Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for communications which engage our Risk employees, as well as helping position the role of the Risk function to the wider business

• Collaborate with Aviva’s CRO and their Risk function, as well as the wider Employee Communications team, to ensure communications plans and strategies are built to support this business unit through their upcoming change initiatives

• Work closely with the People Partner for Risk, and with senior stakeholders in the function, to shape the culture and align colleagues behind ‘a common vision’, as well as helping to increase employee engagement levels 

• Act as a strategic advisor on communications, with a hands-on approach to making things happen, influencing up to senior level

• Ensure consistent application of brand guidelines and tone of voice

• Use data, insight, and external best practice to create employee communication plans that brings in new ideas and thinking

Skills & Experience required

• Experience working in an Internal Communications and/or Employee Engagement role previously – this can either be from a Brand, Marketing or HR background

• Prior knowledge of working in Financial Services would be highly desirable

• Prior exposure to managing a business unit successfully through a period of change / transformation

• Positive relationship management and influencing skills, up to Exco level

• Confidence to present up to Exco level and respond when challenged

• Excellent written communication skills, matched with the ability to create successful, engaging IC material

• Ability to see opportunity and drive change

• Availability to start an interim role from May 2022, and commit to six-month contract

What will you get for this role?

• Competitive annual salary (pro rata) depending on skills, location, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata)

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take ownership, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too, we’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daisy Holmes a call on +44 7436 672007 or send an email to daisy.holmes@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.