Communications Officer - Executive & Employee Engagement
12 month contract - Life Science
Are you a well-rounded communications professional with a strategic mindset and a passion for partnering with senior leaders? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, global environment where you can shape high-impact internal and external communications? If you enjoy executive positioning, storytelling, and engaging colleagues around organisational strategy, this could be the perfect role for you.
About the Role
In this mid-management position, you will support strategic communications activities for the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer of a major global organisation. You will also play a central role in delivering enterprise-wide employee engagement programmes and communication initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
* Support strategic executive communications, including positioning, media interactions, event preparation, social media content, town halls, and quarterly reporting.
* Lead communication planning and execution for transformation initiatives within Finance and HR.
* Create compelling presentations, letters, articles, video scripts, Viva Engage and social media posts, briefings, and other materials for internal and external audiences.
* Analyse complex information, distil key insights, and craft messages that are clear, concise, and memorable across diverse stakeholder groups.
* Translate business and scientific topics into engaging content using various formats such as infographics, videos, presentations, and articles.
* Collaborate across international teams to deliver integrated communication strategies and campaigns.
* Support global virtual events, including webinar setup and hosting.
* Maintain team resources, documentation, and SharePoint/Teams sites.
* Contribute to wider communications team projects as needed.
Impact & Scope
This role helps shape the organisation's reputation by strengthening the strategic positioning of senior leaders. You'll work in a dynamic, multicultural environment where precision, consistency, and quality are essential. While there are no direct reports, you will oversee external suppliers to ensure high-quality content delivery.
Geographic scope: Global
Complexity: High-requiring strategic thinking, adaptability, and strong stakeholder management.
What You Bring
* At least 3 years' experience in communications, public affairs, or PR (agency or in-house).
* Experience handling confidential information.
* A university degree in communications, journalism, public affairs, marketing, or a related field.
* Strong strategic thinking paired with hands-on delivery skills.
* Creative flair and ability to translate complex topics into compelling stories.
* Confidence working in cross-cultural environments.
* Solid understanding of communication channels, metrics, and tools.
* Highly competent in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Forms, Outlook, Viva Engage, Teams) plus Zoom/webinar functionality.
* Excellent written and spoken English.
* Empathetic, open-minded and collaborative working style.
* Ability to work flexibly, quickly, and with exceptional attention to detail.
* Knowledge of the agriculture sector is a plus, but not essential.
To apply for this opportunity please submit your CV.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.