Communications & Stakeholder Management Lead (SC Cleared)

Communications & Stakeholder Management Lead (SC Cleared)
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £550 per day
Location: Hybrid - Two days per week onsite at the Clients offices (London/Manchester or Bristol) you can choose your preferred location.
IR35 Status: Inside
Start: ASAP

A Communications & Stakeholder Management Lead (SC Cleared) is required for our public sector client to oversee internal and external communications for a specific technology project/initiative.

You will be responsible for the development of their communications and stakeholder management strategy and approach at pace; together with leading on engaging internal and external communications, including weekly and ad-hoc communications to departments, and able to manage this sensitively encouraging participation and mitigating concerns.

You will develop high quality external facing communications and engagement products, working closely with the project team to enable you to respond to internal and external enquiries, maintain project FAQs, Lines To Take and Reactive Lines and build close working relationships with central communications and press office colleagues and other government departments and teams at pace.

Facilitating engagement meetings with departments and suppliers, using your expertise to guide senior leaders where necessary via briefings and handling advice with support from the Senior Leadership Team.

You will need to be flexible to adapt to the requirements of a fast-paced and challenging programme, where pro-activity and high quality communication both externally and with colleagues in the wider team is imperative to success.

Essential Skills & Experience required:

As the Communications & Stakeholder Management Lead you will possess current SC Clearance.essential*

Also possess extensive experience in leading communications and engagement for large scale digital transformation projects, with cross cutting supplier and stakeholder engagement involved.

Deep experience working closely with senior leadership at C-suite and/or ministerial level and be comfortable briefing upwards and at pace.

The ability to work at pace to deliver lines to take, briefings and correspondence responses to very tight timescales.

A flexible team player, able to meet changing project requirements and supporting the wider team to ensure shared deadlines are met.

Previous experience of working on large scale transformation projects within the Government/public sector is required.

Any previous experience with technology or digital transformation programmes/procurement would be beneficial.

Knowledge of commercial technology

Possess project/leadership experience

Proficient in Communications Strategy

If this role is of interest; please email your CV to: (see below)

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