Fcas Engagement Lead

5 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom MBDA Full time

**_Bristol_**

**MBDA is a leading defence organisation.** **We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.**

**Salary**: Circa
**£35,000 - £45,000** depending on experience
**What we can offer you**:

- Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
- Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- Annual salary review
- Paid overtime
- Up to 15 days flexi leave
- 25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase)
- Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking and more
- Excellent career progression and development opportunities

**Hybrid working pattern**: Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working such as 2 days per week working on site and 3 days working from home. **Please note this is an 18-month Fixed Term Contract.**

**The opportunity**:
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is one of the largest, most exciting and ambitious programmes within Defence - to craft and deliver a Future Combat Programme for the RAF in record time. The key cornerstone of FCAS is the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which sees the UK working with our international partners Italy and Japan. FCAS and GCAP present an outstanding opportunity to influence the design of the system to consider the integration and employment of effects rather than just integrate effectors to an existing platform.

The FCAS portfolio consists of a number of different projects and contracts looking at different areas within Combat Air. MBDA UK is involved in a few of these projects including the TEMPEST project, where some novel technologies are being explored.

An opportunity has arisen to join this programme as our FCAS Engagement Lead. Ideally you will have previous experience of working in internal communications in a complex organisation, or with a strong background in communications, PR, Media or a related fields.

It will be your role to develop and deploy an engaging narrative across the FCAS programme within MBDA. To introduce and establish standard process across the team whilst engaging with various partners, both internal and external, and the Sector Leadership Team (SLT).

Although largely supporting FCAS, one day of your week will be spent supporting the Wider Engineering Directorate, giving you a fantastic appreciation for the Engineering Directorate within MBDA. You will be working with both the external & internal Communications team, develop and deliver an annual Engineering UK communications plan to target recruitment & retention. You will also be gathering and implementing improvement actions for communication planning and content creation in order improve recruitment & retention across the business.

You'll be tasked with turning sophisticated information into something understandable for all of our people, you'll have outstanding written skills and experience of delivering engaging content across a wide range of media and formats.

We are looking for someone who can start fast and quickly establish relationships both internally and externally. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic team and really make this role your own.

**What we're looking for from you**:

- Excellent organisational skills
- Experience across all aspects communications and engagement and an appreciation of both in a defence setting
- Able to work from first principles
- Specialist knowledge in at least one area; possibly recognised (or beginning to be recognised) as an expert
- Ability to plan, develop, perfect and deliver a communications and engagement strategy
- Commercial and financial awareness
- Understanding of business strategy
- Capable of handling multiple projects/work packages
- Ability to influence and guide a narrative
- Able to deal with multiple issues, tasks and priorities concurrently
- Good understanding of other parts of the business and how they communicate news
- Knowledge of customer, their requirements and their expectations
- Communicates verbally and in writing in a style appropriate to the audience; proven presentation skills
- Organisational/co-ordination experience; ability to work with and through others
- Up to date knowledge of possible issues in relevant specialist area

**Our Business**:
We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential.

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.

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