with a proven track record of successful delivery of the aligned communications and engagement strategy, to diverse audiences.
Functional Skills:
- Experience of delivering a communication and events plan from formation to execution
- Experience in end-to-end delivery of departmental events (Town Halls, Learning Sessions, Social connects)
- Knowledge of communications and engagement theories to develop a specific strategy for the functions needs.
- Development and maintenance of multiple communication channels to ensure alignment to type of communication (SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, Social Media etc)
- High level of competency using Microsoft programmes such as PowerPoint, Word and Excel..
- Able to create engaging videos for internal channels and reviewing opportunities for sharing further than indirect Procurement.
Interpersonal Skills:
- Ability to work independently and proactively, taking full ownership and responsibility for own work; fully invested in achieving a successful result.
- You view things as a team rather than individual project level, considering the wider team needs.
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills, including ability to manage self and lead the wider function through change.
- Strong stakeholder relationship management and can communicate effectively at all levels.
- Ability to coordinate, collaborate and influence
Personal Profile
- Someone with integrity & empathy who holds the customer experience above all else, even when it is challenged.
- Someone who embraces a growth mindset; resilient and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs.
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