Employee Communications Manager

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? Portakabin are looking for an Employee Communications Manager to join our HR team based at our Head office in York.

As an Employee Communications Manager you will lead the planning and delivery of employee communications across Portakabin, helping employees connect with our strategy, priorities, brand and values, and the part they can play in our success.

This is a highly practical and delivery-focused role, combining strong communications thinking and planning with excellent hands-on delivery. Working closely with the People & Culture Director, the role will help shape communication priorities and plans and take ownership for turning them into clear, engaging and consistently high-quality communications.

Role Details:

• Employee Communications Manager
• Annual salary up to £70,000 dependent on skills and experience, plus potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 15% subject to business performance
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT
• Car allowance
• Eligible to join private medical healthcare
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.

• Develop and deliver the employee communications plan, aligned to business priorities and coordinated across Portakabin to ensure communications are timely, relevant and effective.
• Create clear communication strategies for business priorities, projects and change, identifying the right messages, audiences, channels and timing.
• Deliver engaging communications and campaigns from concept to completion, producing high-quality content that simplifies complex information for diverse audiences across multiple countries and roles.
• Maintain a consistent Portakabin voice, tone and brand across all employee communications, providing guidance, templates and best practice for colleagues.
• Help employees connect our strategy, brand and values to their role, contribution and impact on business success.
• Lead communications and engagement activity that brings our brand and values to life, embedding them through people initiatives, employee experiences and a network of brand champions.
• Develop campaigns that communicate business priorities, progress, achievements and change, helping employees understand what is happening, why it matters and what it means for them.
• Own and continuously improve internal communication channels, including SharePoint, ensuring content is relevant, accessible and easy to navigate.
• Establish clear channel governance and communication principles to ensure a joined-up and consistent employee experience.
• Equip leaders with clear, practical communications and key messages, supporting effective leader-led communication across the business.
• Use employee feedback, engagement insights and channel performance data to improve communication effectiveness and inform future activity

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day

• Strong experience in employee or internal communications, personally shaping and delivering communications aligned to business priorities.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to turn complex subjects into clear, engaging and accessible communications for different audiences.
• Strong practical knowledge of communication planning, campaigns, channels and content, including multi-channel employee communications.
• Experience managing employee communication platforms, including SharePoint, intranet or comparable digital channels.
• Experience supporting leader-led communication, including clear briefings, messages and practical resources leaders can use with their teams.
• A good working knowledge of how brand, values and tone of voice are embedded through employee communications, employer brand and the wider employee experience.
• A relevant professional communications qualification or membership of a recognised professional body such as CIPR or IoIC would be desirable.
• Some experience working across multiple countries, cultures or languages is desirable.

Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing 23rd November.

NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.