Senior Communications Advisor - VR/31119

We are recruiting a Senior Communications Advisor on a contract basis for a leading energy company based in Aberdeen. This role is ideal for a communications professional with strong content creation skills, attention to detail, and experience delivering internal and external campaigns. You'll also lead community engagement initiatives and support emergency response planning. A compressed working week is available, and the position is fully office-based.

This role will take lead on a variety of corporate communication campaigns whilst working closely with the Corporate Communications Manager to deliver the internal and external communication strategy.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Providing advice and support on communication issues as appropriate and in line with corporate and UK strategy and messaging.
• Responsibility for developing strategies for internal communications, including planning and implementation for a variety of channels, projects and initiatives.
• Ensuring fast and consistent deployment of communication campaigns across the business and tracks and measures success.
• Responsibility for company newsletter including managing the editorial content, coordinating drafts, writing articles, laying out the newsletter and coordinating distribution.
• Chairing the CSR Committee and managing the annual CSR Programme and quarterly community fund.
• Participating in emergency response planning, training and any related media response.
• Preparing speeches, presentations and written articles for the Leadership Team.

Applicants to this role require:

• Relevant degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous experience within a communications environment, ideally within internal communications. This is also to include specific experience and knowledge of corporate communication tools and strategies.
• Proven ability to communicate through written media and presentation.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships.
• Excellent English language skills and copywriting skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive forward planner with ability to drive a project from conception to completion.
• Creative thinker with the ability to introduce new concepts and ideas.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Viva Engage) with experience of graphic design packages advantageous.