Communications Manager

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Sector: Marketing, Advertising and PR
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About Network Rail

Key Information

Role: Communications Manager
Salary: 35,582 to 40,830 per annum
Location: York, Leeds or Manchester
Contract Type: Full time - Permanent
Office Requirement: Hybrid, minimum of 3 days per week in the office
28 days annual leave, bank holidays and 5 days volunteer leave

Employees will be entitled to a discretionary 75% discount off leisure travel, including off-peak and super off-peak tickets, and 75% discount on season tickets.

Join Our Team at Network Rail!
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is the largest infrastructure project in the North, delivering a £10.7 billion programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.

Brief Description
To manage and deliver consistent and effective communications strategies for key projects. To manage stakeholder issues effectively to protect and enhance corporate reputation and co-ordinate a broad range of stakeholder communication activities in line with Government & Corporate Affairs objectives.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive Health, Safety, Wellbeing, and Security function within a major programme. You will be responsible for driving and delivering the health and safety communication strategy for the TRU programme.

Ideal Candidate
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about leveraging social media and new technologies to drive innovative campaigns and promotions.

• Capable with using social media for campaigns or promotions.
• A keen interest in exploring new technologies.
• Experience in filming and editing.
• Confident and creative, able to implement ideas effectively.
• Tenacious, persistent in overcoming challenges.
• A strong drive to succeed.
• Enthusiasm for new ideas and trends.
• Dedicated to delivering high-quality results.
• Attention to detail ensuring accuracy.
• Organised, able to manage multiple priorities.

If you are a passionate self-starter with a flair for creativity and a hunger for innovation, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role (External)

Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:

1. Develop and implement communications strategy on projects which present reputational risks or opportunities for the business.
2. Produce and manage detailed communications plans.
3. Interface with key external audiences.
4. Build relationships and provide direction to senior project managers.
5. Provide guidance on all external communications activity.
6. Assist with delivery of corporate internal communications programme.
7. Check branding compliance with corporate policy.
8. Produce regular reports on all communications activities.

We need you to have:
Experience within communications and media
Excellent writing skills and ability to think creatively
Excellent influencing skills and ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Thorough knowledge of the media and how it operates

It would be advantageous if you have:
Educated to degree level
An understanding of Health & Safety
A keen interest in emerging technologies and media

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. We believe in investing in our people to improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the railway.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We provide access to support services and offer excellent benefits, sensitive to work-life balance.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• Discounted offers including childcare vouchers and healthcare.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.