Senior Editorial Manager- 12 month Fixed Term Contract in London

There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. Our Communications, Communities and Carbon function brings together engagement, communications and sustainability leadership. This is about more than protecting and enhancing our reputation. Focusing on the experiences of our passengers, colleagues and partners, we ensure that as Heathrow thrives, so too will our people, our communities, our country and our world.

Our sustainability strategy, Heathrow 2.0, is central to everything we do. We are committed to sustainable aviation, as Heathrow works to deliver net zero and build a better place to live and work. We work with industry leading experts to deliver on our ambitions, meeting the growing international demand for flight in a way that creates a positive impact far beyond our airport.

As a Senior Editorial Manager this person will be working with senior leadership across the airport to identify communications priorities, ensure they match the requirements of our corporate strategy, and decide what to communicate about in our internal and digital channels. This person will foster a “Newsroom” environment to the work of internal communications, encouraging their team to think creatively and motivating them to find new angles to stories whenever possible.

Your role will involve:

• Overseeing a team that would work in partnership with leaders across the airport to communicate on their work and how they are delivering against our corporate objectives.
• Line management of a team of ~5 colleagues, motivating them to ensure their work is at its best.
• Responsible for editorial content across internal channels, building a plan of communications activities for the year and ensuring its delivery.
• The Role Holder will be part of a ‘one communication team’ approach, demonstrating the flexibility to operate within different functional teams as the need arises.
• Required to be part of the IRT (Incident Response Teams – crisis communications) and Comms Cuts roster.

These Skills Are Essential:

• At least 5 years communications experience, preferably with some experience working in a similarly demanding or comparatively sized organisation at a mid-senior level.
• A diplomatic and experienced influencer who can work with and across numerous teams, clients, and internal stakeholders comfortably.
• Strong team management experience.
• Leadership and influence skills with a strong focus on building consensus and collaboration.
• Strong writing abilities.
• Experience taking a strategic and creative approach to managing internal communications channels.

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities. Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. Join us on that journey and we’ll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.