Communications & Change Advisor

Job title:

Communications & Change Advisor

Company

AB Agri

Job description

The Role & Key ResponsibilitiesJob Title: Communications & Change AdvisorLocation: Peterborough (Hybrid – One to two days in the office per week)Are you interested in implementing effective business change? Do you thrive on crafting compelling communications that engage and inspire employees? Are you able to engage all stakeholders effectively to facilitate seamless transitions?We’re looking for a Communications & Change Advisor to support the delivery of key technology and business transformation projects. In this role, you’ll play a vital part in ensuring employees understand, embrace, and adopt change effectively.As part of our Project Enterprise team, you’ll develop clear, impactful communication strategies, support change management initiatives, and work closely with senior leaders, project teams, and employees to engage. If you’re a skilled communicator with a professional approach and a passion for making change happen, this is a real opportunity to contribute substantially.What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and implement communication strategies to support change initiatives, ensuring messaging is clear, engaging, and aligned with business goals.
• Create and deliver engaging content across multiple channels, including emails, newsletters, presentations, intranet updates, and town halls.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including senior leaders, project teams, and employees, to ensure smooth adoption of change initiatives.
• Provide change management guidance, guiding teams through transitions using industry-recognised frameworks like Prosci and ADKAR.
• Monitor and assess change readiness, identifying risks and resistance points while developing plans to address them.
• Support training and engagement activities, ensuring employees understand the impact of changes and are equipped to adopt new ways of working.
• Gather and analyse feedback to measure the effectiveness of communication and change efforts, making data-driven improvements.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, refining communication and change management approaches to enhance future initiatives.

What you’ll bring:

• Proficiency in communications, change management, or organisational development, with a comprehensive understanding of business change principles.
• Knowledge of change management frameworks such as Prosci (ADKAR), Kotter’s Change Model, or similar methodologies.
• Skilled written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging messages for diverse audiences.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging at all levels, from frontline employees to senior leadership.
• Experience developing and delivering communication strategies across multiple channels, including email, presentations, intranet, and live events.
• Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data to assess change readiness, track engagement, and measure the effectiveness of communication initiatives.
• Experience in training and facilitation, supporting teams and leaders in navigating change and adopting new ways of working.
• Proficiency in digital communication tools and platforms, such as MS Office, Viva Engage (Yammer), SharePoint, and project collaboration tools.
• Ability to work in an evolving environment, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• An innovative and change-oriented mindset, with a motivation to deliver meaningful change and continuous improvement.
• Ability to travel to various UK and European sites from time-to-time.

LocationHybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has recently been renovated and along with a modern work environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day and a great team culture. This role will require periods of travel both within the UK and Europe.

About UsRewarding your passionWhen you join us, you’ll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you – from day one.About usWe’re AB Agri, part of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers – and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter – or anything else) just let us know.Application NotesWe hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.Agencies and media salesAB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.Questions about this role?If you have any questions about this role or need help applying please contact Taylor Waldon via .Supporting your applicationWe work with a number of ​external partners to ensure ​that our application process ​is as comfortable as ​possible, regardless of your ​circumstances or ​background.LocationCommunications & Change AdvisorClosing Date:Not SpecifiedAll LocationsUnited Kingdom All Locations is a required fieldJob FunctionFinanceAdvertising Salary:Not SpecifiedTypePermanent

Expected salary

Location

Peterborough

Job date

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 02:14:41 GMT

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