Employee Engagement Officer (HR Projects)

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for an Employee Engagement Officer for our client, a local government organisation based in Kensington, London.

The successful post holder will manage and deliver a varied portfolio of employee engagement projects aligned to the organisation's People Strategy and wider corporate priorities. The role will create engaging content across a range of staff communication channels, build strong relationships with employee networks and stakeholders, and use feedback and analysis to improve HR initiatives.

This is a temporary contract for an initial 3 months, with the possibility of extension. Hybrid working is available.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead allocated employee engagement projects and activities aligned to the People Strategy and corporate priorities.
• Develop and deliver staff engagement initiatives, events and campaigns, including health and wellbeing, EDI and organisational activities.
• Create engaging and accessible content across staff networks, briefings, conferences, events and digital channels.
• Build strong, two‑way relationships with employee networks, key contacts and influencers.
• Respond to staff feedback and emerging themes, sharing insights with relevant HR teams to inform priorities and initiatives.
• Monitor and analyse engagement activity, including interaction, sentiment and key themes, producing reports to support evidence‑based decision making.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date calendar of engagement campaigns and activities, identifying opportunities, gaps and potential clashes.
• Work with Communications and Design teams to develop newsletters, online content, infographics and other engagement materials.
• Prepare concise and accessible reports for HR senior leadership and management groups.
• Ensure employee engagement activity supports the organisation's equality, diversity and inclusion objectives and complies with relevant organisational policies and data protection requirements.

Personal Requirements

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or above, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Experience delivering employee engagement projects, internal communications or similar initiatives and demonstrating their impact.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects from initiation through to completion.
• Experience designing engagement activities aligned to strategic people and organisational objectives.
• Experience using a range of communication channels to engage broad and targeted workforce groups.
• Strong content creation skills, including written and digital content.
• Experience working within an HR environment, with a good understanding of HR functions and priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and engagingly.
• Strong organisational, analytical and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with employees, networks and stakeholders.
• Good understanding of employee engagement methods and the challenges facing the public sector workforce.
• Experience working within a large, complex or politically sensitive organisation would be desirable.

Working Hours

36 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Pay

£31.56 per hour

Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.