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Communications Manager

Isio is actively seeking an experienced Communications Manager to join our Marketing team.

The role:

As part of the Marketing and Communications team this role plays a critical role in helping support brand awareness and drive employee engagement across our network of regional offices.

We are looking for someone with strong stakeholder management skills and proven experience in delivering communications for a growing business which needs to deliver messaging both nationally and locally.

You will be an experienced communications professional, skilled at creating and driving effective communications. You will have a special talent for identifying compelling content opportunities and working with stakeholders to shape narratives and package content into engaging and easily digestible forms. You will be called upon frequently to advise others within the business on effective content production and internal distribution.

Whilst this role will be particularly focused on internal engagement, you will also be required to support on the external communications, working with our retained PR agency to review content, responding to the fast-changing new agenda and advising on opportunities for Isio to maximise opportunities to build its brand both internally and externally.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work with our Head of Communications to support the development and delivery of our communications strategy
• Driving the creative content calendar for a variety of internal communications channels including newsletters, emails and intranet, delivering key messages which align to strategic priorities and our purpose and values
• Employ a clear and consistent tone of voice in developing compelling content and exploring new ideas to communicate with the Isio network
• Build strong and collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders including Isio’s People and Culture team, office heads and senior teams across the business
• Measure, refine and make recommendation to maximise the impact of our internal communications activities

Skills and Experience Required:

• 5+ years of B2B communications experience, preferably within professional or financial services
• A good understanding of internal communications channels and experience with SharePoint and being the lead for intranet updates
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, complemented by a passion for writing
• Good stakeholder engagement, with the ability to think creatively and effectively communicate and influence a variety of stakeholders across multiple locations
• Prompt delivery – work quickly and thoroughly against very tight deadlines
• Multi-tasking – prioritise and deliver a varied and high-volume workload and pragmatism. Comfortable with change priorities
• Collaboration – work across a range of teams to inspire confidence and trust in people and the process
• Able to influence – collaborate with a range of stakeholders to persuade them to embrace, and contribute to, internal communications strategies
• Some experience on external communications – social media or media relations

Where is the role?

This position can be based in any of our Isio offices located in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Reading and Manchester.

We operate on a hybrid basis, offering you the opportunity to work both in the office and from home. The expectation would be 2 -3 days per week in the office.

As a business we believe in building strong communities amongst our employees – both across locations and teams, hosting regular team building, charity, and social events.

Demonstrated Commitment to our Core Purpose

• Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients & each other – building open and trusted relationships. Working together allows us to deliver the best for our clients.
• Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions. Working with differences makes us stronger.
• People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio’s expertise and it is people’s lives that we affect through our advice.

What we offer you

Isio is a people business, and we’re committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business. The variety of work that’ll be available to you will enable you to do this.

On top, we also offer:

• A competitive remuneration package, including a bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Income protection benefits.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) as standard with the option to purchase additional days of holiday. As well as two additional ‘Company’ days – a celebration day for your birthday and an extra day over Christmas.
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) allowance
• Flexible working opportunities.
• A flexible benefits package.
• Internal development programmes including (technical and non-technical) training support and mentor programmes.
• Where required study support including study days, materials and exam entry support.

What’s next?

Click on the ‘apply’ and follow the simple application process on-line.

If you think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for any reason at any stage of your recruitment process, please email hrrecruitment@ISIO.com

About Isio

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK’s Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience.

Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We empower and develop those who join us – valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform. Known and respected for our agility, we harness specialist experience, bold thinking and the desire to push the boundaries of what we can achieve for our clients, from small to blue chip, public to private.

Isio is growing and we are looking for people who share our purpose and behaviours to join us on this journey, as we continue driving exceptional results for both our clients and people.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion – bringing your whole self to work every day. We have hubs across the UK and many of our roles are flexible in location to help create a work-life balance that works for you.

Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.