Communications Manager - Glasgow/Edinburgh - £380 per day

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER - GLASGOW/EDINBURGH - £380 PER DAY

A leading UK retail bank is looking for an experienced Communications Manager to join this high profile payments transformation project which is scheduled to run throughout the remainder of this year and into next.

You will take responsibility for developing a communications strategy for Payments that will support the engagement of staff as well as the successful delivery of change into operational teams, ensuring that it is understood by all stakeholders within the business.

You will be required to:

- Design and deliver internal communications to support
- the culture that is being created with internal colleagues
- the programme delivery to the areas impacted by the change being implemented
- Provide internal communications support and advice to the Executive Committee on all aspects of communication
- Co-ordinate communication follow-up activities including measuring the impact of communication initiatives
- Produce or contribute to the appropriate project management deliverables, eg the requirements and plan; including producing time and cost estimates.
- Identify and assess risks and issues to the plan, effectively managing and mitigating them by putting in place appropriate contingency actions

CORE SKILLS BEING SOUGHT:

- Significant experience in managing and delivering internal communications in a project environment
- Exemplar stakeholder management and communication skills with colleagues at all levels
- Deep understanding of communication management and getting the most from its delivery to different audiences, eg Project pool, Operations departments and Senior Executive level
- Extensive evidence of managing conflicting priorities
- A flexible approach to working pattern; ability to manage own workload with minimum supervision and willingness to travel when required.

TO BE CONSIDERED YOU WILL BE AN EXPERIENCED COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE. IDEALLY YOU WILL HAVE WORKED ON A PROJECT WITH A PAYMENTS FOCUS.

We will contact you within 72 hours if your skills are relevant to our client's requirement. EA Consulting Group is acting as an Employment Business for this role under the CEAEBR 2003.