Communications & Engagement Specialist

Location Wolverhampton
Job type: Contract
Salary: £291.76pd INSIDE IR35 (Via Umbrella Solutions)
Contact name: Keeley Atkinson

Contact email: katkinson@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245403560
Job ref: 37222616
Published: about 1 month ago
Duration: 6 months
Expiry date: 01 Oct 2026 23:59
Startdate: ASAP

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

  • This opportunity is for a Communications & Engagement specialist to work on a manufacturing systems transformation at the powertrain facility.

  • The Communication and Engagement specialist's overarching objective is ensuring robust communication & engagement with the impacted users, getting the organisation engaged and ready for the change, and ensuring that the change is adopted and sustained.

Key activities include:

  • Conducting Change Impact Assessments to identify the gaps in knowledge and produce a change plan to close them.

  • Create engaging content for various platforms including newsletters, SharePoint site, noticeboard posters, banners, PowerPoint presentations, email messages, surveys and materials supporting senior managers and stakeholders.

  • Release communications to the impacted users and monitor results.

  • Arrange and host communications events, show and tell events, demonstrations working with the change and training team and product specialists.

  • Take ownership of change and communication materials posted in the SharePoint site, encouraging managers and stakeholders to visit the site as a key source of information and assistance in delivering the change across their teams.  

  • Tracking and reporting business readiness in senior reviews

Skills:    

  • You must be a people-person, with a customer first approach

  • Familiar with change frameworks

  • Good communicator

  • Able to prepare and present readiness statuses

  • Self-driven & experienced with change activities - understanding 'what's next' and delivering it

Education:           

  • Change qualifications are desireable but not essential