Communications Business Partner

4 weeks ago


Didsbury, United Kingdom Onward Homes Full time

Communications Business Partner

**Full Time Salary**
- £42,300

**Employment Type**
- Full time

**Hours Per Week**
- 35

**Region**
- Greater Manchester

**Location**
- 2 Renaissance Court, Didsbury, M21 7QY

**Contract Type**
- Permanent

**Job Type**
- Communications

**Closing Date**
- 12/09/2023

**Ref No**
- 1929

**What you can expect from us**
- We offer a competitive salary of £42,300.
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
- Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
- Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
- Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%)
- A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
- Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
- Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme
- Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
- Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
- Onward Home has a number of colleagues forums to drive positive change and culture including our Colleague Forum, D&I and BAME Network.

**About the role**

We are looking for a **Communications Business Partner** to join our External Affairs and Communications team on a permanent basis based within Greater Manchester. This role is a home-based role, where there is no daily requirement to attend an office with the flexibility to attend as and when required.

The purpose of the role is to lead the delivery of strategic communications advice and support within a business area, delivering a client-focused approach to creating solutions that help colleagues communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

**Responsibilities will include**:
**Strategic communications advice**

Lead delivery of strategic communications advice and support within the business, by helping colleagues to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve business objectives. Add value by providing strategic communications advice to senior people.

**Communications leadership**

Provide communications leadership within the business in one of the following areas: property; customer service; social & environmental impact; external affairs; and internal communications

**Partnership working**

To ensure that the organization's goals are met, establish and grow a network of internal and external partnerships. By giving them strategic guidance and support, assist your co-workers and become a trusted and strategic ambassador for the business and an advocate for customers.

**Creative content**

Plan and produce the highest quality creative content, in the context of strategic communications support and to deliver business objectives. Invent new ways of getting our message across whilst aligning with our branding, style and values.

**External media relations**

Create and distribute external media strategy and content to achieve corporate goals and support strategic communications. Develop and deliver social media and digital plans and content.
- Relevant experience in one or more of the following communications disciplines: property; customer service; social & environmental impact; external affairs; and internal communications.
- Demonstrable experience of a client-focused approach to strategic communications, providing drive, challenge and creativity.
- Excellent speaking skills, with an ability to win the trust and confidence of partners and provide strategic communications advice with credibility.
- Excellent writing skills, drafting and creatively editing the highest quality copy for communications materials.
- Experience of designing and implementing strategic communications plans and campaigns, across multiple channels, to deliver business objectives.
- Experience of devising and delivering media strategies, including preparing media releases and building relationships with journalists.
- Experience of devising and delivering social media strategies, including using social media to engage and communicate with key external audiences.
- Ability to introduce creative communications solutions in order to deliver business or organisational objectives.

**Essential**:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent

**About Onward**:
Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new h



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