Employee Communications Business Partner

Chaloner Associates has partnered with an international gas and electricity utility company on their search for a Business Partner for their Finance and Shared Services groups. In this role you will provide appropriate employee communication advice and support to designated business areas in order to support them in delivering their objectives and key messages. As the Business Partner you will support the development, implementation and maintenance of rolling annual employee communication plans, in conjunction with the business in order to ensure consistent and timely messages are rolled out in line with the business strategy.

Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Work collaboratively with the Employee Communications & Brand team to provide a consistent communication message across the company.
• Design and project manage appropriate employee communication campaigns to support the delivery of area messages across the company.
• Under direction of the Senior Business Partner, develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders within the designated business function in order to identify and deliver communication advice and solutions that fit the needs of the business.
• Support the Senior Business Partner as the business area communication champion to feed appropriate messages into local, national and global channels and media.
• Manage the day-to-day relationships with external vendors and creative service providers to develop and implement effective communication solutions.
• Ensure that employee audience segmentation and data sources are kept up to date and accessible to the team at all times.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree with in-depth experience within business communication management
• Proven ability to develop and implement employee communication plans and campaigns
• Experience in networked blue-chip organizations with large field-forces focusing on employee communication, strategy deployment and change management
• Knowledge and experience in copywriting, editing, print, video and web production for business communication.
• Experience in emergency/crisis management
• In-depth, demonstrable knowledge and experience of all aspects of the internal communication mix, including research and measurement
• In-depth knowledge of the company’s businesses and the designated functional area      
• Demonstrates the ability to identify and establish the communication needs of the business by digging deeper, asking probing questions and challenging initial responses.
• Creative and innovative and demonstrates the ability to adapt the content and style of communication messages to appeal to their audience with the right messages in order to influence and generate needed business results, based on an understanding of a particular function or group. 
• Actively builds and maintains a network of relationships within the designated business area e.g. Operations, Shared Services, Finance, M&C.

About Chaloner Associates, Inc.  

Chaloner Associates is a national executive search firm specializing in communications, public relations, marketing communications, and investor relations, with staff in Boston, New York and Toronto.  We work with corporate, agency, consulting and nonprofit clients in all industries, from technology, consumer products and financial services to healthcare and life sciences, professional services, and manufacturing. Our knowledgeable and experienced recruiters, team-based and flexible approach, and long-term client and candidate relationships have distinguished Chaloner Associates as a leader in talent acquisition since 1979.