Internal Communications Lead, RR North America

Job Description

Communications Lead, Rolls Royce North America

Reston, VA

This role is critical in driving integration of communications activities across Rolls-Royce North America and provides the opportunity to be part of a high-energy team, working at pace to drive the transformation of Rolls-Royce at a pivotal point in its history. This role will support a team that will drive communications strategy and engagement of all employees across all three business divisions in North America. It will suit a candidate who is able to deliver employee engagement activities in support of One Rolls-Royce – motivating and mobilizing employees through the development of compelling content.

Innovate & Power the World
 

To ensure we continue to be pioneers of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 16,500 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars’ worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialisation, we also offer freedom to cross-specialise and develop skills across a number of different areas.

At Rolls-Royce, we look beyond tomorrow. We continually pioneer integrated power and propulsion solutions to deliver cleaner, safer, and more competitive power.

Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.

Key Accountabilities
 

• Use insight and channel metrics to inform tactical delivery plans to achieve the desired outcome from awareness and understanding to behaviour or culture change.
• Collaborate with Communications & Marketing colleagues and site-specific stakeholders to coordinate the day-to-day calendar of activity to reach key audiences across both digitally connected and non-connected work environments.
• Work closely with the SVP Communications & Marketing Defence and North America, SVP Internal Communications and other business partners to identify opportunities, to ensure consistency of message and avoid unnecessary clashes in activity.

• Produce and deliver communications content, including executive leadership messages, planned drumbeat activity and responses to emerging issues ensuring a smooth flow of information across leaderships levels, divisions and the region.
• Work directly with the Communications partners and subject matter experts to produce and deliver consistent corporate narrative that reflects Rolls-Royce’s business strategy via our owned-channels in a way that reflects our corporate purpose and culture.
  • Topics include safety and security, business transformation, culture & behaviors, sustainability, technology, customer wins and compliance-driven topics such as benefit enrolment  
  • Channels include print materials, digital (email, plasma screens, intranet) and in-person experiences including regional town halls, emails, video storytelling, news items, global/regional newsletters, posters and deskdrops
  • Manage translations for materials or content shared with colleagues in Montreal, Canada.
• Collaborate with other teams, including People (Human Resources) and other Business Enabler teams, to support project workstreams related to our Transformation or other change programs.

• Stay abreast of current best practices in the industry and technology trends to continuously improve and learn— sharing knowledge across the Communications team as appropriate.
• Regularly review and summarize insight and measurement data to recommend ways to evolve tactics to increase relevancy and impact.

Basic Qualifications:
 

• Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, Marketing or Communication with 4 years of experience in Marketing and Communications, OR
• Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts, Marketing or Communication with 2 years of experience in Marketing and Communications, OR
• Masters Degree in in Liberal Arts, Marketing or Communication
• JD/PhD
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:
 

• Excellent writing skills with experience in communications, journalism or related field.
• Proven track record in communications production with good time management, attention to d