External Communications Manager in London

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel within UK and international.

LOCATION: London (60% of your working week must be office based).

TYPE: Full time.

What's In It For You

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more.
• Work / Life Balance: 37 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL, option to buy/sell holiday.
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities.
• Health & Wellbeing: Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health/dental insurance/eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop.
• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption/shared parental/caregiving leave.
• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity).

The external communications department is a diverse team consisting of spokespeople and communication and social media experts based across the UK and Europe and is responsible for ensuring the reputation of the division.

Within the team of GXT, you will be responsible for dealing with External Communications matters related to all Airbus Defence and Space topics, e.g. Military Air Systems, Connected Intelligence (Security, Cyber etc.) in the UK, building up and maintaining relationships with key media - trade as well as dailies. In that function, you will be reporting to the Head of External Communications in Airbus Defence and Space (Head of GXT).

You will also drive Employee Communications on national and site level in the UK and act as Comms point of contact (POC) for the UK sites; handle issues such as management and crisis communication for Employee Communications in the UK; advise senior management team on engaging employee communications and support strategic employee communications projects and as part of wider employee communications team beyond the UK.

How You Will Contribute To The Team

• Engaging with external audiences by animating Airbus' external channels (media relations, Airbus.com, Airbus corporate social media accounts) in support of the Communications strategy.
• Contributing to the promotion and protection of the Airbus brand and to the external positioning of its products, services, people and top management with a special emphasis on the UK.
• Providing audience and business related performance indicators to support decision-making, channel animation, planning and continuous improvement.
• Acting as company spokesperson and ambassador via all relevant media and social media channels - primarily on defence and security topics - for Airbus DS CEO, senior UK leadership and others.
• Around 30% of time shall be devoted to supporting Internal Communications activities of Airbus DS in the UK.

About You

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of Communications (ideally internal and external).
• Excellent networking and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to act as a spokesperson for the department.
• Social media skills.
• Good research and writing skills.

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How We Can Support You

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we will always do our best to accommodate your request.

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As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To 'opt in', just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.