Internal Communications Officer

About the role
We're looking for an Internal Communications Officer to join our busy Communications team on a permanent contract. Based in our London office - just two minutes' walk from Warren Street and five minutes from Euston - you'll be joining one of the country's leading providers of affordable housing. This is a full-time role working 35 hours, Mon to Fri, and offers hybrid working two days working from the office and three days working from home.
The successful candidate will help make sure that internal communication channels are used effectively and have maximum impact and increase staff engagement. Key responsibilities include:
* Delivering day-to-day Internal Communications activity, which drives colleague engagement and ensures staff are well informed.
* Co-ordinating, developing and delivering research, writing, and editing and imagery, of Internal Communications and engagement material.
* Helping manage the intranet for the business on a day-to-day basis. Regularly reviewing the intranet and making recommendations for continuous improvement.
* Delivering campaigns, events, and focus groups to increase staff awareness, engagement and gather feedback.
* Ensuring Internal Communications are integrated into the wider communications activities.
* Ensuring everything produced is consistent with TGP brand and visual identity.
* Providing training and advice related to communications.
* Establishing and managing effective working relationships with a range of internal contacts to ensure that all communications activities meet our standards, and that information is accurate and up to date.
* Helping with other comms as required.

Essential Skills:
* Excellent oral and written communications.
* Strong experience of working with intranets and content management systems.
* Proven experience of delivering communications campaigns.
* Proven experience of working within a communications environment delivering on agreed objectives and operational priorities.
* Ability to produce concise and informative written material.
* Ability to work on own initiative and to be proactive.
* Good persuading and influencing skills.
* Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
* Strong relationship management of diverse stakeholders.
* Good project management skills.
* Demonstrates the Guinness behaviours.

Desirable Skills:
* Experience of organising internal events.
* Ability to manage varied and complex work streams.
* Previous experience of working within an integrated communications team.
If you are interested in joining us and would like to apply for this role, please review the role profile to ensure you meet the essential criteria.
To be considered for this role please follow the online application process by submitting your CV and cover letter, ideally as one PDF or word attachment. Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 22nd April.

About UsThe Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.