Across the Bruntwood Group, we develop, lease and manage the very best work, leisure and retail space, as well as regenerating town centres. Bruntwood Places creates and manages workspaces at the heart of thriving towns and neighbourhoods by bringing together flexible workspaces with retail, leisure, and culture. Bruntwood SciTech offers everything from flexible office spaces to high-quality labs in city centres and dedicated campus locations, supported by expert business support and specialist scientific services. Within the Bruntwood group we also have Unify, a socially responsible commercial cleaning company delivering ethical, high-quality cleaning services across a wide range of settings, and Unify Energy who is a regulated Energy supplier which provides electricity and gas to all types of businesses.
We’ve just hit our 50th year anniversary, operating across 8 UK regions with over 120 buildings in our portfolio, with 1,200 colleagues as our driving force, and our purpose is simple, and it drives us every day: Creating Thriving Cities.
But what does this mean to us? It means that we see the world differently, remaining curious about what is around us, walking the streets of our towns and cities every day, looking at tired places and ideas, and seeing how we can do better and release their potential.
Have a look at these videos to give an insight into who we are:
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Job purpose:
This is an incredible opportunity for an Internal Communications specialist. As part of the People & Talent team, it is responsible for the strategy and delivery of our internal colleague communications.. You’ll blend strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and own our internal communications approach, from day to day messaging and storytelling to making sure that our colleagues understand the part they play in our business and feel listened to and informed.
What we’re looking for:
- You’ll be able to create and write engaging content with pace and brevity.
- You’ll take a collaborative approach, thriving off working together in person with your colleagues.
- You’ll be comfortable both leading strategy and driving the communications activity.
- You have an eye for detail and a passion for flawless copy. You tell stories that captivate and align an audience, and take complex business concepts and bring them to life in a clear and engaging way.
- You build strong, high-trust relationships quickly. You have the gravitas and confidence to respectfully challenge and advise leaders on the best approaches.
- You thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment. When plans change or unexpected priorities arise, you pivot smoothly without losing momentum or focus.
- You are highly organised with strong project management skills. You can manage multiple projects and stakeholder demands without letting details slip.
- You’re creative with a marketing mindset and look at internal comms through a consumer lens, using visually appealing formats, punchy copy, and creative formats.
- You genuinely care about colleague experience and have a great understanding of the realities of people challenges, looking at these with sharp commercial focus.
- You’ll have experience leading internal communications in a similar sized, complex business.
Beneficial:
- Crisis communications experience isn’t necessary, however if you have this experience, the pace and resilience of managing this level of complex communication will be beneficial.
- Any experience of operating as part of a People & Talent team would be advantageous but not essential.
- Experience using AI to add value and improve efficiency; we use Gemini internally, and this would be beneficial as we look to embed this into our ways of working.
What you’ll be doing:
Here is a snapshot, you’ll be able to download the full job description from the bottom of our company website advert:
- Intranet Ownership: Own and optimise our colleague platform (BHive) as both a vibrant social, engagement and reward hub and a key source of critical business information.
- Campaign Management: Design and deliver creative internal communications campaigns that drive cultural change and organisational effectiveness.
- Analytics & Performance Tracking: You’ll help to shift us to data-led communications, analysing metrics to understand habits and content performance.
- Internal Collateral & Copywriting: Partner closely with the People & Talent Team to act as the editor for colleague-facing materials.
- Comms Strategy: Develop, own, and execute a robust, internal communications and engagement plan aligned with our strategic priorities.
- Communications Advisory: Act as a trusted internal consultant to the CEO, Leadership Team, and Senior People Team.
- All-Colleague Events & Updates: Lead the delivery of all-colleague meetings (e.g. business updates, annual strategy events), including agenda setting, speaker prep, and event execution.
- Drive Social Connection: Consult with regional teams and office colleagues to make sure any business-wide initiatives are translated into fun, localised, and engaging activities, encouraging connection and collaboration across our sites.
- Survey Management: Own the colleague voice strategy by managing all colleague touchpoint surveys end-to-end (design, launch, communication, and analysis).
- Insight into Action: Analyse survey data to identify trends, present insights, and work collaboratively to build actionable post-survey engagement plans.
We really believe that if you’re brilliant to work with, you deserve brilliant things in return:
- 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
- Company bonus - paid annually
- 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
- Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
- Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy.
- Life assurance cover for all colleagues
- Up to 8% matched pension scheme
- Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
- Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
- Interest free loans to pursue your passions and apply for up to £2000 towards learning a new skill
On our careers page you’ll find our benefits calculator, where you can select what benefits you’d use to calculate the savings you’d make.
In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated almost £40m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.
We’ll do our best to get back to you within a week of your application, however if it has been longer than this please feel free to email [email protected] for an update.
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