Group Communications Executive

Group Communications Executive 

Hybrid / remote, permanent full-time role paying a salary of up to £38,000 depending on experience, plus great company benefits. 

 We are looking for a Group Communications Executive to join our team!

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has previously worked in an in-house comms team or in an agency and can come in, hit the ground running and make an impact.

If you have a passion for communications and experience in creating engaging content for a range of internal and external stakeholders, then we’d love to hear from you.

You will help to protect and enhance the Mears brand, positioning Mears as a socially responsible business, a leading housing solutions provider and a great place to work.

Who are we?

Mears is a company uniquely placed to address the major challenges in housing and social care industries. We are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector.

About the Role:

As a Group Communications Executive in our in-house  communications team you will work across the Group to ensure best in class communications that protects and enhances our brand and positions Mears as a socially responsible business and a great place to work.

This is a fast paced and rewarding role that requires an outstanding communicator with a proven track record of creating a range of communication content. The successful Group Communications Executive will be a self-starter with the ability to hit the ground running.

You will be responsible for creating excellent internal and external communications that support our strategy. You’ll be a great storyteller and able to develop and deliver end-to-end communications campaigns, incorporating a variety of communications methods across a range of channels.

Working with key stakeholders, you’ll deliver agreed tasks against our communication plans and objectives and to deadline.

You must be creative in your thinking and able to manage multiple tasks at any one time.

We’re looking for a self-starter with lots of ideas and a proven track record of delivering great comms!

Role criteria:

• Experience of working in an agency or in-house communications team
• Knowledge and understanding of communications theory and practice
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence
• Good writing and content creation, with the ability to adapt style for a range of audiences and channels
• Creativity and ability to generate ideas for copy, design and campaigns
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to juggle priorities, work to short deadlines and plan schedules of work
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate with other members of the team

Benefits:  

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity / paternity leave and much more  
• Pension scheme
• Sick pay
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1,000)
• Share saver scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (access to free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (access to trained mental health and wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, Drayton Manor Park, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Long service and additional holiday leave - colleagues who stay for a period of time at Mears are rewarded for their service
• Volunteering leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/security checks before commencement of employment. 

Some travel to our office locations of Basingstoke, Gloucester and Milton Keynes required as well as other ad hoc travel as dictated by the role.

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If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.