Interim Communications Manager

Tender description

Interim Communications Manager Reporting to the Senior Associate (Stakeholder Engagement), Corporate Communications, this person will support our work to plan and deliver excellent stakeholder engagement by developing and delivering an internal plan to embed the use of our stakeholder engagement system. They will need to work closely with colleagues within the Corporate Communications pool and across the organisation. The key responsibilities are to: • Ensure that our new Stakeholder Database 'Engage' is properly implemented and embedded across the organisation. • Become fully conversant with 'Engage' and how we use it for stakeholder mapping and analysis. • Develop and deliver the communications and engagement plan to support roll out. • Provide individual and group training on how to use the system. • Manage stakeholder relationships across Ofwat to ensure integration of Engage across Ofwat. • Communicate at all levels (written and verbal) focusing on ensuring that key staff understand the current and planned future status of the roll out. • Ensure risks and assumptions to roll out are managed and escalated to the right level. • To further develop and refine the core training materials for future use. • Working with colleagues, refine key messages for specific audiences. • Provide high quality, specialist stakeholder engagement advice to colleagues. • Provide support and advice as needed to colleagues within the corporate communications pool. • To work with the internal developer to refine certain features of Engage.