Communications Manager, Places

Overview

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

Manage and deliver corporate communication initiatives for Advanced Process and Manufacturing (APM) as an integral part of the Places Global Business Area (GBA) strategy and plan, ensuring Places APM communications are aligned with, embedded and elevated in the broader Places and Arcadis narrative and communications.

Provide specialist internal communications and employee engagement advice to the business, acting as a consultative and strategic partner to the Places APM business and management team, with a particular focus on Arcadis’ growing semiconductors & advanced technologies and life sciences activities and the additional capabilities brought into Places through Arcadis DPS Group.

Advise business leaders on the impact and effectiveness of communications, including external activity in partnership with the external communications team. Play an active role as part of the GBA Corporate Communications team, contributing Places APM perspectives into the shaping of broader corporate communications strategies, priorities and programs across GBAs. Provide extended corporate communications support within the Places team and for key priority global projects aligned with the Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA.

Reports to: Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA

(dotted line: strong day-to-day partnership with the Global Communications Director, Places)

Role accountabilities

• Manage and deliver internal communications strategies and channels for APM within the wider Places GBA communications strategy and plan, ensuring that APM communications reinforce and amplify Places GBA priorities.
• Act as a consultative and strategic communications partner to the APM business and management team, helping leaders translate strategy, growth, integration and transformation into clear, engaging narratives for colleagues.
• Lead the internal communications strategy for transformation and change across Places APM, ensuring clear, timely and well-sequenced messaging and acting as the primary contact to the Places APM Change Management team.
• Develop and execute communications plans, especially for change initiatives and key business programs, crafting narratives that elevate APM’s focus, and connect to the wider Places and Arcadis strategy.
• Plan and develop high-quality written content for internal and external communications such as blogs, internal news and announcements, bulletins, storytelling, case studies, presentations, speeches, newsletters and intranet stories, elevating Places APM capabilities and thought leadership.
• Support key global Corporate Communications projects and programs (e.g., cross-GBA campaigns and corporate initiatives) as directed by the Global Communications Director, Cross-GBA, ensuring Places APM perspectives and content are represented and integrated.
• Proactively identify APM subject matter experts and leaders to elevate, developing opportunities for them to contribute to thought leadership, sector positioning and storytelling, and supporting them in raising their profile internally and externally as part of the broader Corporate Communications priorities and programs.
• Manage internal digital channels and cascade frameworks for Places APM, aligned with the broader Corporate Communications frameworks and priorities, ensuring Places APM is represented in the development and delivery of internal and external content, and in coherence with Places and cross-GBA priorities.
• Consult on strategic leader and all hands Town Hall engagement events for APM and Places, supporting leaders to communicate strategy, performance, change and culture.
• Tailor global and Places-wide programs to make them relevant for APM colleagues, ensuring that internal communications messages are relevant and…