Communications Specialist

About the Role

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking a Communications Specialist with experience in in delivering internal communications for complex major programmes.

You will be joining our team at an exciting time - we maintain the UK’s National Time Scale, UTC (NPL), and are currently developing a new resilient Time Scale facility that will underpin UK Digital Infrastructure. This will address the risks associated with our dependency on global navigation satellite systems (such as GPS) that are vulnerable to both natural and intentional interference.

You’ll collaborate with prominent Scientists, Engineers, and Specialists in physical and cyber Security, to design and implement a high-quality suite of Communication plans / activities to support behavioural change; to time, quality, and cost.

Key responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate with colleagues across the Programme to gather Communications content in line with the Communications plans and Programme strategy
• Work closely with the Communications Manager to manage the change network
• Develop high-quality internal Programme Communications; maintaining brand, style and voice
• Monitor the success of Communications and suggest improvements where needed
• Support the maintenance of the critical stakeholder engagement analysis

About You

Essential:

• Proven and recent experience in delivering Communications within complex programmes, to support transformational behavioural change.
• Experience in closely managing Communications plans – from ideation through completion
• Experience in creating and managing a comprehensive change network to support complex behavioural change
• Excellent stakeholder analyses, management and engagement skills.
• A degree (or equivalent experience / professional qualifications) in Business Change Management, Organisational Change Management, or Strategic Communications Management.

Highly-desirable:

• Prior experience within a business change consultancy
• Exposure to a variety of business change methodologies (such as ADKAR, McKinsey 7S model, Kotter’s, Kubler-Ross, etc.)
• Experience in utilising Communications to implement security-related behavioural changes in diverse organisations
• Experience of utilising a variety of Communications channels to engage complex audiences

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.

However, to work in this role in the Time & Frequency department, you will need to have an SC clearance with no restrictions, or you must have the ability to obtain an SC clearance.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.

About Us

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement science, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life in the UK. Find out more about what it is like working here - The measure of us - Overview