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Job Description
Communications Lead - Submarines
Full Time
Derby
The business now stands at an important crossroad, with growth opportunities coming from different sectors, and even different countries. We need an experienced, confident, self-motivated and empowered Communications Lead - Infrastructure to support the business with external messaging and internal engagement priorities as the business delivers its critical infrastructure expansion work.
With growth opportunities that only come round once in a generation, it is critically important that stakeholders engage with our vision and actively support the expansion work that will change the face of our business.
The successful candidate will be an experienced communications professional who is able to contribute to the business beyond their functional role.
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
What we offer
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
What you will be doing
* Design, create and deliver integrated communications campaigns that support the Rolls-Royce Submarines Infrastructure programmes from start to finish
* Proactive external media engagement around site Infrastructure activity
* Engage with internal colleagues around site activity to manage disruption and reinforce future vision
* Work alongside contractor and partner communications teams to ensure awareness and engagement across embedded contractors
* External reactive crisis comms, including collaboration with MOD, Defence and Group Comms on external messaging
* Manage relationship with local media, businesses and residents
* Support communications and engagement activity across Infrastructure business unit
* Additional support for Supply Chain and New Build teams
* Feed into Group social media channels with site expansion content
Who we're looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
* Media relations experience
* Excellent at building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships both externally with media contacts and MoD and internally across all levels of the organisation
* Strong writing skills, with broad experience of drafting press materials, developing engagement campaigns and accessing/launching new channels internally.
* Experience creating and executing short, medium, and long-term communications and media relations plans
* A high level of exposure of using digital and other media outlets
We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce
To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.
Closing date:
Job Category
Corporate Affairs
Posting Date
22 May 2025; 00:05
Posting End Date
31 May 2025
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