Job Description

OVERALL SUMMARY
At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join Close Brothers Motor Finance Team where you will be responsible for supporting the Director of Marketing, Motor and the Senior HR Business Partner, in developing and delivering project specific colleague communications, as part of Motor's 5-year strategy. Working as part of the Marketing team our ideal team member will have previous experience in delivering colleague communications as part of a complex change programme with excellent verbal and written skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure colleagues understand Motor's strategy, along with the 'why, what and how' around how our strategy will be delivered, including the role they play.
• Develop and deliver project specific colleague communication including, but not limited to:

• Building and owning the project communications framework
• Devising a calendar of communications, across a variety of channels and media
• Work with key stakeholders to develop the creation of messages, aligned to our agreed narrative - including, but not limited to, writing the content, or creating key bullets for others to turn into key content
• Prepare colleague communications content for all project activity included in the communications framework
• Utilise CBMF's internal communications platform, Pulse, to drive engagement, understanding and buy-in to our strategy
• Monthly reporting on the effectiveness and engagement of all project communications
• Work with the Colleague Communications Manager to ensure alignment across broader, non-project colleague communications.
• Partner with key stakeholders to advise on the project communications strategy. Guide on what they need to consider, and be mindful of when both providing and cascading key content and updates

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

• A passionate, results driven marketer who has a creative flair
• Tenacious and willing, must be 'hands-on' to get the job done
• Experience delivering colleague communications as part of a complex change programme
• Experience of delivering engaging colleague communications and employee events across a variety of channels
• Taking an analytical approach to activity reviews using data and insight to make recommendations for future activity/action
• Excellent verbal, written and presentational skills at all levels, including board members
• Must be able to work under pressure and commit to deadlines. Attention to detail is key
• Must be proactive and flexible, taking ownership of tasks and always seeking to add value wherever possible

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back.
ABOUT US
For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.
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At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.
We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.
We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.
Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.
Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down.
We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities. As an early adopter of hybrid working we are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping you to balance your work and home life.