Internal Communications Manager - Business Partner Defence National Security

Internal Communications Manager Business Partner (Defence & National Security)

Basingstoke (BSN01: Hybrid working 2 days in the office per week.

Work Your Way is our approach to flexible working this is available from day 1 of joining Please note this role requires approximately two days a week in the office with some occasional UK travel.

Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As an Internal Communications Manager you will contribute to this by business partnering with our Defence & National Security business group toto ensure clear consistent and compelling employee communications as a key enabler of business outcomes. The Internal Communication Manager (Business Partner)reports to the Head of UK Internal Communication and is responsible for advising and delivering exceptional employee communications in close alignment of UK Europe and Global Fujitsu strategies.

Your role will involve

Working as a business partner with the leadership team and key functions in our UK Defence & National Security business group unit the internal communication manager ensures consistency in messaging and develops specific internal communication approaches and advice against key priorities. In addition the internal communication manager oversees our Fujitsuwide Responsible Business and Sustainability topics and key UK stakeholders ensuring appropriate content and messaging is woven through our UK internal comms activity with the support of the wider internal communication team.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Working with the Defence & National Security leadership team to understand key business strategies opportunities and challenges and to plan and agree key internal communication deliverables at business group level.
• Collaborate alongside other aligned functions including HR finance and business operations to share knowledge information and coordinate priorities effectively.
• Oversee all broad employee communications including hybrid virtual and live events and roadshows key announcement emails intranet news key Viva Engage and Teams channels podcasts videos and newsletters / bulletins with guidance and enablement from the internal comms team where specific expertise is required.
• Ensure messaging approach timeframe desired outcomes and measurement are in place and in step with broader business activities coursecorrecting and advising leadership where necessary whilst utilising any centrally provided materials.
• Maintain a focus on delivering on the most strategic and impactful internal communications activities working in an advisory capacity to enable good practice selfservice internal communications through the organisation.
• Proactively seek and amplify customer employee and other relevant news from the business through local UK and broader channels as appropriate and in a proactive timely manner with close collaborative working relationships with the wider internal comms community.
• Provide the internal communication team in the UK and broader with ideas news insights plans and resource requirements in a timely fashion with a collaborative attitude to agreeing where team resource is most effectively to be used effectively briefing in and supporting excellent work production in specialised areas
• Act as a single point of contact across the UK for the internal communication of Responsible Business and Sustainability topics linking in with the global European and UK strategies and agree along with key stakeholders as appropriate and the broader internal comms team a communication plan and deliverables in support of the UK strategy. By identifying thekey moments and opportunities to galvanise employees around our sustainability and responsible business priorities ensuring that agreed dates and plans are in step with the broader organisation.

Your transferable skills and experience:

• Have experience in an internal communications team and / or wider communications function as part of a large organisation ideally in an IT technical or operational field
• Have excellent project and stakeholder management skills
• Team player with the ability to work both as part of a broader matrixed communications team and as an advisor to specific areas of the business simultaneously and seamlessly
• Excellent storytelling capabilities including a high level of written communication with the ability to manage and translate complex and sensitive information to a variety of audiences
• An excellent and visible communicator able to share information advise influence in a timely fashion in support of business outcomes
• Curious and committed to improving personal development in the pursuit of improved employee communications experience.

Please note: Its still worth applying even if you do not meet all the requirements above. We are passionate about investing in you and your career and if you have the transferable skills/ background in communications this could be the next opportunity for you.

Your benefits:

26 Days annual leave plus public holidays 3 flexible)

Pension Double matching contributions of up to 10

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interviews which will include a task.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer:Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric:Our work environments enable you to Be Completely You.Our active peopleled Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.

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