Senior Corporate Affairs Manager

Senior Corporate Affairs Manager (12 Month FTC)

Job Req ID: 31430

Posting Date: 21 Apr 2024

Function: Corporate and Regulatory Affairs

Unit: Corporate Affairs

Location:

Aberdare, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive Salary & Great Benefits

Recruiter: Natilla Turner

Career Grade: C

Internal Closing Date: 06/05/2024

Why this job matters

Are you passionate about creating positive change and making a difference in society? At BT Group, we are dedicated to connecting people and communities for good, shaping the future of technology, and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Why BT Group? With a rich history spanning over 180 years, BT Group has been at the forefront of telecommunications innovation, connecting the world and driving progress. We are committed to building a better business for our customers, the economy, and society as a whole. Our recent BT Group Manifesto outlines our focus on responsible, inclusive, and sustainable growth, ensuring that our efforts have a positive impact on the world around us.

Why Digital Impact & Sustainability? Join us in our mission to bridge the digital divide and drive positive social change. As a key member of our Responsible Business team, you will lead impactful campaigns and engagement initiatives across BT Group. By leveraging your skills and expertise, you will help empower individuals and communities, tackle digital exclusion, and enhance BT Group's reputation as a socially responsible leader.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the development and execution of strategic campaigns to address the digital divide and promote digital inclusion.
• Drive engagement initiatives to inspire and empower individuals of all ages and backgrounds to develop digital skills.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align campaign objectives with business priorities and deliver measurable impact.
• Create and implement PR and communication strategies to raise awareness and amplify the impact of our social responsibility initiatives.
• Measure and report on the social impact generated by our campaigns, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Skills Required for the Job:

• Experienced integrated campaign manager with a background in marketing, PR, and sustainability.
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness, with the ability to evaluate and mitigate risks.
• Excellent project management skills, ideally in the context of large-scale social impact or sustainability programs.
• Change agent with the courage to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change.
• Champion of data-driven decision-making and analytics capabilities.
• Expertise in stakeholder engagement and relationship building, with strong communication and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with a focus on trust, integrity, and diversity.

Experience:

• Proven track record of developing and executing large-budget integrated marketing and PR campaigns.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in project management and content generation, ideally in the sustainability or corporate affairs domain.
• Understanding of sustainability and social impact issues, with a focus on driving positive change.
• Tactician with a strategic mindset and the ability to navigate complex business environments.

What's in it for you? What are the benefits?

At BT, we entertain, educate, and empower millions of people every day. We're a brand built on connecting people – whether that's friends, family, businesses, or communities. Working here, you'll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you'll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration, and inclusivity.

Benefits of working for BT include:

• 25 days' annual leave (not including bank holidays)
• Pension scheme - you contribute 5%, BT contributes 10%
• Discounted broadband, and EE Mobile
• Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work schemes and many more flexible benefits to fit around you
• Access and involvement with our incredible 11 People Networks including Able2 network, Carers network, Ethnic diversity network, Gender equality network, and Pride network
• Volunteering days, so you can give back to your local community

At BT Group, we value diversity and inclusion, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed. If you're ready to make a difference and be part of our future, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and embark on an exciting journey of growth and opportunity.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. 'We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It's fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.'

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you'll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won't be alone: we'll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.