Internal Communication Manager

Central Birmingham

We are looking for an experienced internal communications professional to support with the implementation of key strategic actions that drive continuous improvement and employee engagement.   You will be responsible for delivering key activities supporting the West Midlands Trains people agenda as well as the internal communication strategy and development of innovative, simplified content schedules and channels.

You will also develop and manage daily content on the intranet (Sharepoint), contributing to web content and supporting internal communications campaigns, initiatives and projects from across the business.  You will deliver timely, credible and consistent messaging through a number of channels, including intranet, digital screens, Yammer, e-newsletters and video.

 The successful applicant will have the following:

·         Strong internal communications experience specifically in employee engagement

·         Experience in successfully influencing and managing stakeholder relationships at senior levels across directorates

·         Experience in supporting change programmes / or wider organisation transformation

·         Challenging, creative and innovative able to find solutions beyond those already tried and tested

·         Excellent communication skills and a passion for employee engagement

In return we will offer in addition to a competitive salary a wealth of benefits including free standard travel on West Midlands Trains and other Abellio group trains for you, 75% discount on all other train operating companies over most of the UK rail network, enrolment of our West Midland Railways Pension Scheme and our pension salary sacrifice scheme – Smart Pensions and the opportunity to participate in the company’s health scheme.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any time due to high volumes of applications (please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment).