Communications and Engagement Business Partner (12 month maternity cover

Position: Communications and Engagement Business Partner (12 month maternity cover)
## Communications and Engagement Business Partner (12 month maternity cover)
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Skipton, England time type:
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JR4240##
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** Full time, fixed term. Flexibility will be considered##
** Closing Date:
** Fri, 4 Sept 2026
** About the role
** We've got an exciting opportunity for a strategic and insight-led Communications & Engagement Business Partner to join our Colleague Listening & Engagement team for 12 months.

This role sits at the heart of how we understand, engage and support colleagues across the Society. Acting as a trusted partner to senior leaders and stakeholders, you'll use colleague sentiment, insight, engagement data and communications expertise to help shape the colleague experience, influence culture and drive meaningful change.

You'll play a key role in helping leaders understand what matters most to colleagues, turning feedback and insight into meaningful action and ensuring colleague voice is reflected in decision-making, change and transformation activity. Alongside this, you'll develop and deliver communication and engagement strategies that support key business priorities, cultural change and colleague experience initiatives.

If you're passionate about communications, engagement, culture and organisational change, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact.

At Skipton, we're founded on fairness. We exist to do right by our members - and we believe that starts with doing right by our people. So, whoever you are and whatever you bring, there's a place for you here and a genuine plan for where you go next.
** What you’ll do
** As a Communications & Engagement Business Partner, you'll work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across the Society to shape communication and engagement approaches that support business priorities and improve the colleague experience.

Your key responsibilities will include:
* Partnering with senior leaders to understand colleague engagement challenges and opportunities, providing insight, challenge and guidance to support better outcomes.
* Using colleague listening and engagement data to identify themes, trends and priorities, helping leaders turn insight into meaningful action.
* Leading and supporting the development of communication, listening and engagement strategies, plans and campaigns that support strategic initiatives and cultural transformation activity.
* Helping shape and deliver the ongoing development and delivery of our Colleague Listening & Engagement strategy and communications.
* Working with People Business Partners and specialist teams across People, including Talent, Reward, DE&I and Organisational Development, to create joined-up colleague experiences.
* Supporting cultural transformation programmes and initiatives that strengthen engagement, inclusion and belonging across the Society.
* Measuring the impact of communication and engagement activity, using insight and feedback to continuously improve our approach.

We work in a hybrid way, balancing flexibility with collaboration. For this role, you'll typically spend three days a week in our Skipton head office, with the remaining two days working from home.
** What you’ll need
** To be successful in this role, you’ll have experience in communications, colleague engagement, employee experience, organisational development or culture-related roles, alongside a track record of influencing stakeholders and delivering meaningful change.

You'll also have:
* Strong experience developing, delivering and evaluating communication and engagement strategies within a large and complex organisation.
* Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to advise, support and constructively challenge senior leaders.
* Proven experience building trusted relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels to drive engagement and organisational outcomes.
* Strong writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences and channels.
* Ability to analyse data and insight, identify themes and translate them into practical actions.
* Experience of using colleague…