What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Are you a skilled internal communicator who knows how to bring complex change to life? Are you passionate about colleagues and their experience at work?
Do you want your work to genuinely matter – helping colleagues understand, engage with and champion transformation that improves the lives of the people we support?
Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest social care charities, supporting thousands of people with learning disabilities or mental health conditions to live the lives they choose.
As we deliver our ambitious five-year strategy - Best Lives, Bolder - this is a defining moment for our organisation. We are setting out to deliver meaningful change across our organisation - strengthening how we work, empowering our colleagues, and improving outcomes for the people we support.
We’re looking for an exceptional Internal Communications Manager – Projects to lead how we communicate across our strategic portfolio of programmes and projects, playing a pivotal role in bringing our strategy to life through clear, engaging and impactful internal change communications.
This is a full time permanent, national role with hybrid working. You will be required to work from our head office at least once a week, so our ideal candidate will be based within an hour’s commute of Widnes, Cheshire. What is The Deal for you?
1. Flexibility! You can work your full-time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
2. Benefits: Retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app.
3. Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives bolder
4. Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
5. Dare to Learn: Access to our amazing online training platform where you can upskill taking a variety of courses and qualifications.
6. Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
More about the role: This role is perfect for someone who wants to continue to build an incredible career in an award-winning internal communications team, and shape how large-scale change is understood and experienced across a national organisation.
You’ll lead internal communications across our strategic portfolio of programmes and projects - ensuring colleagues feel informed, engaged and inspired throughout the change journey.
Working closely with senior leaders, project teams and the wider Communications team, you’ll ensure that our programmes and projects are supported by clear, consistent and compelling internal communications that align with our organisational narrative and values.
You’ll act as a subject matter expert in change communications, helping to guide stakeholders, challenge thinking and deliver approaches that truly land with colleagues across diverse roles, locations and working environments. What you'll be doing:
7. Leading the development and delivery of internal communications across our strategic portfolio of programmes and projects
8. Creating and owning comprehensive internal communication strategies and plans that support organisational and project objectives
9. Partnering with project managers, business partners and senior leaders to develop clear, engaging change communications
10. Translating complex information into compelling, accessible content for a wide range of audiences
11. Developing creative campaigns and approaches that engage colleagues across multiple geographies and functions
12. Ensuring consistency of messaging, tone and brand across all internal communications
13. Managing project communication channels in collaboration with the wider internal communications team
14. Building a network of internal communication champions to support engagement and storytelling
15. Identifying and managing communication risks and opportunities across programmes
16. Measuring and evaluating internal communication effectiveness, providing insight and reporting to senior stakeholders
17. Working collaboratively across communications teams to align internal and external messaging where appropriate
Your values:
What we’re looking for: We’re looking for a confident, proactive internal communicator who can combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced, evolving environment. You'll bring:
18. Proven experience in internal communications, particularly within change and project environments
19. Strong experience developing and delivering internal communication strategies and plans
20. Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences
21. Confidence in working with and influencing senior stakeholders
22. The ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands
23. Experience engaging colleagues across dispersed teams and varied roles
24. A creative and solutions-focused mindset
25. Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to collaborate across teams
If you want to take on a role where your internal communications will directly support meaningful organisational change, and help thousands of people live their best lives, we’d love to hear from you. Why Join us
26. You'll be working for an award-winning charity that’s passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible.
27. Flexible hours - work 37.5 hours over four days for a long weekend, or across five days to suit you. You can also work from home, with at least one day per week at our Widnes Head Office.
28. A collaborative, values-driven team where your work will be seen, valued and celebrated
29. Opportunities to travel nationally and attend sector events and media moments.
30. A contributory pension scheme to help you plan for the future.
31. Wellbeing support, including a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, financial support options and a wellbeing fund. Retail discounts, holiday deals, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts via our benefits app.
Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.