Job Description

Internal Communications Officer

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Closing Date: 5/9/2025



Interviews will take place week commencing 8/9/2025 and 15/9/2025

A bit about the role...

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Working in the Internal Communications Team, the Internal Communications Officer will play a critical role in enabling employees to perform at their best by supporting the delivery of internal communications, campaigns and events.





This is an exciting opportunity to help shape communications at Homes England, a national organisation with a strong social purpose. You'll balance day-to-day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to improve the service the team offers.





Working with stakeholders from across the Agency, you'll have the opportunity to create impactful communication plans and engaging campaigns that support our strategic objectives and priorities and improve the experience of employees.





In this varied role, you'll help deliver work to transform Homes England, from people projects and promoting sustainability to operational updates and corporate announcements. You'll build strong relationships with our wider Communications team, executive assistants and key stakeholders in our corporate teams.





Day to day you will be working on communication plans and programmes that focus on supporting our mission and leadership initiatives. Additionally, you will help manage the communication inbox daily triaging queries from across the Agency.





No two days are alike in this dynamic role, which calls for collaboration and the ability to adapt to changing priorities. You will need professionalism, accuracy, and a healthy dose of enthusiasm to navigate this fast-paced environment.





Our work is fuelled by creativity, curiosity, and commitment.

About Government Communications Service

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By joining the Internal Communications Team, you'll become a member of Government Communications, a well-established profession of communicators working in government departments, agencies and arm's length bodies.





You'll benefit from continuous professional development from our new learning and development curriculum, a network of skilled communicators sharing best practice, mentoring opportunities, and more.

A bit about you...

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You'll be comfortable with managing communications plans and drafting content for internal audiences. Along with a flair for creative writing, you'll be able to turn complex messages into simple and easy to understand communications.





Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn't always easy so understanding the principles of employee engagement in change programmes is important as well as the importance of consistent messaging across our internal channels.





You'll be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level, and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a communications team.





We're looking for someone who enjoys working in an innovative, fun, and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade. So, you'll understand how to work flexibly on priorities as no day is the same and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.





If you are brimming with ideas and creativity, we'd encourage you to apply.

Who we are?

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Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency





We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people's lives. As the government's housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.





How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.





Together with our partners, we're accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

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As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We'll support you, wherever possible, so that you don't miss out on what matters to you.





Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.





Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.





If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.





Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.





If you are a member of a professional body, we'll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you'll be good to go.





Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.





We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.





We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.





You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.





Your application needs to be in your own words, reflect your personal understanding and experience, and must not have been generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT.