Job Description Vice President – Communications, ET&S Fulltime King’s Place, London / Hybrid An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Vice President – Communications, ET&S, within the Engineering, Technology & Safety (ET&S) function of Rolls-Royce, based in King’s Place, London. As a Vice President – Communications, ET&S, you will lead the development of strategies that enable Rolls-Royce ET&S to build employee engagement and buy-in to its business capability strategy and new ways of working. You will support communications campaigns to ensure we are getting the credit and traction externally for progress and achievements being made by ET&S. You will also: Partner with key leaders in ET&S to plan employee engagement strategy in support of performance priorities and transformation change programme – motivating and mobilizing employees through the use compelling content and change management practices. Deliver expert advice and support to Group Director of Engineering, Technology and Safety and ET&S leadership team, helping them improve their overall communications and leadership impact. Reduced tactical work, focus on select engagement campaigns, prioritising those that overtly align with Rolls-Royce strategic direction and annual Communications strategy. Why Rolls-Royce? This role provides the opportunity to be part of a high-energy centralised communications team, working at pace to drive the transformation of Rolls-Royce. With over 14,000 engineers world-wide, this role will be at the heart of embedding a new purpose and culture ambition as well as driving the belief in our strategy with both internal and external stakeholders. You will be highly motivated and comfortable with ambiguity, able to adapt and lead others through a complex period of change. Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey. We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you and gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. What we offer We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonuses, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. What you will be doing You will report to the SVP Internal Communications. You will also work together with the SVP External Communications Civil & ET&S, to support the delivery of the Business Capability strategy. You will act as a business partner to advise leadership on reputational opportunities and potential issues. You will lead compelling campaigns that engage employees, drive belief in our strategy and builds trust in leadership. You will have the support of and collaborate with other Communications business partners including the VP Events and VP Channel and Content who maintain our ‘owned’ global communication platforms Strategy and planning : Use listening and insight to shape external stakeholder and employee engagement strategy to drive required business performance and desired culture change. Identify opportunities to reduce tactical or repeatable requests. Work in close partnership with the People Team and Communications Leadership to identify opportunities and anticipate issues. Expert counsel to leaders : Provide strategic and informed counsel to the executive level leaders based on experience, industry-best practice and business needs to build their capabilities as effective communicators. Communications delivery : Support development of a narrative to reflect new ET&S business capability service offer develops throughout multi-year change programme to embed new ways of working. Commission compelling content for use across internal and external channels. Work closely with the ET&S Chief of Staff, VP Content and Channels or agency partners to create an appropriate cadence of communications reaching both office-based and operational audiences. Employee engagement activity : Recommend interventions to drive employee understanding and commitment to RR business priorities to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing business. Support business capability programmes which foster a culture of high performance, care and belonging. Leverage key moments and milestones with external audiences to influence belief in our strategy, positive reputation and employer of choice. Team leadership (informal): Collaborate across geographic and operational boundaries whilst finding opportunities for grow, learn and develop. Lead by example by being more strategic in our activities, more commercial in our thinking and more integrated in our approach. Reinforce one Rolls-Royce mindset when working with the Communications Team leveraging talent within Channel and Content, Events and External Communications to deliver integrated campaigns. Crisis communications: Stay abreast of industry and divisional environment, in preparedness for any eventuality. Coordinate with SVP External Communications Civil & ET&S and crisis response teams to provide guidance to leadership or site representatives to respond promptly and appropriately e.g., during times of crisis, managing sensitive people or potential employee relations issues. Who we’re looking for At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. Proven track record of working on employee communications as part of high-impact, multi-year change programmes. Extensive change management experience with proven ability to guide organisations through transformative processes using proven communications and engagement methodologies. Knowledge of and passion for engineering or technology sector. Excellent strategic capability and proven ability to deliver results in a complex environment. Collaborative approach and proven track record of excellent teamwork with senior peers. Capability to build, lead and engage high-performing teams (scrums) – demonstrating high degree of integrity and transparency in leadership style. Track record of managing agencies to time and budget, ability to coach teams to get the best out of an agency. We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. We welcome applications from people with a refugee background. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce Closing date: 10th March 2025 Job Category Corporate Affairs Posting Date 26 Feb 2025; 00:02 Posting End Date 10 Mar 2025