Role OverviewThis is a great opportunity to develop your communications skills in a supportive and ambitious environment, working for the financial security of millions of low and moderate income households. The main part of this role supports the Nest Insight communications programme, with the remainder providing broader administrative and operational support to the Managing Director and the wider Nest Insight team.This role will suit someone who will be the ‘glue’ of the team, able to support a range of communications activities and with a strong customer and audience focus.You will have:
- Experience or familiarity with communications or campaigning in your professional background or via volunteer or extra-curricular activities.
- An interest and proven existing commitment to developing as a communications professional.
- Strong ability to work accurately and collaboratively, and to manage multiple tasks
- Experience of providing effective administrative support.
In addition, you may have the following desirable attributes:
- Interest and understanding of public policy
- Experience of any of the following communications specialisms in a professional or volunteer capacity: events management, social media, website management
Throughout, this role will need to work collaboratively and closely with Nest Insight team members to ensure this programme aligns with and contributes to broader Nest Insight objectives.We are open to discussing working patterns.We welcome all internal applicants to apply for our roles, regardless of your current working pattern or hours. We will aim to accommodate your request and match your current working arrangements.Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal attributesrequired for this role.Flexible and agile workingEveryone's personal situation is different.To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):
- hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
- reduce or vary working hours
- reduce or vary the days worked
- work compressed hours
- job share
Click here to see the benefits we offer at Nest.For more information about our recruitment process click hereDirectorate/Department OverviewNest Insight is a public-benefit research and innovation centre set up by Nest Corporation in 2016. Our work is about finding better ways to support people’s lifelong financial security. We focus on understanding the lived experience of people on low, moderate and volatile incomes, learning about their financial needs, challenges and goals through rigorous and thoughtful analysis. We work with employers, product providers, academics and policymakers in the UK and around the world to identify, invent, test and evolve practical solutions and see what works best for people in the real world. This builds the case for systems-level change.Organisational OverviewNest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.Diversity, Equity and InclusionEveryone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status.We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, which is the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have disability, declare that you’re applying through the scheme and meet the minimum criteria for this role, we aim to invite you to an interview. However, there may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact: .uk.
