Communications Business Partner

ABOUT LGC:
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.

The Business Partner Communications Manager will play a key role supporting the Group Director of Colleague Communications & Engagement, working in close partnership with senior business leaders, particularly in support functions including IT, HR and Finance.

The successful candidate will require [some] business transformation communications experience, as the company continues to transform and grow. They will also be confident developing and developing and implementing complex communication strategies and plans, as well as engaging key messaging, announcements, Q&As and other pertinent content.

The role will have a particular focus on providing communications support for senior business leaders across the Group, including the CFO, CPO and CIO, along with their respective senior leadership teams.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the Group Director of Colleague Communications & Engagement to develop and implement communications strategies for key Business Functions including HR, IT and Finance.
• Engage and counsel various internal teams and key stakeholders to ensure the Group's messages are consistent, engaging and effectively communicated to target audiences.
• Provide communications support around transformational change programmes for LGC Group, working closely with relevant senior leaders and communications team.
• Work with communications colleagues to embed LGC’s corporate narrative across the Group.
• Develop highly engaging communications campaigns, ensuring content is impactful on internal communications channels.
• Provide communications counsel and support senior leaders with thought leadership and communications skills [including presentation/ message] training.
• Support internal communications channel management, to ensure MYLGC intranet and other internal channels are effective, engaging and impactful.

The role offers the flexibility of being either hybrid, home/office based in either the UK, US or Canada.

• Experience of corporate/internal communications gained from in house and/or agency roles.
• Some Business Partnering and transformational change communications experience.
• Degree in communications, public relations, journalism, life science, marketing, or a related field.
• Able to navigate and network in complex global matrix organisations.
• Confident advising and supporting senior leaders, including C-suite executives.
• Can develop /implement employee engagement/ communication plans.
• Writes and conveys complex information that is both accessible and engaging for audiences.
• Self-sufficient and IT savvy.
• Confident developing content such as corporate presentations, narratives, key messages, Q&As etc.
• Technical and editorial experience developing and editing intranets, websites and social media channels. Video content development/ editing experience an advantage.
• Budget management.

Person Specification

• Cares about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of work done.
• A strong sense of ownership and personal responsibility.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to influence and network across complex matrix organisations,
• Proactive, positive, team player who embraces new and different ways of working.
• Excellent writing and communications skills, able to simplify complex information, with strong attention to detail.
• Able to articulate ideas with conviction and counsel senior leaders with confidence.
• Confident implementing communications strategies, engaging content and impactful campaigns.
• Well organised, working calmly under pressure and in a high-paced environment.
• Focused on high performance and delivery of brilliant, potentially award-winning work.

OUR VALUES

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.

For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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