Senior Internal Communications Manager

Job Title:  Senior Internal Communications Manager – Housing

Salary: £54,157

Location: Home-based

Hours: Permanent, full time

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Internal Communications Manager to join our award-winning Internal Communications team.

We’re looking for someone to:

• Be a trusted internal communication advisor, delivering a business partnering service for our Housing Services leadership team
• Ensure key programmes and priorities are communicated in an effective, engaging and inclusive way
• Manage internal communication channels for our housing colleagues to ensure authentic two-way dialogue and build employee engagement
• Work closely with other functions in the wider Communications, Marketing and Resident Involvement function to ensure messages are aligned across a range of stakeholders
• Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of internal communication to understand and drive continuous improvement

About you

You’ll work with a large degree of autonomy, managing your own workload and that of your team.

You will:

• Prioritise and manage multiple projects and issues at any one time
• Have experience of working closely with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Demonstrate an understanding of workforce and sector trends so that communication can be adapted accordingly
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills and be effective at negotiation and persuasion
• Act as a role model for Anchor’s values, using effective coaching and situational leadership to encourage and empower high performance and creativity
• Lead a team where diversity is valued and celebrated
• Have a track record of responsibility for internal communications at a senior level in a customer-facing business, preferably within a regulated environment
• Demonstrate an experience of a range of employee engagement methodologies

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As an Anchor colleague working from home, you’ll have access to a wide range of great communications and networking technologies. You’ll find that working from home is no barrier to being part of a close knit team and our friendly collaborative culture.

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to have an LGBT+ resident group, and also BAME, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks. These work closely with the organisation to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We recruit, train and promote without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other protected status. One of our values is ‘respect’, therefore we do not accept harassment or discrimination from any colleague, resident or third party.

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website  

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.  

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members.  We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.