Internal Communications & Employee Engagement Partner in Wolverhampton

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

What does the role look like?

Are you a proactive, creative communications professional who takes pride in delivering high-quality work? Join a team at the heart of shaping and enabling the strategy and direction of one of the world's leading aerospace organisations. As enabling partners, our internal communication and employee engagement function collaborates with teams across the Actuation UK Global Business Unit (GBU) on a whole spectrum of initiatives and projects.

In this role you will work with the Senior Internal Communications and Employee Engagement Officer to deliver clear, relevant and timely content to build employee awareness of the strategic direction of the business. This includes supporting senior leaders communicate effectively through change as well as supporting day-to-day initiatives like wellness, compensation and benefits, onboarding, learning, training, career development, and employee engagement opportunities.

We're after a dynamic individual who is equally adept at sourcing human interest stories from scratch, organising the latest employee engagement event, to providing best practice guidance to a range of stakeholders.

• Deliver the internal communication roadmap and help connect to growing opportunities in the external world with our senior internal comms officer.
• Maintain our internal communications plans and create and schedule content across our key internal channels including our employee app, digital screens, digital newsletter and regular all hands meetings.
• Work to shape and offer best practice around improving engagement and clarity around our internal communications channels.
• Partner with a range of stakeholders i.e. senior leaders, health and safety, facilities, HR, Legal, PR teams to craft messaging and narratives that contextualise day-to-day operations and goals with our broader corporate strategy, ensuring this is engaging and inspires and motivates all employees.
• Partner with a range of stakeholders including C-suite leaders to craft critical / urgent communications and advise on best practice to positively steer employees through major change.
• Ensure any external opportunities are maximised and advise on crisis communication plans where necessary.
• Drive action to increase employee participation in our employee engagement survey, working with HR and senior leaders to show tangible improvements.
• Actively support and help our Culture & CSR Lead shape our DE&I agenda through proactive collaboration with our employee resource groups.

• Knowledge of internal communication and employee engagement best practice, and comfortable at forming plans that drive real results.
• Ability to effectively prioritise in a fast-changing environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills. You'll be as comfortable talking to one of our factory workers on the shop floor as you will be working with those in the C-suite.

• A relevant professional qualification (CIPR/IOIC/CIM/PRCA etc) is highly desirable.
• Experience advising complex, matrixed organisations on major change programmes and initiatives.
• Familiarity with digital communications methods e.g. video and use of Adobe software (e.g. Photoshop, Premier Pro etc.) or a willingness to learn new skills in this space.
• Resilient and have resolve to drive change and seek opportunity for improvements.
• Ability to think creatively and wisely and apply your influential personality.
• Previous experience of writing, editing and creating content across multiple digital and face to face channels including internal news announcements, newsletters, and face to face forums like town halls.
• Proofreading and attention to detail.
• The journalistic ability to source stories from employees and around the business, and translate these into external opportunities where appropriate.