Communications Manager
Employer: Livestock Information
Location: A fully remote and flexible working set up
Temporary: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Working hours: Full time
Salary: £36,000 – £38,000.
Closing date: 4pm on Wednesday, 8th April
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Are you passionate about bringing people together through clear, engaging communications that make a real difference?
Can you turn complex updates into simple, creative messages that colleagues actually enjoy reading?
Do you love working with people across all levels to create communications that inform, inspire, and connect?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry, and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. To achieve this, we need great people, who share in our values.
As a Communications Manager at LI, you will will lead the execution of our internal communications strategy, ensuring colleagues are informed, connected, and engaged through clear and timely messaging.
This role involves a creative mix of responsibilities, including producing monthly newsletters, organising internal events and workshops, creating engaging communications materials, and collaborating with senior leadership to share key organisational updates across the business.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include
Developing an annual Internal Communications strategy to align with the Business Plan, and lead the delivery of this strategy, including exploring new channels and ways of working, to drive employee engagement and sense of belonging.
Creating high quality, audience focused content in varying formats to suit relevant comms channels – includes blog writing, newsletters and formal updates.
Managing the planning and delivery of internal events, team workshops and virtual company-wide meetings.
Supporting organisational changes with a strategic approach by promoting transparency and fostering effective engagement from employees.
Being the main point of contact for Senior Leadership and departmental leads, helping them to shape their communication plans into clear, simple and engaging content.
Building and maintaining strong working relationships with senior leaders, including the Managing Director, to support business updates.
Working closely with People Services to develop new initiatives and promote organisational values from a culture perspective.
Monitoring and evaluating internal communications activity, using insights to continuously improve engagement and effectiveness.
Fostering a positive and proactive work ethic to ensure the right groups of people are informed about business updates in a timely manner.
Supporting the Comms team with external communications activity, events and stakeholder engagement as required.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with the following
Significant experience working in a communications role, supporting organisational change and delivering successful engagement initiatives.
Proven ability in planning, with ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Ability to transfer complex information into clear, precise and easy to read content.
Experience of organising and delivering events and workshops.
Confident in engaging with senior management and influencing decisions.
Able to provide visible leadership and strategic communications advice.
Experience managing relationships with external suppliers and contractors.
Enthusiasm to motivate and inspire colleagues to engage with internal communications initiatives.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft tools, including SharePoint, Office 365, and MS Teams
Proficiency in using Canva to create engaging content
Experience working with CRM systems and managing multiple distribution lists
For further information, please see the attached Job Description -
Qualifications/Certifications
You will hold the following qualifications/certifications
Relevant qualification(s) in Communications, PR, or Marketing, supported by significant professional experience
Benefits
As an LI employee, you will be entitled to our company benefits which include
A fully remote and flexible working set up
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to maximum of 30 days (plus Bank Holidays)
1 Privilege Day
4 x annual salary Life Assurance
Market leading pension scheme through Legal & General
Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
Excellent learning, training, and career development opportunities
24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued
Application and Interview Process
To apply for this role, you will need to submit a CV and answer some pre-screening questions.
The interview and assessment process for this role will involve a telephone interview with our Talent Team, followed by a first stage and a final stage interview. Interviews will be conducted either remotely via MS Teams or face to face.
The closing date for this role is 4pm on Wednesday, 8th April. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Please note that we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications
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