We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or travelling the length and breadth of Britain.
Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. Every day our 40,000-strong workforce strive to put passengers and freight first by keeping trains running on time.
Those trains carry millions of passengers as well as millions of tonnes of freight, keeping power stations running, construction projects building and supermarket shelves stocked.
We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economic prosperity of the nation. Our work matters to millions.
This Senior Communications Manager role, for our North West route which covers Cheshire to Cumbria, including key cities like Liverpool and Manchester, and destinations such as Blackpool and the Lake District, is crucial in telling that story.
North West route forms one of three in our North West & Central region, which sees 1.3 million daily passengers and moves 700,000 tonnes of freight weekly, with 571 stations making up a quarter of Britain's rail network.
You can learn more about our route and region here: North West & Central region - Network Rail . To find out more about us - Take a look here!
We're passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by "putting passengers first". Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right, is something we strive for as well as asking ourselves - what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?
That will be core to your role in Communications - helping to shine a light on what's good - but also providing answers and transparency to passengers, the wider public and political stakeholders when we fall short.
Does this sound like a role for you and a team you'd love to be a part of?
Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision .
We have an exciting opportunity to join one of Network Rail's busiest communications teams.
We're looking for a Senior Communications Manager in our North West route, which serves two major cities, epic scenic landscapes in two National Parks and major towns and tourist destinations across five counties.
The ideal candidate will have extensive communications experience, trusted to lead communications for complex projects while working with multiple partners and stakeholders both internally and externally. They will line manage a team of two across internal communications and external media relations and be responsible for managing relationships with key transport partners and stakeholders across the North West. They will have strategic mindset to ensure all projects and stories are told for every audience, but also spring into action during a crisis situation to communicate quickly, clearly and concisely when there's an operational incident which grinds the railway network to a halt.
We'll encourage them to get out and about - engaging with our teams and train operators to showcase some of our biggest projects to improve journeys for our passenger and freight customers.
It is not a sit at your desk job, it's a get out and meet people job, it's a grab a camera and make a film job, it's a ring your internal contacts to find a unique story job, it's an everyday is different job, it's a job you'll love in a place where you can develop your career and never stop learning.
The role is based in Manchester and will work within the geography of our North West Route, covering Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire and Cumbria. We offer a hybrid working policy with 3 days in the office or on site, and 2 days from home each week. With many of our projects taking place overnight when trains aren't running, there may be occasions when out of hours working is required.
What does our recruitment process look like?
- Once you have applied, our Recruitment Specialist will look at your CV.
- If your experience matches what we're looking for, you will be asked to submit a 60-90 second self-filmed and edited video on a topic of your choice to showcase your technical skills.
- If you ace your video assessment, you'll be invited to face to face interview with the hiring manager. You will also prepare a communications plan to be delivered as a 10-minute presentation as part of your assessment; followed by a 50- minute competency-based interview. The brief for presentation communication plan will be provided a few days before the assessment date.
Assessments will be held in Manchester W/C 1 June (Subject to change)
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Please note, this vacancy may close earlier if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
What's in it for you
Salary : Band 3B £46,701 - £55,411 Depending on experience
Here are a few of the benefits we have to offer:
- 28 days annual leave - with the opportunity to buy and/or sell up to 5 days
- Access to a range of contributory pension schemes
- The potential to top up your competitive salary with a bonus
- A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train
- Privileged staff travel - Discretionary leisure travel discount of 75%
- We can offer you a season ticket loan, annual season tickets are discounted.
- A 35-hour-per-week contract with flexible working options available to help support your work-life balance
- Hybrid working where possible and enhanced family-friendly support
- Take advantage of healthcare offers (including discounted healthcare club membership), discounted cycle hire, and online shopping sites
- 5 days of paid volunteering leave
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community
To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know and we'll do our best to assist you.
Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. We will share further details with you as part of your formal offer.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
