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Head of Internal Communications, Office of the Public Guardian (Ministry of Justice)

Employer
Ministry of Justice
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£42,879 - £69,659
Closing date
22 Aug 2018

Head of Internal Communications, Office of the Public Guardian (Ministry of Justice)

Job profile

You will be a trusted adviser to OPG’s leaders, working in partnership with them to engage staff in delivering MOJ’s priorities and support organisational and culture change. You will lead OPG’s internal communications strategy, leading your team to become trusted advisers to OPG’s leadership, with a focus on outcomes. You will lead an ambitious programme of work, which has four strands: vision and purpose, culture and how we work, OPG transformation and day-to-day staff communications. You will continually look for new ways to improve our offering, both at a strategic and channel level. You will lead delivering of effective and creative internal campaigns to engage staff.

The post holder will:

  • Play a key leadership role in ensuring the internal communications team is effective and innovative.
  • Lead development of OPG’s internal and change communications strategy.
  • Provide guidance to internal clients on the manner in which messages and key themes are communicated to ensure consistency, clarity and impact.
  • Lead creative communication campaigns which support key business / strategic objectives. 
  • Be adept at coming up with and responding to new communication methods and deploying them at pace to support business objectives.
  • Lead embedding the engage for success enablers in all communications activity.
  • Ensure key messages and activities are relevant at a departmental and individual level.
  • Effectively use various communication channels as appropriate means for communicating with staff.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of communication processes and deliver ongoing improvement.
  • Work collaboratively to build effective relationships with key stakeholders in the department and in partner organisations.
  • Work collaboratively with the External Communications team to ensure consistent and joined up internal and external communications on key themes.
  • Continually seek new ways to engage our audiences, based on insight and informed by GCS best practice.
  • Promote the GCS IC Excellence project across the MoJ family to embed high professional standards in teams and help managers and leaders to deliver excellent internal communications themselves.
  • Line manage the OPG Internal Communications team of three people

To find out more or apply for this vacancy please visit:

https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/507639

Closing date for receipt of applications is: 22 August 2018 at 23:55pm

 

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