Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
Change Communication Manager
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Base Location:
You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following base locations - Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness
Salary:
up to £60K depending on skills and experience + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern:
Fixed Term Contract/Secondment till Oct 27 | Full Time | Flexible First options available
The Role
The Change Communications Manager plays a key role in the successful delivery of our strategic transformation portfolio.
This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a complex, high-profile programme that is redefining how we serve our customers, embedding agility into our operations, and building the digital capability needed for the future of SSE. You’ll work with experienced delivery teams and key stakeholders across our business, managing our change communications and engagement methodology to ensure change lands effectively in the business.
Working with delivery teams and stakeholders, you will be part of a change team, working on communications and engagement plans across programme releases. As part of the Change Team, you’ll create and deliver clear, impactful communication plans that inform and inspire colleagues through significant change. You'll drive business engagement, reinforce adoption messages, and coordinate with wider change and communications activity to ensure change is successfully embedded across Distribution.
Some of your other main accountabilities will include:
- Owning and managing a strategic change communication plan
- Developing engaging communications by working closely with stakeholders in the change programme and within the operational teams
- Developing employee engagement methods that fit with both office based and field based colleagues
- Managing communication channels to various audience groups both local to the change and across the entire organisation
- Maintaining and updating the communication and engagement plan and reporting on progress
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To be successful in this role, we'd love you to have:
- Strong change communication background and experience
- Experience of working with both office and field based teams - with a desire to interact across different locations and different working environments
- Excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to turn complex information into simple, easily understandable language
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work across multiple teams in a fast paced environment
- The ability to adjust and react to a changing environment
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
SSEN Distribution, part of the wider SSE group, powers 3.9 million UK homes and businesses. Our team of more than 4,200 skilled engineers, customer service advisors and energy experts keep customers connected to a safe, reliable supply of electricity while investing in and developing the flexible networks needed for our low carbon future.
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Flexible Benefits To Fit Your Life
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
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SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact [RESOURCING.CONSULTANT]@sse.com / 01738 xxxxxx to discuss how we can support you.
We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
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