Communications Manager - Submarines

Job Description

Communications Manager - Submarines

Full Time

Derby

The Rolls-Royce Submarines business is growing and we need a Communications Manager that can support that growth by telling our story and engaging our people. From managing the media and writing impactful press releases, to developing internal employee channels and supporting on crisis communications, this is a role that calls on all communication disciplines. Could you help drive this once in a generation opportunity for our business?

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

The business now stands at an important crossroad, with growth opportunities coming from different sectors, and even different countries. We need an experienced, confident, self-motivated and empowered Communications Manager to support the business with team leadership, external messaging and internal engagement activities.

With a clear vision, powerful purpose and an exciting strategy, it is critically important that employees engage with the future direction of the business - striving to achieve it as one team. Additionally, this growth requires the best talent to support these aspirations, so celebrating Rolls-Royce Submarines externally as an innovative and exciting business to join is equally important.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Reporting into the Head of Marketing & Communications, you will manage a team of talented Communications Leads, while also developing and delivering communication strategies of your own. Collaborating across the Submarines Enterprise and across the Ministry of Defence, this is a chance to do something that really matters – helping protect the UK for decades to come. You will be developed throughout your career with us, ensuring that our approach to communication stays ahead of the pack.

What We Offer

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What You Will Be Doing

This is the ideal role for a proven communications expert with the chance to:

• Oversee all internal and external communications, ensuring messaging is consistent and engaging
• Manage media relationships, prepare spokespeople and generate proactive press releases in a high-profile environment
• Develop and implement effective communication strategies that build stakeholder loyalty and advocacy
• Bring innovation, creativity and determination to developing new channels and content, both internally and externally
• Manage, support and develop a team of talented Communication Leads
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role we need you to have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong storytelling, message and channel development abilities.
• Media relations expertise and familiarity with the media landscape - building and maintaining relationships with journalists and other key stakeholders.
• A track-record for collaboration and delivery across different stakeholder groups
  
  

Desirable Skills/Experience

• A track record of managing a successful and motivated communications team
• Experience of managing media in a high-profile environment for a globally recognisable brand
• Existing SC-Clearance preferred
• Understanding of the Defence industry and strong existing relationships with national/trade/local media in Defence
  
  

We’re an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category

Corporate Affairs

Posting Date

15 Nov 2024; 00:11

Posting End Date

28 Nov 2024