Communications Specialist (Colleague Engagement)

Community Integrated Care is on an exciting journey of transformation and growth and we are looking to appoint an experienced, Communications Specialist with a focus on colleague engagement to join our Communications Team on a full time permanent basis.

The successful candidate will ideally be based anywhere in the North West but must be available to travel to our head office in Widnes at least once a week.

What is The Deal for you?

• Flexibility! You can work your full time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
• Hybrid Working! Do you like to work from home? Or do you prefer being in an office? With this role you have the option of working from home or from our head office in Widnes – or a blend between the two!
• Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app.
• Best Lives Possible : You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible.
• Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
• Dare to Learn: Access to our amazing on line training platform where you can upskill taking a variety of courses and qualifications.
• Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life.

The role will be pivotal in helping to deliver a consistent employee experience across the charity, creating an engaged, galvanised and valued workforce, passionate about delivering the Best Lives Possible for the people we support. It will also support our workforce to feel a strong sense of empowerment, purpose and appreciation, so that our charity can attract, retain and nurture the best talent in our sector, through a number of initiatives touching all levels of the employee life cycle.

Day to Day (list not exhaustive see attached job description)

• Support the delivery of our charity’s annual Colleague Engagement Survey – working closely with the Senior Internal Communications & Engagement Manager on the design, communications planning, launch and execution of the survey.
• Day-to-day oversight, support and promotion of Community Integrated Care’s Colleague Forum, GameChangers
• Close working with our Wellbeing, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist on the development, communication and delivery of EDI and Wellbeing initiatives, including our Colleague Inclusion Networks
• Support the charity’s People Team with effective communication plans and campaigns to support projects and initiatives to improve colleague experience.
• Work closely alongside Employee Relations team to manage and report on responses to external colleague reviews (e.g. Indeed, Glassdoor).
• Communication, delivery and continuous improvement of Community Integrated Care’s reward and recognition schemes (including our long service programme) and other colleague experience initiatives.
• Support with organisational events and celebrations, e.g. roadshows and awards
• Develop and maintain a KPI dashboard for engagement communications, activity and campaigns

Our ideal Candidate

Skills and Experience

• Professional or higher qualification in relevant field (Desirable)
• IoIC / CIPR/ CIPD qualification and/or membership (Desirable)
• Colleague engagement and communications experience in a large and complex organisation
• Experience of planning, managing and communicating engagement initiatives from end-to-end

Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.

Interested and want to know a bit more?

To find out more about our charity check out:

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.

In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us – and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations!