Head of Communications

Location - Kings Cross, London (expectations to travel to Veolia offices and sites when necessary)
Salary - Up to £65,000 plus Veolia Benefits (Car Allowance + Significant Bonus & Generous Pension Scheme)
Hours - 40 hours per week
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you:
- 25 days of annual leave
- Facilities including a free onsite gym, parking and subsidised restaurant at our Cannock office
- Access to our company pension scheme
- Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
- One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

In this focused and high-performance team, you will lead the media and internal communications teams responsible for corporate communications, enhancing and protecting Veolia's internal and external brand reputation through creating engaging content whilst working closely with our Executive Committee, Marketing and the wider Veolia business to ensure our business breadth is reflected on corporate channels and in the media.

You will create and deliver a multi-channel media and internal communications strategy, enabling Veolia to achieve its strategic objectives by delivering measurable communications collateral and campaigns to a consistently high quality.
Preparing and managing all communications material - you will lead strategic communications for key business areas including delivering communications campaigns, plans and thought leadership content for specific internal and external projects - as well as identifying PR opportunities and taking the lead on major media campaigns.

And by collaborating with the Head of Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, you will work closely with the Brand and Design Manager to ensure alignment in the delivery of digital, video, audio and print content.

What we're looking for:
Previous experience of managing both internal and external communications strategies, to a variety of audiences.
Significant experience in leading and inspiring teams, with a demonstrable track-record of leading high-performance, cross-functional teams, driving efficiency and optimisation across a large matrixed environment.
The ability to build relationships and influence at senior leadership level.
Sector experience would be advantageous - waste, water, energy is highly desirable.
Passion or experience of sustainability, environment goals is required.

If you don't meet all of our outlined requirements we'd still love for you to apply. If you feel that you'd be a great fit for this role and Veolia then we'd like to find out more about you.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

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This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.
We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.
We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply