HR Communication Manager
Job Introduction
At Sodexo, we provide services at 2,300 client sites across the UK and Ireland, including offices, hospitals, schools, defence sites, prisons, sporting events and visitor attractions. Whilst our heritage is in catering, today we’re the world leader in quality of daily life solutions. With 34,000 employees we believe our people are the key to our success and a crucial element of this role is to drive employee engagement both within the HR community and across the wider Sodexo business. So join us as our HR Communications Manager and be responsible for developing and delivering a comprehensive HR communications strategy within a market leading, global organisation.
Role Responsibility
This exciting opportunity involves working with key stakeholders within HR and the Corporate Communications team to ensure the communication plan is aligned to the HR strategy, improving employee engagement and increasing awareness of HR initiatives across the business. You will be responsible for creating a plan to ensure that all HR initiatives are understood and supported whilst developing strong relationships across the HR community and the wider Sodexo business. Utilising the channels available from WebEx, newsletters and internal social business tools you will keep up to date with best practice from the internal communication community, bringing in new approaches and channels to help continuously develop and improve the effectiveness of HR communications. You will also support the delivery of relevant external HR communications, supporting talent attraction, developing presentations, taking an active role on social media and writing award submissions for HR projects. You will look also for opportunities to build Sodexo’s brand by gaining PR for its HR activities. Throughout the delivery of the plan you will measure the overall impact of HR communications on employees and recommend or implement improvements where appropriate
The Ideal Candidate
- Professional or higher qualification in internal communications or corporate communications
- Demonstrable experience of internal communications either in-house or agency ideally working within a complex environment
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing with the ability and gravitas to operate at all levels of the business
- Creative flair to develop engaging communications
- A self-starter - able to work to tight deadlines and manage projects independently
- Strong skills and experience in managing projects
- Good organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
- Develop strong working relationships with people at all levels within an organisation
- Demonstrable experience of developing and executing on communications plans that utilise a wide variety of media.
- Track record of successfully supporting departments/functions within a business in improving internal communications and collaboration, drawing upon effective consulting skills, project management and communications know-how.
Package Description
Upto £45,000 + 20% Bonus + Pension + Healthcare + Benefits Package
