Are you a creative communicator with a passion for accessible communication and making sure every voice is heard? Do you thrive on storytelling and collaboration? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Join us at Mencap as our Internal Comms and Engagement Officer and help shape how we connect with our colleagues across the organisation.
The role is available from 1 April. It’s 3 days (22.5 hours per week) as part of a job share and you can work from anywhere. You may need to travel to various locations across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as and when needed. We will consider flexible working if requested.
About the Role
As our Internal Comms and Engagement Officer, you’ll play a vital role in connecting colleagues to Mencap’s vision and values. You’ll lead on key internal communication channels and engagement forums, ensuring our people receive clear, accessible, and inspiring information.
What will you be doing?
- Lead and manage internal communication channels and colleague engagement forums
- Create and curate engaging content from across the organisation
- Support and deliver communication and engagement plans for key projects and teams
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Mencap to maintain trust and credibility
- Champion innovation, bringing fresh ideas to improve how we communicate and engage
What will you bring?
- Be a natural communicator with a flair for storytelling and a passion for inclusive communication.
- Excellent writing and editing skills, with a sharp eye for detail
- Strong organisational skills, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Creative design skills, with experience creating content for diverse audiences
- Great relationship-building abilities, with confidence to influence at all levels
At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the role. As you read through the job description, even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply!
We're eager to meet people that believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways - not just candidates who tick all the boxes.
Please fill our our application form with your experience and a covering statement. Here at Mencap we use a blinded recruitment process, so we will not be able to see any other information or files until interview stage.
Applications close on 15 February with first stage interviews will be on 3 March via Microsoft Teams. If you’re successful, we’ll invite you to another 1 hour teams interview on 5 March.
Job ID: 35453