Internal Communications Business Partner/

The Internal Communications Business Partner is the pulsing heart of internal communications at EIT Climate-KIC. They are highly connected with colleagues and attentive to their communications needs, putting processes in place to meet these needs, create a more open culture and foster engagement. The Business Partner will shape and lead internal communications efforts and manage the full spectrum of internal communications channels and, while a member of the Communications & Marketing team, they partner with multiple teams across the organisation to ensure a sense of connection.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and implement a robust internal communications strategy for the organisation
• Provide strategic counsel for leadership communications, promoting a de-centralised approach to IC, easing anxiety, building trust, providing a feeling of being heard, supporting training and capability building, etc
•  Lead internal communications campaigns to drive engagement and foster a culture of distributed leadership.
• Build internal communications processes and workflows that support the adoption of new tools and process for distributed and remote working
•  Suppot efforts to create an employee value propostion
• Manage internal communications processes and channels (including cascading mechanisms, the onboarding programme, The Hub (EIT Climate-KIC Intranet), Teams Channels), ensuring their regular and consistant use
• Content creation for internal communications channels
• Support all-staff events as a main communication milestone in the year

Key Working Relationships

• Communications & Marketing Orchestrator
• People Team Orchestrator
• Chief of Staff
• Company Secretary
• Communications & Marketing Team
• People Team
• Strategy Team
• Boost (Ops) Team

ABOUT YOU
To be successful in this role you will be a skilled internal communications manager who understands what it takes to connect and engage teams. You are a natural people-person and enjoy creating internal networks. You are a strategic thinker but also a committed doer. You relish creating structure out of chaos and are not afraid to put yourself out there.

Education/Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in the communications, HR, organisational behaviour or related field is preferred and may be substituted for two (2) years of required experience

Experience

• Eight (8) or more years of demonstrated experience in communications, HR, organisational behaviour or related field with at least three (3) years of experience in internal commmunications
• Experience working with people in different geographies and from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Experience creating internal communications is a decentralised and remote working atmosphere
• Experience in change management

Skills

• ·Outstanding grasp of internal communications tools and their application
• ·Sharp understanding of engagement mechanisms and measurement
• Excellent people skills, with solid networking and collaboration capabilities
• Keen editorial skills
• Fluent in English, other European languages are a plus
• Experience or willingness to work with collaborative IT applications (we use Office365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Miro, Zoom, Mentimeter etc.)

Qualities, Personal Style, and Approach

• Solutions-focused, with a “can do” attitude
• Hands-on and pro-active with a drive for problem-solving
•  Innovative thinking and confidence to encourage creativity in other
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all levels of management- both internally and externally
• Articulate and dynamic with highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively, inspire and motivate people.
• Highly adaptable, flexible and resilient: able to work effectively in ambiguity and complexity and to respond dynamically to change.
• Curious, ambitious, respectful and fearless.