Programme Communications

Temporary Programme Communications / Project Coordination Role
Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid – business dependent)
Contract: 23rd February – 30th April Hours: 40 hours per week | 08:30–17:30 (1 hour unpaid break)
Rate: £37.50 per hour.

Our client is seeking an experienced Programme Communications / Project Coordination professional to support a critical phase of programme delivery, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, communications governance, and asset coordination
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This role will sit within a broader programme environment and will play a key role in driving communications deliverables forward, ensuring sign-offs are achieved on time, risks are flagged early, and stakeholders remain aligned.

The successful contractor will be responsible for coordinating programme communications activity across multiple work streams, ensuring all briefs, assets, and communications are clearly defined, tracked, delivered, and signed off in line with agreed timelines.

• Own and manage the end-to-end coordination of programme communications activity
• Manage the sign-off process for briefs, communications, and assets, ensuring:
  • Key stakeholders are aware of requirements
  • Stakeholders are involved in creation where required
  • Clear deadlines for review and sign-off are established and adhered to
• Hold creators and contributors accountable to agreed timelines
• Proactively identify and elevate risks related to timing, dependencies, or approvals

• Coordinate non-training assets from other programme streams for use within the Communications and Rollout stream (e.g. videos, training plan support materials)
• Ensure all assets are accurate, aligned, and ready for launch
• Coordinate creation and upload of communications assets to LEAP to support programme launch

• Drive internal communications across both VWG and Calex stakeholder groups
• Support the visualisation of the “final product” to ensure clarity and alignment internally
• Ensure the right stakeholders are engaged at the right time throughout the process

• Drive key deliverables forward proactively, maintaining momentum across the programme
• Step in to cover gaps or absence (e.g. illness or non-working days) on an ad-hoc, exception basis
• Identify currently unidentified gaps or requirements and take ownership of defining and briefing these

• Establish and maintain clear timelines for the creation and delivery of communications items
• Create and maintain a communications briefing master pack for internal stakeholders
• Keep documentation up to date based on governance meetings and programme updates

• Proven ability to manage multiple moving parts across different work streams
• Strong at tracking dependencies and ensuring assets arrive when required
• Comfortable flagging risks early and proposing practical solutions

• Confident chasing, nudging, and holding stakeholders to deadlines
• Clear and consistent communicator around expectations, timelines, and risks
• Builds trust through organisation, follow-through, and proactive engagement

• Experienced in maintaining master packs, trackers, and governance documentation
• Brings structure to ambiguity and evolving requirements
• Ensures information is accurate, accessible, and current

• Able to translate complex programme activity into clear, digestible updates
• Supports internal communications and “final product” visualisation
• Ensures communications assets are aligned, accurate, and ready for deployment

• Self-starting and delivery driven
• Takes ownership of gaps and turns them into actionable briefs
• Maintains momentum even when working across busy or stretched teams

• Ensures all briefs, communications, and assets meet quality standards
• Confirms sign-off requirements are met and documented
• Maintains consistency across multiple creators and streams

• Comfortable working with LMS platforms
• Experience coordinating uploads and ensuring assets meet platform requirements
• Able to support process definition and optimisation for BAU communications

• Experience defining or improving communications processes
• Ability to map workflows and identify optimisation opportunities