Internal Communications Business Partner

Fixed Term End:

**Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.**

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

Is it time you unlocked your potential

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989 we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure accurate and efficient assessment payment and repayment services.

Our Values

Culture is at the heart of everything we do at SLC and we are guided by our five values which help make SLC a great place to work:

• Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.

• Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative make impactful decisions and continuously learn and grow.

• Accountability: We deliver on commitments own our successes and mistakes and strive for quality outcomes.

• Respect: We value diverse perspectives actively listen and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.

• Trust: We collaborate across teams build dependable relationships and work as one to deliver for our customers.

These values are more than wordsthey guide our decisions shape our collaborations and strengthen our impact on the students we serve.

About the role

SLC have a fantastic 12-month FTC opportunity for an Internal Communications Business Partner to join SLCs Corporate Affairs Team. The team works to ensure colleagues understand our mission vision and strategic direction and support the business to listen and respond to colleague voice to build more engaged workforce. We do this by developing and delivering corporate and directorate communications activity and by monitoring sentiment supporting action planning and managing a programme of colleague-focused events.

This position will support the Change & Data directorate.

The Internal Communication Business Partner (Change & Data) helps promote and protect the reputation of the Change & Data directorate. Aligned with SLCs key priorities and our listening strategy the Business Partner shapes the content tone and method of delivery of messages to internal audiences and supports the leadership team to increase levels of engagement within the directorate.

What you bring:

• Degree or relevant communications qualification or significant experience in an internal communications role preferably in financial services sector or public sector body.
• Experience of creating content updating and evaluating the impact of internal communication for on and offline channels.
• Knowledge and use of internal communication strategies and best practices.
• Ability to use communications planning methodologies such as OASIS.
• Skilled in creating high-quality content for different on and offline channels.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to both develop content for colleagues and present to our senior leaders.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft 365 tools such as Word Powerpoint and particularly Teams and experience of content management systems such as Interact.

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes: