Overview

Position Title: Head of Internal

Company: Avanti West Coast

Location: London, UK

Job Description:

We are currently looking for a Head of Internal Communications to sit within our Partnership & Strategy Directorate based at either London or Birmingham

Responsibilities: 

  • Playing an active role in the Partnership & Strategy Directorate in partnership with the Executive HR Director
  • Reinforcing the ¿purpose¿ in driving the business forward through communication initiatives, working closely with the Head of Brand
  • Acting as a trusted advisor / critical friend to the Executive team on all aspects of internal communications including coaching them as necessary
  • Ensuring innovative and effective internal communications channels are in place across all levels of the business to deliver world class standards of internal news and communication delivery
  • Providing a variety of innovative internal communications channels that enable effective and meaningful two-way

Reqirements:

  • Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to shape commercial strategy and other business issues far beyond the immediate remit of the role
  • Experience of working at Head / Director level in a consumer-facing organisation, ideally a major brand would be beneficial
  • Great leadership presence, able to influence Executives and all other audiences across the business Knowledge / experience of working in a unionised environment and the challenges presented by this would be advantageous

About Avanti West Coast

We are one of the UK's most experienced rail operators, carrying more than 340 million passengers across our four contracted operations: Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express, and also our open access operations Hull Trains and LUMO. Whether for business, education, health, social or recreation – we get our customers where they want to be, when they want to be there. We create solutions that reduce complexity, making travel smoother and life easier. As part of the West Coast Partnership Development, we also provide a range of design, development, and mobilisation services for the High Speed 2 (‘HS2') programme in a joint venture with Trenitalia.