Strategic Projects Change Communications Lead

About You:

Do you possess a unique blend of passion, creativity, tenacity, and insight? Are you known for your attention to detail and ability to seize opportunities in a rapidly changing environment? If so, we want to hear from you.

About the Role:

As a Strategic Communications Lead, you will be at the forefront of driving change and engagement. 

Your role will:

• Lead communications for critical strategic programmes and projects, developing and executing comprehensive communication plans with compelling messaging aligned with project milestones.
• Provide expert internal communications guidance to executive project and programme sponsors, addressing communication risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with programme managers, project managers, and change managers to ensure timely, relevant, and accurate communications with stakeholders.
• Maintain oversight of project communications outputs and support key communication channels for internal audiences.
• Utilise multiple media types including text, images, audio, and video to engage diverse staff and student audiences.
• Leverage analytics to identify engagement opportunities, evaluate communication activities, and keep internal communication channels up to date.

The role is available on a fixed term basis of a minimum 3 years. The planned interview date for this vacancy is 16 January 2024.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Michelle Hale, Programme Manager (Digital Transformation) [email protected] until 21 December, or Ben Harris, Head of Internal Communications, from 2 January 2024, [email protected].

About Us:

Join our dynamic Communications Team and embark on an exciting journey as a Strategic Communications Lead. At Bath, we are initiating a significant Digital Transformation Programme, a key component of our University Strategy. We are seeking a talented and innovative communications professional to play a pivotal role in shaping and engaging our staff and student community in these transformative change projects.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Further details:

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.