AddressRWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
RWE is championing the energy transition and is working towards being climate-neutral by 2040 to enable the world to live sustainably. With this goal in mind, we are looking for doers who want to work with us to create a sustainable and secure energy future.
As part of the Corporate Communications/Energy Policy department at RWE, the Internal Communications team take responsibility for informing, motivating and engaging the 20,000 employees who work for us. The role we have on offer sits within the RWE Internal Communications team but will be based in the UK.
As a team we communicate with our many internal audiences using a range of channels and formats that is bringing our RWE vision "Our energy for a sustainable life" to life and establish our "Growing Green" strategy as the compass for our actions. The business within the UK is a fundamental driver of our strategy and is a key territory when it comes to providing the pace required within the green energy world.
Your future plans
- As part of the global Internal Communications team, you will contribute to the company's strategic transformation and support our growth prospects in renewable energies in the UK.
- Your focus is to create and deliver targeted communications that enable staff understand the role they are playing in the energy transformation and how RWE is contributing to the green energy world.
- You will work with your Internal Communications colleagues, as well as stakeholders, to develop internal communication plans and tactics for RWE based on the internal RWE communication strategy.
- As part of the Internal Communications team who are based in the UK, you work with your colleagues to support communications that provide a consistent narrative across the UK.
- Your experience will allow you to understand your stakeholders' communications needs to create the most appropriate approach for them
- You have advanced writing and editing skills. You excel in translating strategies and complex technical content into easy-to-understand Internal Communications tailored for different internal audiences.
- You have experience working with, and for, managers on different corporate levels and can support them to deliver their communications needs. You know how to manage your stakeholders in a complex, matrix organisation
- In this matrix organisation, you will work with the wider UK based communications team (which includes media relations, social media, events, political affairs) to support the communications needs in the UK.
- You have experience of working with complex content management systems and editorial software.
- As well as the usual office based operating systems you will also have worked with systems and tools that support your role e.g. digital screen software such as Magicinfo; design tools such as Canva etc
Your profile
- You have extensive years of professional communications experience, especially in Internal Communications or corporate communications
- You have a sound understanding of integrated communication and extensive experience in the conception and implementation of internal communication campaigns and measures.
- You think strategically and translate the needs of our stakeholders into creative communication concepts and activities.
- You have an integrated approach to communications and an eye for the bigger picture in an international corporate environment.
- You enjoy managing your own communications projects from initial conversations to the final deliverable elements.
- You know how to write for an internal audience and can adapt you style to the multiple channels and formats we use
- You deliver confident, audience appropriate texts in English to analyse complex energy industry and energy policy issues
- Knowledge of the energy sector is not a necessity but could be a positive factor
- You are resilient and self-motivated; flexibility and the ability to work in a team will characterise your personality
How we work day-to-day
- The role is full time permanent position working five days a week
- This role sits in the UK but on a day-to-day basis we work with our colleagues who are based in the countries we operate in, especially Germany, the Netherlands and the US.
- This role is part of the RWE Internal Communications team who are based in the Swindon office.
Being part of #TeamRWE
At RWE you will find all the advantages of working at a large, international group with nearly 20,000 staff working across the globe and operating as #TeamRWE. No matter what your role we all display the following behaviours - have courage; create impact and actively collaborate. The RWE Internal Communications team lives and breathes these behaviours every day and we also embrace openness and genuine teamwork. Respect, appreciation and mutual trust characterise the co-operation we display within the international RWE team.
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Apply now with just a few clicks: ad code 85427, application deadline 20/02/2024.
Any questions? Sabrina Hickl, sabrina.hickl@rwe.com #LI-SH1
We look forward to receiving your application!
We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity. #inclusionmatters
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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.
RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
