Internal Communications Consultant

We're looking for a regional Internal Communications Consultant, to shape the way we communicate with thousands of staff and volunteers who do so much to look after the beautiful places and spaces across the South West.

Supporting the Regional Director, and the Leadership community, you'll develop and deliver an internal communications plan which will bring the regional ambition, priorities and achievements to life. You work as part of our national Internal Communications Network supporting wider on essential communications.

What it's like to work here

As this role covers the South-West region, your contractual place of work will be the nearest National Trust consultancy office to your home. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We'll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40-60% of your working week.

Travel will be required to the places that you'll be supporting, including attendance at regional and national events throughout the year.

What you'll be doing

As the voice for all internal communications in the region, you'll work with senior directors to develop and manage the internal communication plan that will inspire our people by celebrating our achievements and sharing our stories.

You'll provide tactical and strategic internal communications advice to support and engage our people with our national and regional priorities.

You'll partner with the regional senior management team, providing advice and support to ensure the best way communicate to and engage with their teams.

You'll manage our suite of regional channels including intranet and staff newsletter, as well as organising events and rich audio-visual content.

Please also read the full role profile attached to this advert.

Who we're looking for

We'd love to hear from you, if you have:

• Excellent communications skills: verbal, written and presenting
• A passion for working on your own initiative, developing creative and innovative solutions
• Proven track record of delivering communications through digital, print and face to face channels in a large, sophisticated organisation
• Developed and delivered an internal communication (or similar) strategy and plan
• Proven experience of communicating appropriately with a wide range of audiences
• Experience of offering advice on internal communications issues, from crisis communications to strategic business plan messaging.
• Experience of evaluation and interpretation of data in improving communications
• Great project management skills, with particular experience of event management
• Extensive experience of successfully managing diverse and varied workloads with tight timeframes and budgets.
• Skills in video editing and production and use of Adobe InDesign

The package

The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places