Communications Manager
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£55,200
(£28.31 per hour)
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Description
Job Description
Wood has an exciting opportunity for a Communications Manager, Corporate and Transformation to join our team on a permanent basis. You will shape and deliver clear, consistent and engaging communications that help strengthen Wood’s corporate narrative and support the company’s transformation.
As a leader within the Communications function, the role takes ownership for the design, quality and effective delivery of high functioning corporate communications, both internally and externally, setting best practice and supporting excellence across the team.
This role is open to hybrid working from our Aberdeen office.
The Role
The role focuses on designing, planning and delivering corporate communications activities, ensuring messages are accurate, aligned and effectively executed across key channels as well as strengthening Wood’s media presence through purposeful, strategic storytelling, meaningful media relations and disciplined media posting.
You will work closely with the Communications and Marketing teams, HR, Legal, functional and business leaders, as well as external media, agencies, suppliers and partner organisations. The role is responsible for creating and delivering communication plans and outputs, shaping messaging, standards and processes, and providing insight and recommendations to communicators and business leaders. You will also identify, escalate and mitigate communication risks and sensitivities, and hold line management responsibility to ensure high‑quality delivery, alignment and ongoing professional development.
Our Clients and Projects
Wood delivers solutions across more than 50 countries with local offices covering all major energy and materials hubs globally.
For more than 160 years, we have partnered with clients to deliver engineering, advisory and operational solutions to some of the world’s most complex and critical challenges in energy and materials.
What We Can Offer
Wood has an exciting opportunity for a Communications Manager, Corporate and Transformation to join our team on a permanent basis. You will shape and deliver clear, consistent and engaging communications that help strengthen Wood’s corporate narrative and support the company’s transformation.
As a leader within the Communications function, the role takes ownership for the design, quality and effective delivery of high functioning corporate communications, both internally and externally, setting best practice and supporting excellence across the team.
This role is open to hybrid working from our Aberdeen office.
The Role
The role focuses on designing, planning and delivering corporate communications activities, ensuring messages are accurate, aligned and effectively executed across key channels as well as strengthening Wood’s media presence through purposeful, strategic storytelling, meaningful media relations and disciplined media posting.
You will work closely with the Communications and Marketing teams, HR, Legal, functional and business leaders, as well as external media, agencies, suppliers and partner organisations. The role is responsible for creating and delivering communication plans and outputs, shaping messaging, standards and processes, and providing insight and recommendations to communicators and business leaders. You will also identify, escalate and mitigate communication risks and sensitivities, and hold line management responsibility to ensure high‑quality delivery, alignment and ongoing professional development.
Our Clients and Projects
Wood delivers solutions across more than 50 countries with local offices covering all major energy and materials hubs globally.
For more than 160 years, we have partnered with clients to deliver engineering, advisory and operational solutions to some of the world’s most complex and critical challenges in energy and materials.
What We Can Offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects across the energy and materials sectors.
- Flexible working arrangements that balance team and individual needs offering hybrid working arrangements
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Corporate Communications Planning and Delivery
- Develop, execute and manage communication plans and content aligned to corporate priorities and transformation activities
- Contribute to the development of enterprise narratives and core messaging, providing support, insights and audience-led recommendations
- Collaborate with functional peers on enterprise internal communication delivery
- Draft and deliver clear, concise messaging, content and materials for corporate initiatives
- Ensure the timely and accurate execution of communications across relevant channels
- Develop and deliver communication activities for transformation programmes, organisational updates and operational changes. Create employee‑focused content such as announcements, FAQs, intranet articles and presentations
- Shape and lead effective media relations, working with central teams to ensure timely, accurate and aligned responses
- Shape clear, compelling story angles aligned to corporate priorities to enhance visibility and reputation
- Build strong relationships with key trade publications, identifying opportunities for features, commentary and proactive pitching
- Develop clear, compelling story angles aligned to corporate priorities to enhance visibility and strengthen Wood’s reputation
- Proactively identify issues and opportunities where Wood can offer unique insights, working with leaders and peers to shape compelling positions and thought leadership
- Develop and execute integrated editorial plans and content calendars aligned to enterprise priorities
- Oversee press release activity, media monitoring, performance reporting and maintenance of accurate, segmented media lists, including Cision management
- Continually improve PR processes to drive consistency, quality and efficiency.
- Manage and coordinate inbound press office enquiries, ensuring timely and accurate responses
- Monitor reputation issues, providing strategic communications counsel to support effective reputation management
- Act as the focal point for media/communications emergency response processes, guiding best practice and maintaining up to date response templates and documentation to ensure readiness
- Develop and deliver communication activities for transformation programmes, organisational updates and operational changes. Create employee‑focused content such as announcements, FAQs, intranet articles and presentations
- Work closely with colleagues across Communications, HR, Legal, Marketing and business functions to ensure alignment
- Provide guidance to regional or functional communicators on messaging and execution when required
- Provide trusted counsel and strategic communications advise to senior business leaders
- Help lead the smooth operation of the Communications team by sharing insights, best practice and learnings
- Provide line‑management support to designated team member, including objective setting, coaching, performance management and development planning
- Foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture within the Communications team, as an important leader within the function
- Ensure work allocation, feedback and development activities are aligned to team and organisational priorities
- Manage content planning and scheduling across primary internal communication channels
- Ensure content is accurate, engaging and aligned with corporate messaging
- Maintain channel hygiene and contribute to improved reach, clarity and engagement
- Track communication activity and performance against agreed metrics
- Monitor the effectiveness of campaigns and recommend improvements
- Lead the development of tools, templates and processes that uplift communication quality and consistency
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected
- University degree or equivalent experience in communications or related field
- Extensive experience in communications or marketing, ideally in an international B2B environment
- Strong writing, editing and content creation skills
- Experience delivering corporate, change or internal communications
- Understanding of communication channels and digital tools
- Good organisational and project management capability
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
- Manage sensitive information with professionalism and discretion
- Work effectively with colleagues from different cultures and contribute to a globally aware team environment
- Understand business priorities and translate them into clear, practical communication solutions
- Write high quality, engaging and audience appropriate content across multiple formats and channels
- Contribute ideas that improve the quality and effectiveness of communications and support continuous improvement
- Exposure to media management
- Clear communicator with strong attention to detail
- Collaborative and team oriented
- Proactive and solutions focused
- Professional, resilient and adaptable
- Able to build trusted, open and collaborative relationships across the business
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 45 countries, employing around 25,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.