Communications Director

Communications Director, Global Finance

Brentford

3 months

Up to £690 per day (Umbrella only)

General background

GSK aspires to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. In Global Finance we have a unique opportunity to bring pace and scale to all three of these strategic priorities and deliver the benefits they will bring to the people each of us ultimately come to work for – our patients and customers.

To deliver this, we must work in full partnership with our business team and attract the best talent so we are always on the front foot and firing on all cylinders.

Role Purpose and Key Responsibilities:

The purpose of this role is to deliver holistic and engaging communications to support GSK Finance It needs a strategic approach to make the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and creativity to build a proposition to unify the team, excite our customers and attract the best talent.

The role will partner with the lead stakeholders to integrate and optimise their communication activities and messaging. It will work closely with CGA colleagues to align internal content and ensure alignment with both Finance and enterprise-wide communications, with sensitivity to the ongoing GSK transformation journey.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Head of Global Finance during an extremely busy period for GSK, the Finance function and CGA
• Create a compelling, coherent identity/proposition/narrative representing Global Finance
• Find stories and create inspiring content that represents Finance’s work and demonstrates its key role in driving Innovation, Performance and Trust at GSK
• Work with colleagues across CGA to make sure the Finance story is well represented - and enterprise-wide communications, locally, globally and externally
• Ensure alignment with GSK and Finance transformation journeys, and make sure Finance story is inextricably connected with the priorities of the business it supports
• Provide strategic counsel to stakeholders, advising them on optimum solutions for best practice communications
• Partner with business leads to establish a culture and employee experience in Finance that attracts the best talent in the field
• Deliver strategic and engaging communications to support delivery of identified priorities in a way that aligns with our values & expectations
• Build and develop relationships with influencers and stakeholders in Finance and CGA
• Develop communications plans with metrics, test and learn new tactics to drive innovation and engagement
• Drive digital first approach to internal communication, making best use of content across channels

Complexity:

• The activities that come within the scope of this role are diverse, with interdependencies and different priorities
• The role involves considerable matrix working, influencing and managing relationships with diverse and global stakeholders
  
  

Key skills and attributes:

• Ability to create sense & simplicity from complexity and align diverse activity strands
• Experience of planning and executing for a global matrixed organisation
• Creativity and ability to spot news hooks and develop inspiring content for a range of audiences
• Flexibility to work with diverse stakeholders in different organisations in a global context
• Experience developing propositions and deploying global campaigns
• Strong judgement and integrity
• Experience creating a communications strategy that meets the objectives and standards of CGA as well as the strategic priorities of Finance
• Strong verbal and written communication and story-telling skills
• Ability to effectively and proactively use internal social and digital channels
• Gravitas and influencing skills with the ability to build strong rapport with leaders at the most senior level
• Ability to work independently or part of a team
• Personable, able to cope with stress and is proactive in delivery

Experience:

• Previous experience at GSK or within a similar sized global healthcare company in communications would be an advantage but not a requirement
• Experience in healthcare and Finance would be an advantage but not a requirement

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

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Who will I be working with?

http://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/meet-our-people/

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