Communications Specialist (Colleague Engagement)
What we're looking for:
We're looking for a creative, organised and enthusiastic communications professional who loves storytelling and creating great colleague experiences.
You'll bring:
- Experience working in a communications, marketing, engagement or employee experience role
- Experience creating engaging content across multiple communication channels
- Strong copywriting, editing and storytelling skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience planning and delivering communications campaigns or projects
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Confidence building relationships with stakeholders at all levels
- The ability to adapt messages for different audiences
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work
- An interest in colleague engagement, communications trends and best practice
- Experience using Microsoft Office and communications tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative Suite
- A proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused approach
If you're passionate about communication, love creating engaging content and want to help colleagues feel informed, connected and valued, we'd love to hear from you.
Why join us
- You'll be working for an award-winning charity that’s passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible.
- Flexible hours - work 37.5 hours over four days for a long weekend, or across five days to suit you. You can also work from home, with at least one day per week at our Widnes Head Office.
- A collaborative, values-driven team where your work will be seen, valued and celebrated.
- Opportunities to travel nationally and attend sector events and media moments.
- A contributory pension scheme to help you plan for the future.
- Wellbeing support, including a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, financial support options and a wellbeing fund.
- Retail discounts, holiday deals, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts via our benefits app.
Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.
Interested and want to know a bit more?
To find out more about our charity check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zYkoj7x8s
We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.
In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34.
The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones – and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.