Communications Manager and Media Relations Manager

We’re currently recruiting for a Communications & Media Relations Manager to join our Group Communications Team on a Fixed Term Contract responsible for the delivery of external communications for the Group. This will involve strategic PR campaigns and working closely with investor relations, CoSec and Responsible Business Teams acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and stakeholders.

Location: Flexible on location with hybrid agile working
Business Unit: Kier Group Services
Contract: Full-Time, Fixed Term Contract. Able to consider part time working and job share.

Key Responsibilities

In this Communications and Media Relations Manager role, you will utilise a wide range of communications skills to plan, deliver and measure successful campaigns. This role will involve building relationships with national, trade, vertical and regional media to deliver strategic communications priorities. You’ll take a proactive approach to respond to the news agenda and emerging media relations and industry issues to work closely with communications managers across business streams. You’ll also play a key role to ensure the media and other stakeholders understand our purpose, strategy, culture & values by nurturing relationships with journalists, influencers and external agencies.

What are we looking for?

A strategic thinker with good organisational skills and abilities to write high-quality and engaging content across different channels and audiences. You’ll have proven experience in dealing with crisis and change communications, and demonstrable experience working within corporate communications with a key focus on financial communications. You’ll have an ability to influence and challenge senior leaders and confident in building effective relationships with stakeholders across all levels.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
• 26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household

  And so much more! You can read the full details of all our benefits on our website.

  Who is Kier?
  
  We are a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group. Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK, and we are committed to leaving lasting legacies through our work. We comprise of the following business streams Construction (including Kier Places), Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, with supporting Group functions. We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people to ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project.

  We work to our company values of collaborative, trusted and focused.

  You can find out more about Kier on our website or by viewing our fast facts.

  Diversity and inclusion
  
  Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

  Closing date: Friday 14th April 2023
  
  Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

  We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds, and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing [email protected].

  Recruitment Agencies – opportunities at Kier are managed by our internal recruitment team. We are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. If there is a specific business need a member of the recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL to ensure all CV’s are uploaded onto our portal to be considered. For further information, visit our Careers Help page.

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