Senior Communications Manager

Job title:

Senior Communications Manager

Company

GlaxoSmithKline

Job description

The Senior Communications Manager is a crucial role in our Global Internal Engagement (GIE) delivery team. It supports how we amplify our Ahead Together ambitions and our culture of Ambitious for patients, Accountable for impact and Do the right thing – motivating and engaging GSK people all around the world, building confidence in GSK and our reputation as a great place to work.Collaborating with senior stakeholders and comms colleagues across the company, the successful candidate will be skilled at stakeholder management, strategic internal engagement and programme management, broadcast delivery and impactful writing.If you’re curious, outcome focused and interested in joining a dynamic team which proactively champions new, innovative and creative approaches to drive engagement effectiveness, we want to hear from you.This role will take a lead in supporting communications campaigns and projects working in partnership with stakeholders across global communications and other GSK functions, to deliver our GIE strategic priority areas. This includes planning, managing and providing expert advice on global and functional communications to help engage GSK people, making sure these are insight-driven, engaging and delivered in a timely, digestible and convenient way for maximum impact.We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpageIn this role you will

• Partners with business communications and other stakeholders to deliver programmes in support of GIE strategic priorities and our Ahead Together ambitions
• Develops communication which are insight-driven, engaging and delivered in a timely, digestible and convenient way for maximum impact, aligned to our GSK brand and voice
• Supports broader Communications & Government Affairs (CGA) priorities, as needed
• Ensures visibility and alignment between internal employee communications best practice and the wider CGA priorities
• Works within and contributes to a dynamic, fast-paced team
• Manages and supports the delivery of global and functional communications through:

• Content creation – e.g., drafting accessible and inclusive messaging, facilitating the stakeholder review/approval process, working with the content team to produce and deliver engaging content and maintaining relevant intranet and other team resources, as required.
• Implementation – e.g., working with the digital and campaigns teams to communicate via global internal channels, manage broadcasts/events, monitoring engagement and uptake.
• Works to continuously improve communications, through measurement and insights that lead to greater effectiveness.
• Proactively looks for new, innovative, and creative approaches to communications that drive effectiveness and impact.

Why you?Basic Qualifications & Skills:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Experience of working on global communications across a variety of internal audiences for major public or private sector organisations, or in an agency specialising in internal communications.
• Qualified to Degree level or experience in delivering role-critical information to people.
• Strong interpersonal skills with multiple and diverse stakeholders.
• Understanding of best practices in employee engagement, monitoring trends and innovations in the discipline.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong logistics and organisational skills, i.e., background in designing, planning and executing large meetings for internal audiences, with attention to detail and the full audience-experience.
• Experience with SharePoint systems and intranet page maintenance.

Closing Date for Applications – Tuesday 22nd October 2024(COB)Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.Why GSK?Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on or 0808 234 4391.Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a UK Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the and scroll to the Careers Section where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive .As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK’s commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting site.

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Location

London

Job date

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:47:27 GMT

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