Senior Internal Communications Specialist

Description

General Information:

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable​ energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.

Hitachi Energy's Grid and Power Quality Solutions global product group (GPG) is a world-leading provider of grid integration and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build, and be part of a stronger, smarter and greener grid. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Internal Communications Specialist who is interested to join our dynamic and high performing business team. You will be responsible to develop and implement internal communications plans focused on driving employee knowledge of and engagement with our main goals, strategic initiatives and organizational culture across the business globally.

Your Responsibilities:

• Oversee and execute all internal communications for the GPG Grid and Power Quality Solutions, with a high standard of personal excellence and a focus on continuous improvement. Help increase employee understanding and engagement in our GPG strategy.

• Drive innovation in our communications channels, tools and processes, and will have overall responsibility for all internal communications, driving to improve quality, frequency, and formats, etc. Work closely with the GPG Global Communications Manager to develop the internal communications strategy and programs for the head of the business.

• Collaborate with external communications colleagues on their internal communications needs, to ensure internal amplification of external campaigns, success stories, articles, press releases and other external communications initiatives.

• Lead the implementation of change management initiatives designed to optimize the way we work and our organizational culture. Be responsible for organizational announcements, leadership letters, change communications and other internal communications activities.

• Ensure our people understand and embrace our various internal initiatives, such as quality and continuous improvement, diversity and inclusion, execution excellence, a learning organization, the development of core competencies, and so on.

• Work to increase our people’s use of social media to drive advocacy and retain and attract talent. Establish close and integrated cross-functional collaboration to promote internal programs and generate new ideas and approaches and respond to internal communication-related issues in a timely manner.

• Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or journalism.

• A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience in a communications environment.

• Excellent writing, editing and design skills.

• Experience in content strategy within a B2B communications environment. Demonstrated creative execution across the full range of communications media and formats (short-form, long-form, web, social, video, audio/podcasting, infographics, PPT presentations, executive stage time, webinars, etc.).

• Preferably experienced in utilities, energy, transportation and data centers, aptitude to take part in the ideation of develop strategic content and new communications tactics and do hands-on work to deliver them to stakeholders.

• Experienced to work in a complex international matrix organization.