Job Description

Are you a dynamic senior marketing and communications leader, with a passion for shaping business strategy, social value, people engagement and enhancing reputation?

We are seeking someone to join to SSCL Executive Team as the Director or Marketing and Communications. You will lead the team with a clear vision to build the reputation of the business, increase awareness of the SSCL brand, design of marketing and communications campaigns that support the current and long-term strategic objectives of SSCL. You will be responsible for SSCL\xe2\x80\x99s media response and crisis management strategy in support of clients and the wider Sopra Steria group.

You will also be responsible for the development and delivery of our Social Value and People Engagement strategies. This is an opportunity to support with driving growth, showcase innovation and make a lasting impact.

This role is hybrid working, with some travel to our Hub locations including Newport, Blackpool, Newcastle, York, Glasgow, Gosport and London.

What you\'ll be doing:

• Partnering with the CEO and Executive team to develop strategy, objectives and targets for current and longer-term strategic plans.
• Leading teams with responsibility for creating marketing campaigns, developing collateral and digital channels such as the SSCL website.
• Developing and delivering SSCL\xe2\x80\x99s Social Value strategy across the business and in partnership with clients. Building community programmes and partnerships that supports the SSCL business and the social value priorities of our clients.
• Developing marketing and communications plans that outline how SSCL articulates its key messages to different audiences using multiple channels such as social media, print media, and email campaigns.
• Delivering people engagement activities and events across SSCL (including involvement in the D&I networks) to make sure colleagues feel connected to the SSCL vision and feel proud of their contribution to SSCL\xe2\x80\x99s success.
• Developing and crafting messaging for the CEO and supporting other senior level messaging to ensure positive impact and consistency.
• Working with the business to develop strategies to attract new business from prospective clients and promote new services for existing clients.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll bring:

• Track record of operating at a strategic level, engaging with senior stakeholders across the public sector.
• People engagement skills with the energy and passion to be an inspirational leader.
• An advocate for change and innovation, particularly in relation to Social Value and Diversity and Inclusion.
• Demonstrable expertise across all the Marketing & Communications subject areas including account-based marketing, digital, external communications, PR and crisis management.

It would be great if you had:

• CIM Qualification

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for, please do apply, we\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Ideally London, but willing to be flexible
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal Recruiter: Amy
Salary: Up to \xc2\xa3120k pa, depending on experience
Benefits: Up to 20% of salary annual management incentive plan, \xc2\xa37,800 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical (family), life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you\xe2\x80\x99re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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SSCL is the market leader in critical business support services for the UK public sector. We transform services using a range of digital solutions and innovative services, developing platforms that enable flexibility to meet the changing needs of our Government, Defence and Police clients.

SSCL provides the full range of BPO services including end-to-end Finance and Accounting, HR and Payroll, Procurement, Pensions Administration and large-scale Resourcing Services - enhancing the customer experience, shaping the future of shared services to enable smarter public services.

We employ around 3,000 people who, with their in-depth client knowledge and collaborative approach, sit at the heart of our business strategy. Their passion and connection to our values and our purpose is what sets us apart and puts SSCL in the Top 20 of GPTW large workplaces. \xe2\x80\x98Living SSCL\xe2\x80\x99 means we deliver social value within our services and work with our clients and community partners to support social value programmes such as education and employability initiatives across the UK.
SSCL operates at size and scale across the UK public sector and has already delivered savings in excess of \xc2\xa3750 million - providing more funds for front line public services

Sopra Steria