Senior Internal Communications Manager

Are you passionate about playing your part to end the nature and climate emergency? Are you a brilliant leader and communicator, with experience of inspiring and engaging a workforce of employees and volunteers? If so, then this is just the role just for you.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Internal Communications Manager to join our team to help lead the development and delivery of the RSPB’s internal communications, ensuring our employees and volunteers are informed, engaged, inspired and motivated to deliver their best.

Reporting directly to the Head of Internal Communications and Engagement, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening our sense of community, embedding our values and strategy and facilitating transparent communication across all levels of the organisation.

You will have experience of supporting a major organisational change programme, along with experience of delivering internal communication initiatives within a large and complex organisation.

You will be comfortable working with and advising senior stakeholders and have experience of using multiple channels and creative approaches to communication challenges.

You will have experience and be confident in managing multiple line reports.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high performing internal communications team at the RSPB. There has never been a more important time to stand up for nature. If you are the kind of person who wants to make a real difference for colleagues across the organisation, then we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Head of Internal Communications to drive forward RSPB’s key strategic internal communications and engagement, ensuring it reflects and supports organisational priorities and strategic objectives
• Providing strategic internal communications expertise and guidance to major RSPB programmes and projects
• Providing advice and support to senior staff in relation to internal communications activities, to ensure the workforce is informed about forthcoming organisational announcements and initiatives.
• Developing and reviewing the effectiveness internal communications on an ongoing basis and making recommendations for continuous improvement, in line with organisational priorities.

This is a Permanent, Full Time role for 37.5 hours per week.

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on 17th and 18th March . For further information please contact [email protected]

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

This role will require completion of a Access NI in addition to the standard pre-employment checks.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.