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Senior Internal Communications Officer

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£32,866 - 38,527 per year + Holiday
Closing date
9 Nov 2018

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Function
PR & Communications
Sector
Children & Youth
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Temporary

Job Details

A great opportunity has arisen for a temporary Senior Internal Communications Officer for a charity based in central London in order to lead on internal communications programmes that build engagement and motivation across the organisation. This will be a temporary contract for 2-3 months.

Key Responsibilities will include:

To be responsible for meeting agreed key performance indicators and ensuring service level agreements are met (where applicable).
To proactively work with colleagues in other departments to add value through identifying potential communications opportunities and co-ordinating messages to share with the wider charity.
To be accountable for the development of effective internal and external customer relationships.
To contribute to the growth and personal development of communications team staff through supervisory, coaching and mentoring activities (where applicable).
To participate in cross-functional projects as required supporting the department s objectives as a whole.
To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to charity s communications activities.
To maintain an awareness of own and others Health and Safety and comply with the charity s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with the charity work to end cruelty to children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general charity news.

In order to apply you should have the following skills and experience:

Highly developed ability to verbally present information, including progress reports, project updates and systems briefings to a range of audiences in a clear, accurate and confident way to achieve desired outcomes.
Highly developed written communication skills to interpret and present complex information in a clear and persuasive way for a range of audiences.
Effective interpersonal skills and proven track record of working as part of a team and with other teams and departments to maximise results for an organisation.
An ability to organise and plan own work and the work of others in order to meet agreed objectives.
Significant experience of project management, delivering multiple projects with conflicting priorities from end-to-end. Ability to plan, monitor and implement projects/initiatives to agreed budgets and deadlines.
Ability to identify and devise creative solutions in order to achieve desired outcomes.
Ability to apply effective numeracy skills in order to interpret and analyse complex financial data.
Significant experience engaging a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels in an organisation, with potentially conflicting requirements. Ability to communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
Excellent understanding of current trends, development and best practise of communications industry issues and developments
Good understanding of current trends, development and best practise in digital technology. Experience in using windows based software packages including word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail and the internet, in order to deliver tasks and projects.

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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