Senior Colleague Communications Manager

Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients charities trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients wealth.

Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UKs most responsible wealth manager.

In business since 1742.
A FTSE 250 listed company.
Managing more than 113 billion
* for our clients.
20 offices throughout the UK and Jersey.

* Funds under management at 30 September 2025.

Role

Title:

Senior Colleague Communications Manager

Division:
Client Office

Location:
London

Contract: 12 months

About the role

We're looking for an experienced senior colleague communications professional to lead the internal communications workstream for a major group-wide programme. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract(withpotential to extend) and sits within the Colleague Communications & Advocacy team.

Youllown this workstream end-to-end shaping the strategy running theplanand delivering the day-to-day. It spans the whole of our business soyoullbe comfortable working across functions engaging senior stakeholders in every part of the group and translating complex sensitive material into clear human communications for colleagues.

Youll know youre succeeding when colleagues across the group understand what the programme means for them and their work senior leaders trust you as their comms partner and the workstream delivers on time and to a consistently high standard without needing to be closely managed.

Whatyoullbe responsible for

• Owning the colleague communications strategy and plan for a group-wide programme from design through to delivery

• Workinghand-in-handwith business readiness and training teams to sequence comms learning and change activity into a single coherent colleague experience

• Drawing on the company narrative to shape and cascade programme messaging into key colleague touchpoints

• Partnering with senior leaders and programme leads across the business as their trusted communications adviser

• Producing and distributing high-quality high-impact communications for a range of colleague audiences across the group

• Translating technical procedural and change content into clear plain English communications

• Developing and delivering communication plans that support change and transformation activity

• Using a modern integrated mix of channels and formats including SharePoint Viva Engage email in-personand virtual events

• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business on behalf of the Colleague Communications & Advocacy team

• Working with the wider team tomaintainand continually improve our planningproductionand measurement process

• Coaching colleagues on communications and managing agency partners where needed

About you

• Significant experience in senior colleague communications roles leadingstrategiesand delivery in large complex organisations in senior colleague communications roles leadingstrategiesand delivery in large complex organisations

• A strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves and delivering the work

• Confidentoperatingindependently running your own workstream with minimal direction

• Strong track recordof partnering with senior leaders including at executive level and influencing across functions

• KPI-driven witha track recordof setting and hitting measurable engagement targets

• Remarkable storytelling writing and presentation skills with a proven ability to turn complex content into clear plain English

• Tech-savvy and data-driven confident using SharePoint Viva Engage and modern email tools to activate and measure campaigns

• Comfortable using AI tools to speed up and sharpen comms productionmeasurementand insight

• Solid grounding in creative production with the ability to visually express content with minimal creative team support (including video and event production)

• Meticulously organised and highly flexible with a proven ability to balance multiple priorities at once

• Experience supporting change and transformation programmes

• Experience in Wealth and Asset Management or more broadly in Financial Services (an advantage not a requirement)

Our offer to you

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong.

We offer a comprehensive remuneration package which we review regularly and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
• Private medical insurance Individual on joining family after 1 years service
• Life assurance - 8 x salary
• Income protection 75 % salary
• Company share scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• Flexible holidays purchase up to 5 additional days
• Green Car Scheme
• Family friendly policies enhanced family leave for parents & carers
• Study support study days and funding for courses and qualifications
• Season travel ticket loans
• Volunteering days
• Gym discounts
• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit…