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IT Communications Advisor

Employer
DLA Piper
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
26 Nov 2019

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Vacancy Type
IT
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Officer / Analyst / Engineer / Executive / Coordinator
Role Classification
Other Professional

Job Details

Description

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is an exciting time to join a new team currently devising a new communications strategy and plan for 2020 and beyond. We are looking for a creative content producer to bring our plan to life across a range of internal communications channels to support our IT function which in turn supports our international business. 

The role will provide hands on expertise in creating engaging content across our range of communication channels internally within IT and identifying suitable content to enhance the reputation of IT across our international channels.

Proving the success of channels through formal performance tracking will be key in making the case for improvements and new channel introductions. 

As the channel expert the role will deliver up-skilling to users to help them become expert communicators.    

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Support the IT Internal communications Manager in delivery of the IT communications plan 
  • Be the go-to creative expert producing high quality, engaging content to support the communication plan
  • Working within DLA brand guidelines to ensure content is produced accordingly
  • Work on multiple projects at any one time, managing different timescales and expectations
  • Identify and explore new and innovative ways to reach our international audience 
  • Manage analytics for performance reporting across communication channels
  • Working with the audience to help them become expert communicators   

ABOUT YOU       

Proficient in

  • Marketing, internal/external communications channel management and development
  • Managing multiple stakeholders 
  • Proof-reading and sub-editing 
  • Coaching, learning delivery

Familiar with

  • Change communications
  • IT communications
  • Share-Point Intranet design
  • Working with Office 365 collaboration tools

Aware of

  • Working within an IT and/or change environment 
  • Working within a Learning & Development area

ABOUT US    

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.   

OUR VALUES    

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

  • Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully

  • Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in

  • Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big

  • Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION    

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent. Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best.

If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations, should they be required.    

AGILE WORKING     

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.    

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING      

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.

Company

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients, and we achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed.

We’re proud to serve an international client base that includes more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 companies. We help the world's top companies with their business-critical issues. Many of the deals we work on are complex and challenging – transcending not just practice areas, but borders, languages and legal systems. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology

As a firm we are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive culture for all of our people, where differences are genuinely valued. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual and we know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued.

Company info
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Telephone
+44 (0)20 7349 0296
Location
160 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HT
GB

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