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SalaryNuclear Waste Services are looking for an Internal communication partner to connect, inspire, and enable our people in our vision to ‘make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner.’ Creating an environment where people can be at their best, no matter who they are or what role they play. With simple, clear and repeatable messages that reach them wherever they are.
As a trusted partner to members of our Executive you will develop companywide campaigns, messaging and tactics that successfully communicate to colleagues and stakeholders using a range of internal channels. Using your excellent writing, speaking and interpersonal skills you will write news articles for publication across our digital channels, lead regular staff briefings, and support our annual employee roadshows. Gathering data and insights from our engagement surveys, channels data and anecdotal feedback to review and continuously improve how we do things.
- Develop and oversee our Internal Communications strategy, plans, and channels so that we are effectively engaging, informing, and empowering our colleagues.
- Provide internal handling advice for leaders and project leads on sensitive, complex and often high-profile issues.
- Forge strong working relationships with key stakeholders and partners. Build good relations with communicators in key stakeholder organisations to support collaborative working.
- Support the full range of communications activity across the team.
- Own performance, including self-development.
- Manage own workload, including time and deadline management.
- Participate in health and wellbeing initiatives for the team.
- Ensure risk management actions are undertaken and reported within the appropriate system.
- Management of budget and/or delegated spend.
- In addition, undertake any other activities using your skills and experience as and when required.
- Support and implement corporate strategy, decisions, and initiatives as necessary aligned with our vision, mission, and values.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and success in developing and overseeing Internal Communications channels.
- Significant experience and success in strategic planning, delivery and management of communications and engagement.
- Able to analyse and present communications data and insights.
- Ability to communicate and influence with empathy at all levels.
- Outstanding writing and presentation skills.
Who are we?
Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK's nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.
Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world
If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you'll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms - scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory - to name a few.
We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
We are action orientated - We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.
We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.
We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.
We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is a joint trading name of LLW Repository Limited and Radioactive Waste Management Limited.
This role will be employed by LLW Repository Limited unless the successful candidate is currently on Radioactive Waste Management Limited terms and conditions. In this situation the employee will continue on their current terms and conditions.
NDA group appointments: the NDA Group Mobility Principles will apply.What's in it for you?
- On appointment to an RWM, full-time staff are entitled to a generous annual holiday allowance of 38 days' annual leave. LLWR up to 43 days in addition to a buy/sell scheme
- Rewarding performance (bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous above average pension scheme
- learning and development support
- payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
Equal Opportunities
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.
Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email
