Interim Communications Manager

Tender description

Reporting to the Principal (Strategic Communications), Corporate Communications, this person will support our work to plan and deliver excellent stakeholder engagement in support of our work as we begin to prepare for the next price review. They will need to work closely with colleagues within the Corporate Communications pool and the programme team. The key responsibilities are to: • Support the communication lead to plan, oversee and deliver excellent stakeholder engagement. This will cover engagement with companies, NGOs, interest groups and political stakeholders. • Providing support to the communication lead and programme directors with briefings and horizon scanning • To develop a pack of core materials we can use for events and workshops • Refine feedback mechanisms, to make sure we are capturing and using information from stakeholders • Working with colleagues, refine key messages for specific audiences • Provide high quality, specialist communications advice to colleagues. • Co-ordinate communications activity to ensure that it is joined-up across the programme and links with other programmes where appropriate. • Liaise with key stakeholders and audience groups, including by overseeing workshops and events. • Provide support and advice as needed to colleagues within the corporate communications pool • Engage with colleagues to understand often complex, technical policy and turn this into accessible, compelling key messages in a variety of written formats.