Internal Communications Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Templecombe, United Kingdom Thales Full time
Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

UWS UK Internal Communications Coordinator

Templecombe / Cheadle / Bristol

Fixed term contract/Maternity cover

Are you a skilled internal communications individual with a passion for creating communities at work and connecting people to their purpose in an engaging and effective way? Do you want to use your creative skills to inspire and motivate teams? If you do, read on

What we can offer you in this role:
  • The chance to use your creative skills to source, write, edit and publish content
  • An opportunity to develop your communications and event management skills
  • Ability to generate engagement activities that promote inclusivity, a community feel and drive engagement

Our Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Internal Communications Coordinator, to join the Under Water Systems [UWS] business within Thales UK. This role focuses on providing internal communications delivery expertise to the business as well as communications and engagement events and activities. Designed to generate great engagement and involvement, you will help create an environment where employees feel connected and like they belong so that they can give their best each day. You will report directly to the Head of the Business Support team with support from the UK Internal Communications Business Partner. This role will work closely with UWS UK leadership team, other stakeholders and external suppliers.

Day to day you will:
  • Be a team player and share best practice across the functional team and UWS UK team
  • Lead and deliver employee wellbeing and fun events & activities across UK sites.
  • Create, deliver and maintain fresh, engaging & interesting wall art and electronic & physical collateral including up to date information on TV screens across UWS UK sites.
  • Source, write and edit internal content and publish across a range of channels.
  • Provide logistical and delivery support for UK Employee Briefings and communication events
  • Update and maintain the UWS UK Intranet page

About you:

You are an excellent communicator both written and oral, demonstrating strong business acumen, with the ability to collaborate at all levels of the organisation. A creative storyteller who motivates people to achieve, is outcome focused and measured. Encourages and facilitates a culture of dialogue amongst all audiences. Is proactive and gets out there to understand how our people think and feel.

To be successful in this role, it's essential you have a strong knowledge of what good engagement looks like, internal communication channels, event management and business as usual communications activities. You will need to be able to demonstrate your experience and understanding of business requirements to support the translation into internal communications and engagement activities.

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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