Interim Head of Internal Communications

The post of Interim Head of Internal Communications with Historic Environment Scotland is a fixed term appointment of 18 months with the potential to extend up to 2 years.

Reporting to the Director of People, the Interim Head of Internal Communications will play a key strategic role as a member of the People Directorate leadership team here at Historic Environment Scotland. They will lead a team of Internal Communication Professionals, focused on bringing our people closer together, creatively helping colleagues to understand our strategy and their role within it, leading to a high performing culture where people feel informed, connected and empowered.

They will build strong and effective relationships across our Executive Leadership team, working in partnership to shape, deliver and evaluate our internal communications. By putting our colleagues at the heart of decision making and being in tune with the pulse of the organisation, they will steer us towards the most impactful ways of communicating with our people.

This role is a unique opportunity to help shape what it feels like to work for Historic Environment Scotland, coaching and developing our internal communications team to maximise the collective value they can bring. They will be responsible for developing and delivering our Internal Communication Strategy and play a pivotal role in how we continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture that inspires colleagues across our HES Community.

We offer a number of excellent benefits, such as special leave, reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions, study leave for work related courses, an occupational sick pay scheme, access to a free Headspace subscription and access to a civil service pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 26.6% (pro rata'd).