The Role
Post: Internal Communications Manager, Transformation
Salary: £ 47,384 per annum
Grade: FRS F
Salary range: £ 47,384 - £ 61,529 per annum
Contract type: Fixed Term (12 Months)
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: Friday 03 February 2023 at 16:00 GMT
London Fire Brigade is changing to meet the needs of our vision, working with our staff, stakeholders and communities.
This exciting role involves engaging our staff in more than 400 teams at over 100 locations in London about our wide-reaching transformation programme. The changes we are making will affect every single member of the Brigade, providing our staff with better training and bringing us closer to the communities we serve. The successful candidate will work closely with the Brigade’s Transformation directorate to communicate and engage with staff over the next year.
The Brigade has been transforming in recent years, improving how we tackle fires in high rise buildings and investing in new vehicles and equipment to better respond to emergencies. Future change is set out in our plan to keep London safe between 2023-29: Your London Fire Brigade.
Reporting directly to the Head of Media, Digital and Internal Communications, but embedded within the Transformation Directorate on a day-to-day basis, the role holder will be responsible for owning the narrative and message for Brigade-wide transformation, and for delivering it to our internal audiences by partnering working with the internal communications team.
The successful candidate will have excellent writing skills, and an ability to distil complex information into ideas that engage diverse audiences. They will likely have experience working within a complex organisation with a dispersed workforce, and have worked with ambiguous challenges in a role that has involved business partnering and collaboration.
As well as writing skills, they will be comfortable delivering messages to the end user, across diverse audiences, while collaborating with communications colleagues.
They will be comfortable providing counsel on messaging at the director level. They will be comfortable planning and leading a variety of different forms of engagement, including written, remote video and face to face.
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. If you are unable to see the job description please visit our jobs pages at https://jobs.london-fire.gov.uk/alljobs/ to access the full advert.
To apply, please complete the online application, provide a cover letter clearly outlining the relevant experience, skills and knowledge you have to successfully perform this role (see the highlighted areas on job description below) and upload a copy of your up-to-date CV. Please note that we will review and score the cover letter based against the competencies highlighted on Selection Criteria in Job Description.
Benefits of working for LFB
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Option Absence Scheme (which can result in an additional 12 days annual leave for staff at this grade)
• Flexible working including job share
• Welfare Scheme
• Use of Brigade Medical Adviser/physios
• Season ticket loans
• Equality Support Groups
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.
Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.
Assessment Overview
Stage 1
Online application, CV and cover letter (sift). Shortlisted candidates will be invited to stage 2.
Stage 2
Assessment for this role is due to take place mid-late February. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.
Please note: Should you be shortlisted you may need to be able to conduct an interview over Microsoft Teams (a video conferencing service). You will be asked to provide relevant contact details for that to take place if shortlisted.
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Additional Information
In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a basic criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences which are not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory. Successful candidates should apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to get a copy of their criminal record and share the original disclosure certificate with the LFC. The check will only show convictions that are not ‘spent’. It will cost the successful candidates £23 (current charge) and usually takes up to 14 days.
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