Community Activation Lead - Workplace Experience People Team

End Date Sunday 16 August 2026

Salary Range
40,824 - 45,360

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Job Description Summary

JOB TITLE:

Community Activation LeadLOCATION(S):
Leeds, Edinburgh & Bristol

HOURS:

Full-time WORKING PATTERN:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

Job Description About this opportunity

We are Workplace Experience, and we want everyone to love their workplace, whether in our head office locations, branches or ectations of our colleagues have never been higher, and we move fast to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities; from the culture we want in our spaces to making sure everyone is safe and able to work effectively.

What you’ll be doing

As a Community Activation Lead, you’ll play a key role in evolving our Group-wide Workplace Communities operating model across UK and International hubs.

You’ll combine strong governance, insight and alignment to Group frameworks with a deep understanding of local nuance and priorities. Working closely with Community Leadership teams, you’ll support delivery against their objectives while ensuring our communities operate consistently, effectively and in line with wider business priorities.

You’ll act as the bridge between strategy and execution, partnering with the Workplace Culture & Community Lead to translate frameworks into local delivery, while continuously improving and maturing our community proposition over time.

Key responsibilities include:

Drive maturity of the community proposition, identifying gaps and improving delivery and impact

Ensure alignment between local activity and Group strategy, KPIs and priorities Embed Workplace Communities frameworks and ways of working at a local level

Support Community Leaders to operate effectively within defined frameworks and expectations

Build strong relationships with community leadership and key stakeholders

Ensure community activity delivers meaningful colleague and business outcomes

Facilitate local engagement forums

Contribute to wider Community Leader Connect sessions

Track and report on community KPIs, engagement metrics and outcomes

Use insight to inform improvements and influence stakeholders

Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and governance requirements

Support budget management and oversight of local spend

Coordinate local inputs into Group reporting, forums and updates

Support local implementation of Group-wide community, culture and engagement initiatives

Ensure alignment across Workplace Experience, Operations and People teams

Support conversations between Workplace Community Leaders and GEC Sponsors Inform and support broader Workplace Experience initiatives and operational changes

What we’re looking for?

Experience delivering culture, engagement or community initiatives

Ability to improve ways of working, not just deliver activity

Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leaders

Confidence working with data, KPIs and reporting to drive decisions

Experience coordinating across multiple stakeholders or networks

Strong organisational and communication skills

And any experience of these would be great

You’ve supported operating model implementation or maturity journeys

You have experience in hybrid or multi-site environments

You’re comfortable balancing delivery, governance and continuous improvement

You’ve worked with DE&I, social impact or behavioural change initiatives

What you’d get in return

Regular contact with senior leaders across multiple divisions and locations; a central role in shaping our new ways of working; exposure to comms, KPI measurement, colleague engagement and cultural initiatives; and a supportive, forward‑thinking team where you can learn, grow and thrive. Driving a strategy that enables our workplaces to make impact in the lives of our people and their wider communities.

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