Deloitte
Sustainability Communications Lead, Social Impact Team, 12 month Secondment, FTC
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The Social Impact team helps drive progress with purpose across Deloitte. Building on an established, joined-up way of working, the team brings together our collective expertise to deliver coordinated activity that reflects the needs of our people, our clients and society. It’s about making a measurable difference, supporting our shared ambition to create impact that matters and embedding social impact at the heart of how we work.
This fixed-term cover role sitting within the Volunteering, Communications and Behaviour Change pillar of the Social Impact Team, and is a great opportunity for someone to make an immediate impact in sustainability and social impact communications. The role requires strong communication and stakeholder management skills and will suit an individual that thrives on variety and is passionate about managing change through communications.
This role will play a crucial part in raising awareness, internally and externally, of our key sustainability activities, such as our Net-Zero 2040 Transition Plan. Through effective communications and engagement, we aim to empower our people to support our sustainability efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivering our sustainability communications strategy: Lead the activation of our sustainability communications strategy, ensuring activity supports sustainability objectives and aligns with wider Social Impact and firm priorities. Identify opportunities to enhance and evolve delivery approaches based on audience needs and business priorities.
- Managing and delivering the communications plan: Own the day-to-day delivery of the sustainability communications plan, coordinating activity across channels and teams to ensure effective and timely execution. Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the business to drive engagement and achieve agreed objectives.
- Creating content: Develop high-quality communications assets to deliver the comms plan. This could include intranet articles, newsletter content, slide decks, speaking points or video content. This may involve working with external agencies.
- Managing stakeholders: Collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders including our sustainability, Internal Comms, People & Purpose, and Brand teams.
- Measuring impact and driving continuous improvement: Monitor and evaluate communications performance against agreed objectives and KPIs. Use audience feedback, engagement data and insights to draw learnings and identify opportunities to optimise activity and improve impact.
- Bringing subject matter expertise: Use your knowledge of internal and external comms, the sustainability landscape and change management comms to upskill colleagues, ensure we are delivering a cutting-edge programme of sustainability comms and driving an increase in our people’s engagement with our sustainability agenda.
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The successful candidate will have:
- Ability to quickly get up to speed, build credibility with stakeholders, and provide continuity across established projects and priorities.
- Proven ability to execute communications strategies.
- Track record in creating high impact, engaging communications deliverables.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
- Ability to adapt approach to different audiences.
- Confidence in building and managing an extensive network of stakeholders.
- Influencing skills that enable them to garner support for our sustainability efforts from a range of stakeholders.
- Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Skills in prioritisation and re-planning to adapt to unexpected requests.
- Experience in behaviour change is advantageous but not crucial.
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Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.
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You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working. At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
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Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for. Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level. Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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