Are you a talented Communication Manager who has a passion to interact with numerous stakeholders and wants to showcase your creative skills for a company often described as the backbone of Manchester?

Ford & Stanley - The Rail Recruitment Experts are currently seeking to appoint a Communication Manager who can create a strategy for engaging with millions of customers and employees.

The Opportunity

The successful candidate will have the ability to provide a comprehensive, creative and pro-active communications service to the organisation. You will we responsible for developing and implementing a communication strategy in order to enhance the visibility of the company with the board, employees, clients and customers through a range of communication channels to enhance the company image and reputation with their clients and customers.

Location (s): Manchester

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the strategic management of the company's communications policy.
• Develop and implements a corporate style of internal communications that delivers a consistent message to the workface.
• Identify, develop and implement new communication initiatives which supports the company's missions statement.
• Support senior managers with preparations of speeches and presentations.
• Provide professional advice and guidance to the management team on communications to ensure they reflect key corporate objectives and style.
• Through professional and creative communications support the implementation of company initiatives involving the workforce.
• Plan and manage key annual company events.
• Informing staff of relevant media coverage.
• Produce daily news alerts and weekly news round up for distribution
• Working closely with out client on communication issues.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate must have experience with forward thinking in a communications environment ideally in a blue-collar industry. It is important you can demonstrate effective communication skills and able to evaluate communication campaigns, analysing and manipulating data to produce relevant reports.

Essentials

• Excellent IT skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of commissioning and producing high quality content for a range of media, including intranet, newsletters and presentations.
• Must be self-motivated and pro active providing a positive contribution to the team.

Closing Date: 4th December 2017

Likely Job Titles: Communication Manager, Communications Specialist, Communication, Marketing Communications