Who are we?
Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of over 20,000 employees spanning more than 100 countries.
We're moving from strength to strength, expanding our global reach and growing both organically and through strategic, high-quality mergers and acquisitions. By bringing together diverse expertise and perspectives, we're enhancing our unique culture and values, whilst continuing to expand our capability to innovate, and deliver exceptional solutions for our clients.
The Role
We're looking for a confident and capable Communication Partner to join our Corporate Affairs team to deliver communication to advise, engage and encourage colleagues across our Functions. Reporting to the Communication Director for Operations & Transformation, you'll help develop and execute communication plans that build understanding of our operational priorities, support major change initiatives, and strengthen colleague engagement across our global business.
In this role, you will support day-to-day executive communications for the COO - including presentations, speaking engagements and content for social channels - and partner with colleagues across our Functions (including HR, Risk, Tech, etc.) to deliver BAU and change communications. You'll play a key role in managing the communication plan for our Functions, ensuring alignment with Group plans and helping to maintain a consistent narrative during a period of rapid organisational transformation and growth.
This is a 12 month contract working on a hybrid basis from our London office.
What you'll be doing:
- Developing communication strategies, plans, messaging and content aligned to business priorities.
- Managing the communication plan and schedule for Functions, ensuring alignment with wider Group communication plans.
- Collaborating with business managers/chiefs of staff for our Functions to plan and develop content to support communication plans.
- Creating high-quality content to deliver across a range of channels, such as presentations, news items, emails, scripts, leader briefings, digital posts and video content.
- Day to day management of key communication channels, such as our Functions Viva Engage community and COO's LinkedIn presence
- Supporting planning and delivery of internal events such as town halls, conferences and team briefings.
- Managing communication of Group-wide initiatives into Functions, ensuring alignment and effective cascade.
- Tracking and reporting on the effectiveness of communication activities to support continuous improvement
- Providing advice to leaders and teams on communication strategies, messaging and channels.
Who we're looking for:
- Solid internal communication experience in a large, global or matrixed organisation
- Experience supporting executive-level communications, including preparing speeches, scripts and presentations for senior leaders.
- Experience creating high-quality content for both digital and traditional communication channels, with proficiency in Viva Engage, Microsoft 365 and video editing tools.
- Experience designing and delivering internal events or colleague engagement moments
- Proven planning and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise effectively.
- Self-starter who can take end-to-end ownership of agreed plans and deliverables
- Skilled writer and storyteller, with the ability to simplify complex information
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships and influence a range of stakeholders including senior leaders, technical subject matter experts and programme teams.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment and adapts quickly to evolving priorities.
What do we offer in return?
A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
- Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
- We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
- We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond
Diversity and Inclusion
At Howden we value diversity - there is no one Howden 'personality type'. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
- Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
- We support each other, in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
- We are determined to make a positive difference, at work and beyond
We consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness, and respect - regardless of age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or family circumstances.
Reasonable adjustments
We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.
If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.
*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.
Our sustainability promise
We're on a life-long journey to become an ever-more sustainable group. It's a commitment to taking care of our people and the world we live in, to doing good business, and to making a positive impact wherever we can. Our governance processes, company policies, and review systems are all geared towards our goal of making a positive impact in the world. You can read more about our sustainability work here.
