Internal Communications Business Partner

Salary: £39,458.00 - £46,689.00 GBP. Annual Pension: A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.

Type: Full time, Fixed Term. End: 17-02-2028. Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

Our Values

• Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency, sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.
• Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative, make impactful decisions, and continuously learn and grow.
• Accountability: We deliver on commitments, own our successes and mistakes, and strive for quality outcomes.
• Respect: We value diverse perspectives, actively listen, and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.
• Trust: We collaborate across teams, build dependable relationships, and work as one to deliver for our customers.

About the role

Internal Communications Business Partner to join our Corporate Affairs Team. The team works to ensure colleagues understand our mission, vision and strategic direction, and support the business to listen and respond to colleague voice and ultimately, to build a more engaged workforce. We do this by developing and delivering corporate and directorate communications activity and by monitoring sentiment, supporting action planning and managing a programme of colleague-focused events. Although you will have a primary business area to support, you will also have the opportunity to work on and provide expertise across organisational wide events as needed. The Internal Communication Business Partner helps promote and protect the reputation of their business area and shapes the content, tone and method of delivery of messages to internal audiences, supporting the leadership team to increase levels of engagement within the directorate.

Responsibilities

• Ensure colleagues understand the mission, vision and strategic direction of the organisation.
• Support the business to listen to and respond to colleague voice, building a more engaged workforce.
• Develop and deliver corporate and directorate communications activity and monitor sentiment.
• Support action planning and manage a programme of colleague‑focused events.
• Promote and protect the reputation of the business area, aligning with key priorities and the listening strategy.
• Shape the content, tone and method of delivery of messages to internal audiences, and support the leadership team to increase engagement levels within the directorate.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and use of internal communication strategies, planning methodologies and best practices, such as OASIS.
• Skilled in the creation and evaluation of high‑quality internal communications for different on- and offline channels.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop content for colleagues and present to senior leaders.
• Adaptable and resilient, able to deal with the unexpected and comfortable with working to deadlines.
• Ability to troubleshoot and provide solutions using constructive and innovative thinking.
• Strong reporting and presentation skills with keen attention to detail.
• A high degree of discretion and professionalism.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft365 tools such as Word, PowerPoint, and especially Teams.
• Experience of working with content management systems, such as SharePoint or Interact.
• Degree or relevant communications qualification, or significant experience in an internal communications role, preferably in financial services or public sector.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays.
• Option to buy/sell annual leave.
• Flexi‑time and enhanced flexible working options available.
• Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme.
• Life insurance cover for 4×annual salary.
• Enhanced company sick pay and family leave, including maternity, paternity and adoption.
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme.

Legal and Equality

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history, criminal record check, credit reference check and fraud check.

As a proud Disability Confident Leader, we’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that empowers people of all abilities. Our team actively promotes accessible hiring practices and supports candidates with disabilities throughout their employment journey to build a diverse and equitable workplace at SLC. We will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long‑term condition in line with the Equality Act2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments.

Use of AI in Job Applications: Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Plagiarism is detected and may result in withdrawal of the application or disciplinary action.