Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Salary: £65,000 – £75,000 + benefits
Working pattern: Hybrid

We are recruiting an experienced Internal Communications Manager for a global defence engineering organisation based in Whiteley, which is currently undergoing a significant period of transformation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious internal communications professional to play a key role in helping an organisation and its people navigate meaningful change.

You’ll work closely with senior leaders, transformation teams and stakeholders across the business to ensure employees understand what is changing, why it is changing and what it means for them.

This is a role where communications will genuinely have an impact.

As Internal Communications Manager, you’ll take ownership of communications supporting major transformation initiatives across the organisation.

You’ll need to be comfortable operating at both a strategic and hands-on level — able to advise senior stakeholders on the right communications approach while also creating and delivering the communications yourself.

Your responsibilities will include:

You’ll be an experienced internal communications professional with a proven track record of supporting organisations through change and transformation.

We’re looking for someone who can combine excellent communication skills with strong stakeholder management and commercial awareness.

You’ll ideally have:

Experience within defence, engineering, aerospace, technology, manufacturing or another highly regulated/technical environment would be advantageous, but isn’t essential.

We’re looking for someone who is more than a great writer.

You’ll be someone who understands how organisations work, can anticipate how change will land with employees and knows how to use communications to bring people with the organisation on its transformation journey.

You’ll be comfortable with ambiguity, able to build relationships quickly and confident enough to work with senior stakeholders while remaining hands-on.