Internal Communications Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Internal Communications Manager Location: Witney Abbott Diabetes Care

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an Internal Communications Manager to join our manufacturing and R&D facility in Witney, Oxfordshire. This is a varied and highly visible role, responsible for driving internal communications, employee engagement activities, business support initiatives, and key site projects. Acting as a central point of coordination across the site, you will work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure employees are informed, engaged and connected to the site’s strategy, achievements and priorities. The successful candidate will bring a strong communications background, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities within a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of the Witney internal communications strategy, ensuring consistent and effective communication across the site.
• Create engaging communication materials including newsletters, videos, digital content, corridor displays and printed literature.
• Facilitate the sharing of site success stories and achievements across Abbott Diabetes Care, Abbott UK and global communications platforms.
• Partner with project teams and business functions to develop communication plans for new initiatives, policies and programmes.
• Support employee engagement initiatives and help deliver a positive employee experience across the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding activities.
• Maintain and continuously improve communication channels, information management tools and SharePoint resources.
• Develop dashboards, metrics and reporting to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of communications and business support activities.
• Coordinate and support site-wide projects, events and engagement activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, enhance efficiencies and deliver cost-saving initiatives.

To Be Successful

• You will have experience developing and delivering internal communications within a corporate or manufacturing environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Experience creating engaging communication content across a variety of platforms and formats.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders and working with confidential information.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach and the confidence to work independently.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.

Why Abbott?

Abbott offers a benefits platform that provides security to you and your family. As you’d expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, subsidised canteen and a flexible benefits scheme. Here at Witney, we also like to help our employees live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including local community STEM outreach, yoga and more! The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Project Management DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care LOCATION: United Kingdom > Witney : Range Road ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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