Job Title: Head of Communication
Location: Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60562
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Head of Communication.
The role
As a Head of Communication, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Responsible for the management of the Communications team, taking ownership and accountability for the delivery of the teams internal and external outputs.
Day-to-day, you’ll develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy aligned to Sector and Group objectives with support from Group Director of Operational Communications.
- Provide strategic communications advice to the CEO of as well as the leadership team
- Oversight and responsibility for issues management and Sector crisis communications, working in partnership with key business stakeholders and escalating appropriately to the Group Director of Operational Communications and Group Director of Communications
- Planning and delivery of business milestone / show case events such as VIP visits, Sector/ Country and Group exhibitions, conferences and sponsorship in collaboration with Group Marcomms team e.g. RIAT, MSPO, DSEI
- Management of local media relations including proactive media outreach, press releases and media events
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with the nearest Babcock site as contractual location.
Essential experience of the Head of Communication:
- Extensive experience working in a communications role (corporate, internal and external), ideally gained within a large B2B focused organisation (5,000 employees+) with some international understanding
- Ability to navigate organisations with complex structures and disparate workforces that require a mix of channels to successfully receive messages
- Demonstrable track record of devising and implementing multiple successful projects, campaigns and events
- Project management, Co-ordination of working groups and maintaining agency relationships
- Experience leading and managing a team of Communications professionals
Qualifications for the Head of Communication:
- Degree level qualification in a relevant discipline (Communications, Business, Marketing, Journalism or English)
- Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IoIC, CIM, etc.)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 27/11/2024
