Citizenship Manager (Employee Engagement) - Employment, career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Citizenship Manager (Employee Engagement)
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    Swindon
Salary:    £39727 - £50762 pa
Start Date:    ASAP
Reference:    266471-R000700309_427409

Introduction

We need:

* A Citizenship Manager, Employee Engagement in our head offices in Swindon
* £39,727 - £50,762 a year on a permanent basis
* Send in your application by Monday 25th November

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join Nationwide's Corporate Affairs division on a permanent basis as Citizenship Manager (Employee Engagement).Citizenship is a high performing team having been runner-up in the Team of the Year category at Nationwide's 2013 Annual Awards, and receiving external recognition such as Platinum in the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index

Who we're looking for

Main skills and experience required:

* Excellent interpersonal skills and charismatic personality to influence a change in behaviour
* Ability to build constructive and collaborative relationships, develop trust and influence change
* Excellent written and presentation communication skills with the ability to inspire
* Strong people engagement skills, with the ability to create excitement, enthusiasm and commitment to creative activities
* Excellent organisational and budget management skills
* The ability to create new governance policies
* The ability to identify and implement process improvements and solutions
* Experience in organising and managing large external and internal events
* Creative problem solving skills
* Highly self motivated, personable and outgoing in approach.

What you'll be doing

You'll develop and deliver the employee engagement strategy, in support of Nationwide's Citizenship strategy. The focus is on increasing levels of employee awareness of, and participation in, citizenship, developing an array of citizenship programmes designed for employees at all levels, functions and locations.

Main duties:

* Support the development and implementation of the employee engagement strategy, driving involvement linked community programmes including 'Community Match' and 'Talking Numbers, environmental programmes such as the Retail Energy Challenge, as well as supporting Nationwide's national strategic partnerships such as Macmillan, Shelter and National Numeracy.
* Manage the Citizenship Co-ordinator (1 FTE: job share) who has responsibility for running the administrative operations of the team
* Develop strong links with HR to ensure citizenship supports and is integrated with the People Strategy, with a focus on incorporating citizenship into personal performance plans, talent programmes and the PRIDE framework.
* Manage and develop the network of Citizenship Champions, utilising the champions to increase levels of citizenship involvement across Nationwide.
* Support the planning and organising of events and campaigns (such as the quarterlyCitizenshipDays) that increase employee awareness of, and participation in, citizenship.
* Manage relationships and budgets with external partners needed to deliver citizenship engagement programme, including charity partnerships and local volunteering brokers.
* Responsibility for collating, analysing and reporting on employee engagement MI at a divisional and group-wide level
* Work closely with Reporting & Communication Manager and internal communication to develop a communication plan that underpins the employee volunteering programme

The extras you'll get

If you put a lot in, it's only fair you should get a lot out. So if you help us do the right thing for our customers, we'll help further your career at Nationwide. As well as your salary, there's life assurance, a pension and a recognition and rewards scheme. We think it's a great place to work, and we're not afraid of giving you praise when you've done well.

Why work for us

At Nationwide we don't have shareholders, we're here for our members and we put their needs first in everything we do. And now, more than ever, two things are helping us go from strength to strength: we put our customers first, and we're known for being open, honest and trustworthy.

We're also the world's largest building society, with communities at the heart of everything we do. We aim to do the right thing for our members which helps set us apart from our competitors. But we need good people to help us do it. People who understand what we believe in, and have the talent and drive to keep us successful.


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