Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Home-based / Split between home and our London Office / Shipley Office / Glasgow office
National: £29,500- £33,500
London: £33,000 - £37,000

Are you passionate about internal communications and the role it plays in an organisation’s culture? Do you love applying your skills to deliver varied communication and engagement moments?

About the role

Our new communications strategy firmly positions the communications division at the heart of Macmillan’s ambition to build awareness, relationships and trust with our key audiences, to help deliver our mission of doing whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.

We’re looking for an internal communications officer to develop and support communications and events that inform, inspire, and connect colleagues at Macmillan

This role will be in surfacing and telling stories from across the organisation that engage our colleagues, build understanding and connections between teams and support our communication priorities. You will work closely with colleagues from internal, external, and strategic communications to ensure consistent narratives across all channels and to share learnings.

You will learn and use a wide variety of skills, tools and resources to help deliver to all employees and to targeted audiences. You will be helping to build a culture where two-way colleague communication is fundamental and integral to the success of the organisation and its staff.

About you

• You will have demonstrable experience and knowledge of communications
• You have an ability to build relationships with stakeholders of all levels
• Your organisation and time management skills will be essential
• You will be a proactive, enthusiastic and team-minded
• Your application must evidence excellent writing skills, and a clear understanding of what makes a good story.
• Experience of digital internal channel usage (desirable)

Please note, a background in internal communications is not essential. We are interested in your transferrable skills, and how you would use these to support the delivery of our communications strategy, particularly any experience in creating content, distilling key information and delivering successful communications.

About us
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to be their best self to work.

We welcome applications from everyone who meets the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another ethnic minority background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan People Services Team on Peopleservices@macmillan.org.uk for advice and recruitment adjustments.

Recruitment Process
The application deadline is 23:59 on Sunday 16th April. Interviews will take place virtually using Microsoft Teams between Wednesday 20 April – Friday 28 April.

In order to ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all of our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan Talent Acquisition Team on TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and recruitment adjustment