Communications & Engagement Specialist
- 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, UK, England (GBR)
- £486 - £540 Per Day
- 52 Weeks
- Start date: 27 Jun 22
- Ref: 157396
- communications management
- stakeholder management
- adobe
- conferences
- general support
- video editing
- leadership
- photography
- implementation
- delivery focused
Communications & Engagement Specialist
£500.00p/d
London (Leeds, Sheffield, Chester also considered) – hybrid
12-month contract
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Communications & Engagement Specialist
Role Purpose/Responsibilities:
This is a new position which presents a great opportunity to shape the role. We currently don’t have specialist engagement expertise within the team, so this role offers the chance to bring and integrate a highly valued and sought after skill set into the team. In Global Legal, we’re committed to a cultural shift and this role is integral to that, contributing to improving the employee experience of 1100 employees within the 44 countries that the Legal Function operates.
The role holder will:
Deliver Communications and Engagement initiatives within the function.
This will include but not be limited to:
- Supporting the Senior Engagement Managers with communication and engagement activities. This will primarily involve delivery of the global communications required for the Global Legal People programme, which focuses on our people priorities to affect a cultural shift within Legal.
- Providing specialist communications input across all 3 work streams of the Global Legal People programme
- Developing our People
- Building a Healthy & Inclusive Culture
- Engaging our People
- Regular communications update to stakeholders and the wider Function utilizing a range of channels
- Communications management of various Global People events in Legal, such as off-sites, conferences, and events for top talent. This will also include leadership and professional development, D&I, well-being etc.
- Designing and delivering a range of content, ensuring a high level of creativity
- Providing engagement expertise across all communications areas and regions
- Overseeing the London and Global engagement activities
- Supplying additional communications support to the US
- Giving general support to the wider Engagement team and managing ad-hoc tasks when required
All of this should be carried out in line with the people needs and strategic direction of Legal.
We value the different skills and experience that individuals can bring to a role. We would like you to apply even if you believe you only meet some of the listed requirements and would encourage you to highlight other aspects of your experience that may be relevant but aren't explicitly listed as required in this job description.
We understand how valuable flexible working is in helping you work at your best and are committed to exploring flexible working arrangements that work for you, your clients and your team.
Skills/ Experience
- Creative and innovative communications and engagement specialist
- Proven track record of inventive and resourceful communications solutions
- Good existing network and prior exposure (possibly from agency/ or law firm)
- Able to work closely with senior stakeholders
- Global experience
- Strong organisational, planning and implementation skills
- Able to translate work stream outputs into inspiring communications that resonate with colleagues at all levels and in all locations
- Proactive and able to demonstrate initiative and an appetite for continuous improvement
- Commercial and delivery focused
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with outstanding attention to detail
- Strong stakeholder management
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to re-prioritise in very short timescales
- Energetic and self-motivated team player
- Microsoft Office skills
- Needs to be a self starter, willing to take accountability and able to work effectively
- Ideally experience in Poppulo / Seenit / HSBC NowShare / Adobe Premier Pro
- Campaign development is desirable
- Experience in video editing, photography, Creative PowerPoints, infographics, animations is desirable
If you think you are up for the task and feel you meet the above criteria or interested to hear more information, please contact me on Amy.walker@jeffersonwells.co.uk
