Communications Executive

Balfour Beatty

Job title: Communications Executive

Location/hybrid: London/1 day a week on site

Hours: 37.5hr per week, flexible start time

Contract length: 6 months

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Overview

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 25000 employees worldwide

They provide their clients with sustainable solutions with business areas covering construction services, support services and infrastructure investment

As part of the UK Internal Communications team, your role will be to create, plan, deliver and measure effective and engaging communications for target audiences that drive value and reputation for the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop creative communications plans that target the right audiences with engaging material that uses the best channels available to budget, to quality and delivered on time

• Deliver the outputs of those plans personally by working closely with team members in the wider UK function and being accountable for the expected output of others

• Support the Senior Employee Communication Manager to ensure timely delivery of strategic campaigns

• Support the creation and manage the delivery of content for our corporate internal channels and act as a champion for their best practice use. Channels include newsletters, posters, Yammer and TV screens

• Keep key content trackers up to date and work with other EC colleagues to ensure content is strategic and planned

• Produce regular reports to update on performance against agreed plans

• Develop strong relationships across the team to create a continuous pipeline of quality content that can be used across a range of channels and ensure messages reach the right audience(s) at the right time

• Ensure appropriate sign offs are obtained for all published content, including safety aspects

• Support the Senior Communications Executive to ensure accurate audience data and segmentation are available for successful communication and campaign delivery and measurement

• Work effectively with suppliers that support delivery of communication activity

• Support with team admin as and when required, including management of purchase orders

• Support the business at times of major incidents or crises, including providing out of hours cover where required

• Complying with company policies and guidelines

Skills & Experience required

• Previous experience working in a role which involved communications (writing newsletter, supporting campaigns etc)

• Excellent communication, digital, written and interpersonal skills, focus on quality and creativity

• Strong visual eye and background in social media

• Project management experience

• Good stakeholder management skills, with experience of reaching communications goals

• Team player with ability to work with individuals across multiple geographical locations

• Adapts positively to changing business demands

• Self-starter with excellent organisation skills and ability to manage conflicting deadlines

• A clean driving licence and willingness to travel occasionally

• Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office

D&I

Our diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy values everyone, drives action to improve diversity in our organisation and create an inclusive culture. It promotes high performance, engagement and makes Balfour Beatty a great place to work.

We encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking, allowing every employee to be themselves and perform at their very best.