Communications Manager

Job title: Communications Manager, Customer Communications and Marketing

Location: Options include Glascoed, Portsmouth, Washington, Barrow, Scotstoun, Filton, or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £60,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the Customer Communications and Marketing delivery for the BAE Systems Maritime and Land Sector. This includes:
• Collaborating with Business Development teams to deliver external output for the Sector, including provision of campaign and bid support and creation and delivery of promotional collateral
• Collaborating with Business Development and Government Relations teams to coordinate stakeholder engagement through opportunities arising from strategic partnerships and sponsorship activities
• Planning and delivering high-profile presentational opportunities, such as exhibitions and strategic events on behalf of the Sector; along with developing a broader strategy for marketing and customer communications through campaigns and optimisation of owned and earned channels
• Having line management responsibilities for Communications professionals
• Working effectively with a network of exceptional Communications professionals across the Sector, wider PLC and supply base, to ensure effective coordination of content and sharing best practice to continually drive standards and enable learning

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Outstanding Leadership capability with line management experience
• Extensive communications or marketing communications experience
• Ability to craft comprehensive and thorough campaign plans and deliver resulting output
• A positive and enthusiastic outlook with excellent personal communications and presentation skills
• Excellent stakeholder / customer engagement credentials and background
• Excellent content creation, copywriting and creative communications skills, with an eye for detail
• Ability to effectively project manage and coordinate / deliver complex programmes of work
• A self-starter, creative thinker and problem solver

Desirable

• Budget management experience
• Knowledge of the UK media landscape and experience generating positive media coverage
• Knowledge of the Defence Sector with an understanding of government procurement
• Being widely read on geopolitics, notably in relation to defence and security matters
• Experience of working in or with creative agencies

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Maritime and Land Communications Team:

Employing close to 30,000 highly skilled colleagues across its Submarines, Naval Ships, Maritime Services, Munitions and Australia businesses, the Maritime and Land Sector is growing; and in order to best position itself to meet future challenges, its Communications Function has a vital role to play.

Working in a brilliant team of enthusiastic communications professionals, you will have an exciting opportunity to deliver projects and create engaging communications that bring to life the role we play in supporting our Customers and the communities we live and work in.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Closing Date: 13th December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.