Job Description:
Brand & External Communications - Strategic Projects Lead (12-month FTC)
Competitive salary + benefits, including up to 10% bonus
Angel Court, London
Hybrid working - 2-3 days per week in the office
Fixed-term contract
Full-time, 35 hours per week
We make health happen
At Bupa, we're here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives - and make a better world.
As Strategic Projects Lead working within Group Functions, you'll support the Chief Brand & External Communications Officer to ensure seamless coordination of strategic initiatives, projects, and stakeholder engagements. You'll play a pivotal role in fostering team connectivity, managing cross-functional priorities, and shaping Bupa's external presence.
This is a unique opportunity to support the Group Brand & External Communications team and to build the broader global Brand and Communications network at Bupa, championing collaboration and innovation across these diverse, high-performing teams.
How you'll help us make health happen
Preparation, Planning & Support.
Support the Chief Brand & External Communications Officer with preparation of the content for selected internal and external stakeholder meetings, including briefing materials, agendas, co-ordination of presentations and action logs.
Support the Chief Brand and Communications Officer with the organisation and delivery of our Global Brand and External Communications offsite meetings, All-Hands events and awards co-ordinating with colleagues and managing external partners and agencies where appropriate.
Support the Group Brand and Communications team with annual planning cycle and associated materials to ensure timely and co-ordinated approach and opportunity for consultation and input with wider stakeholders.
Champion the work of the Group Brand & External Communications teams internally and externally.
Look for opportunities to showcase the progress and achievements of the Group and Global Brand and Communications functions externally. Researching and recommending relevant awards, panel sessions, conferences and media interviews that help to raise the profile of the team and their impact.
Create and maintain a rhythm of internal updates and activities to engage the wider Global Brand and Communications teams and the wider business so that we are more connected that ever and aligned on shared goals. Optimise our internal Communications platform Workvivo and any other recommended channels.
The role is responsible for staying ahead of market and industry trends and ensuring the Brand and External Communications teams remain informed and up to date. They will also research and facilitate access to professional development opportunities that will ensure the team's skillset remains relevant and fresh.
You will recommend, and coordinate guest speakers and external networks within the Brand and Communications field to enhance team skills and capabilities.
This insight will be used to support the ongoing development of the Group and Global Brand and Communications functions such as leading the facilitation of function specific development sessions, curated resources, and external best‑practice sharing-that directly contribute to building the team's skills, confidence, and overall professional growth.
Additionally, the role will help maximise the value of our ongoing membership with The Marketing Society.
Find opportunities for continuous improvement that will support team engagement within Group Brand & External Communications.
Using the feedback from our pulse surveys and conversations with team members, research and recommend opportunities to protect and enhance the Group and Global team culture and engagement.
What you'll bring
Proven experience in communications or project management (preferably within a Comms function) within a complex, matrixed organisation.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to prepare clear, compelling materials, in particular in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships across diverse teams and geographies.
Curious, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset.
Able to operate independently within defined parameters, collaborating with internal teams to deliver assigned initiatives.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance
Access to our wellbeing programmes and mental health support
Bonus scheme up to 10%
Enhanced parental leave
Pension scheme
Discounts on Bupa products and services
Opportunities for career development and internal mobility
Why Bupa
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”. We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type:
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Locations:
Angel Court, London
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
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