Internal Communications Specialist (Part-Time) 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract

This role is designed to help support the planning development and delivery of clear engaging and timely internal communications across John Crane. Working closely with the Corporate Communications & PR Manager this role will help ensure that employees worldwide are informed connected and aligned with our strategy values and business priorities.

The Key Activities & Accountabilities are as follows - 

Deliver high-quality written content for internal audiences ensuring clarity accuracy and alignment with leadership tone of voice.

Manage day-to-day internal communications requests ensuring prompt responses prioritisation and timely delivery.

Take ownership of drafting and circulating internal announcements updates leadership messages and campaign materials.

Maintain and update the internal communications calendar ensuring sequencing and dependencies are managed effectively.

Support the coordination and delivery of major internal campaigns and initiatives ensuring consistent messaging and clear supporting materials.

Maintain accurate records templates and asset libraries helping to uphold high editorial standards across all content.

Provide reliable administrative and project support ensuring approvals translations and content flow are fully managed.

Build strong working relationships with departments across the business to gather information source stories and ensure alignment.

Internal Communications Support

Draft edit and distribute internal announcements newsletters updates and campaign materials.

Maintain a consistent narrative aligned to business priorities.

Support content that strengthens understanding of major initiatives.

Content Planning & Calendar Management

 Help manage the global internal communications calendar.

 Support prioritisation of incoming requests.

 Track deadlines translations and channel requirements.

Newsletter & Editorial Support

 Assist with the monthly Better Connected newsletter.

 Source content coordinate submissions draft articles and proofread.

Employee Engagement & Platforms

 Support engagement with KnowHow Sales Hub Viva Engage and intranet.

 Coordinate posting schedules and content tagging.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

 Monitor internal communications metrics.

 Support development of improvement recommendations.

Administrative & Project Support

 Organise meetings approvals translations and asset coordination.

 Maintain content files templates and asset libraries.

Qualifications :

Exceptionally strong writing and editing skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear accessible content for global employee audiences.

Proven experience in marketing communications or internal communications.

Highly organised with the ability to manage competing deadlines and multiple projects.

Strong attention to detail particularly in proofreading and accuracy checks.

Confident using Microsoft 365 (Word PowerPoint and Teams).

A collaborative working style able to build relationships across functions regions and levels.

Desirable -

Experience within a global engineering technical or B2B environment.

Familiarity with SharePoint Viva Engage intranet publishing systems or email distribution tools.

Basic understanding of communications analytics.

Additional Information :

With colleagues stretching across the globe we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans Pride Network Black Employee Network Network and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company we recognize excellence culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities people and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation including but not limited to interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our careers website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Part-time