Communication Manager
Based: Dartford
Reporting to the Head of Communication – Europe, this is an opportunity to shape how we engage with our 2,000-strong community of trade specialists at a pivotal time for the business. Laing O'Rourke is driving a transformation to elevate the status of our trade specialists, recognising their expertise and supporting a long-term shift from Trades to Technicians.
As Communication Manager, you will shape and deliver effective communication across a mix of digital, face-to-face and printed channels. You will create content for internal and external audiences, ensuring consistency in style, tone and messaging.
Internally, you will support employee communications to build engagement, drive change, and bring our purpose, values and strategy to life through written, filmed and live content. Externally, you will develop content that strengthens our brand and supports recruitment.
Key responsibilities
- Partner with internal stakeholders to shape meaningful communication and engagement, including change initiatives
- Develop internal communication materials such as employee announcements, newsletters, project features and campaigns
- Support leadership engagement events
- Create content for external media and communication channels
- Contribute to the development of owned channels
- Evaluate and report on communication effectiveness
- Manage agencies and external providers where required
- Travel to projects, depots and manufacturing facilities (with occasional overnight stays)
What we're looking for
Essential:
- Proven experience in corporate communications
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience creating engaging content, including video
- Ability to build relationships and work proactively
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Good understanding of social media and the UK media landscape
Desirable:
- Experience with a transient workforce
- Social and multimedia content creation (e.g. podcasts)
- Knowledge of evaluation, measurement or change communications
Technical:
- Familiarity with content management systems (e.g. SharePoint)
- Social media and media monitoring tools
Qualifications
- Degree in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations or similar
- GCSE English (or equivalent) A*-C essential
- Membership of a professional body (CIPR, IoIC, CIM or similar) desirable
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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