Change, Comms & Engagement Lead – Procurement

Job Description

Job Title: Comms and Engagement Lead

Location: Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £61,110+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Analysing the potential impacts of change programmes on various stakeholders, processes and systems
• Leading for the Air Procurement team in the generation and coordination of an integrated internal communications and engagement strategy
• Ensuring the communications and engagement plan is effective in its offering and reflecting the many ways employees receive and process information
• Developing a compelling transformation narrative that aligns with the Procurement strategic goals and vision
• Actively seeking feedback from the employee population, analyse data and use insights to inform decision making and improve engagement strategies
• Working with other functional areas, such as Communications and Human Resources, and across the group as required to align functional communications to broader business objectives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Senior stakeholder management: the ability to build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders, understand their influence, interest and support for Procurement and engage with them to support them in achieving their objectives
• Facilitation: the ability to lead and guide group discussions, workshops and meetings, and ensure that all participants are heard and respected
• Proven track record of communications, engagement and change management experience across complex transformations programmes

Desirable:

• Marketing background is desirable

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Capability Hub team:

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to drive the Communications and Engagement strategy & execution across the Procurement Function and Service delivery unit. Working with a variety of stakeholders, you will have the autonomy to lead the Communications Planning to ensure critical engagement with our employees, also planning monthly, quarterly and yearly events to ensure everyone is informed. As part of our functional transformation programme, you will have the opportunity to assess change, understand the impact and manage the solution and make a real impact. You’ll work closely with the transformation team locally and in the wider business to support learning, coaching and mentoring of other change practitioners while bringing your own innovative ideas to deliver our programme. This role offers an opportunity to connect with people at all levels, driving meaningful change and we will support you with further learning to allow you to progress your career further.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 29th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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