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Reference: 84763

Date Added: 24 June 2022
Closing Date: 13 July 2022

Job Title: Narrative Manager

Working For: High Speed 2 (HS2)

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £37,000 - £45,000

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

As the Narrative Manager at HS2, you will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of a consistent narrative for the HS2 project and HS2 Ltd in a range of formats and for a variety of audiences and channels. This will include, but is not limited to: researching and writing briefs, speeches and presentations; creating and maintaining a bank of narrative and communications materials, the creation of digital and video narrative for internal, external use; as well as working with other members of the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement directorate and relevant internal experts to ensure accuracy and impact in their key communications.

About the role:
Working as a team with the Head of Narrative & Insight, the post holder’s duties will include:
• Providing the HS2 Executive and Senior Management team with high quality speechwriting and presentation support;
• Developing and maintaining the core HS2 story, advising colleagues across the organisation who will use the narrative in their own presentations, corporate documents and other internal and external facing materials as well as on the HS2 website and social media channels;
• Developing narrative strategy across channels, working closely with the Digital Lead, Corporate and Creative Communications, and the wider Communications and Stakeholder Engagement directorate to identify gaps in communications material, while thinking strategically about the needs of the organisation and its various audiences in the long-term;
• Maintaining a suite of communications products including briefing notes, core presentations, lines-to-take documents and factsheets, ensuring they are up-to-date, compelling and comprehensive in covering all required topics;

About You:
• Drafting skills, specifically the ability to produce engaging narrative in a variety of formats and for a variety of channels (including speeches);
• Skilled in developing presentation materials and providing clear briefings to creative teams;
• Research skills, including the ability to find new sources of pertinent information and assure their accuracy;

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

Closing Date: 13 July 2022

Interview/Start Dates

Application Details

https://hs2.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=22000720&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon 

Website: http://www.hs2.org.uk

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