Communications Business Partner

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·  London, United Kingdom; Northampton, United Kingdom
·  Communications
·  196853
Siemens Mobility

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Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Communications Business Partner to support its UK Rolling Stock and Customer Service businesses. This is a full-time role based at our company's London headquarters. Reporting to the UK Head of Communications, you will provide internal and external communications to support Siemens Mobility's metro, commuter, high speed and light rail business.

This is an exciting time in the UK rail industry with the company engaged in some of the highest profile rail projects including Thameslink and the Deep Tube Upgrade Programme with further industry change expected and additional projects (such as HS2 and Crossrail 2) in development.

Particular focus will be required to launch and develop our new rail manufacturing facility and support the roll out of new trains for London Underground, as well as communications support for the company's existing fleet of UK rail vehicles (550+ trains in daily passenger service with eight associated purpose-built rail maintenance facilities).

This is a high profile, strategic role which requires gravitas. The successful candidate will drive, develop and define related communications strategy and budgets, supporting key business objectives and senior managers. You will also be required to have a strong focus on large and complex projects and will be adept at managing relationships with multiple touch points both in the UK and with overseas colleagues.

What are your responsibilities

·  Providing executive support and acting as a trusted adviser and consultant to management teams to define their appropriate communication requirements and give feedback and guidance as necessary
·  Developing business specific communications strategies/plans and associated budgets. These should be aligned to strategic objectives that are consistent with broader business and focus area communications and will also feed in to, and be aligned with, the UK Siemens Mobility communications (CC) strategy and budget as well as global focus topics and value promises.
·  Management of business and region specific communications activities, working with a team of communications professionals and business contacts to implement a 360 degree concept (as appropriate) to amplify reach
·  Developing appropriate business/project-specific messaging and campaigns aligned to broader UK and global strategic themes
·  Working as an integral member of the Siemens Mobility regional (UKI) and global Siemens Mobility Communications (SMO CC) teams and collaborating with them to build a strong network of contacts and share best practice communication campaign, concepts and materials
·  Defining and measuring relevant KPIs for communications activities
·  Following SMO CC governance guidelines and ensuring they are implemented accordingly
·  Acting as crisis communications support, screening, monitoring and actioning potential issues, and subsequently working with local and global colleagues to mitigate impact
·  Working within and promoting an ownership culture and encouraging colleagues to do the same.

What do you need to qualify for this job

·  Educated to degree level or equivalent, with specific communications-related experience (essential)
·  A good understanding of communications challenges in a diverse matrix organisation (essential)
·  Fluency in English and excellent written and verbal communication skills (essential)
·  Expertise in a broad range of communications disciplines such as press, marcomm, crisis communications, employee comms, etc. (essential)
·  Strong influencing and collaboration skills (essential)
·  Experience of budget planning and financial management
·  Experience of developing critical communications plans
·  Project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects on time and within budget
·  Experience of managing suppliers and working with external support agencies
·  Knowledge of the UK railway industry would be helpful.

About us

We're Siemens. A collection of over 385,000 great minds who are all making the future and you could be one of them! We have offices across the UK, full of talented individual's helping us to challenge the today and work towards a brighter tomorrow.

Want to join us and be a Future Maker?

We're excited to hear that you would like to join us here at Siemens. Our people love it here and we want you to be a part of helping us make real, what matters.

We are looking forward to receiving your online application. Please ensure you complete all areas of the application form to the best of your ability to help us review your suitability for the role. We will be in contact as soon as possible with an update on your application.

What else do you need to know?

Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, holiday allowance and pension. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you.

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new. That's why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We recognise that building a diverse workforce is essential to the success of our business, therefore we encourage applications from a diverse talent pool. We are proud to announce that we have partnered withVERCIDA , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site where all our vacancies are in an accessible format. We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.

Job ID: 196853

Organization: Siemens Mobility

Company: Siemens Mobility Limited

Experience Level: not defined

Job Type: Full-time

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