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• Company

  Man Group

• Location

  UK-London

• Remuneration

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  06 Jan 2009

• eFC Ref no

  452668

The original business was founded in 1783. Today, the parent company, Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and ranked in the top 40 companies of the FTSE 100 Index, with a market capitalisation of about USD20.7 billion

Technology Group Communications Analyst [2528]

Responsibilities

-Ensure the monthly report and supporting metrics pack is timely and accurate

-Build and maintain a communication strategy and educate relevant people on their part within it

-Support:

oDelivery Managers in communication with their customers – both what TG are doing for them and what they need from us

oInfrastructure managers in terms of understanding the business agenda and in terms of sharing challenges and benefits from Infrastructure work

oThe TG Council with their communication agenda and specifically with the organisation of the regular staff meetings

oThe Chief Architect with his work to establish an effective architecture basis for all TG work

oThe Head of Technology with personal communication events and messages

oHR for staff orientation and induction related communication

-Build personal relationships with relevant business managers focussing on The TG Roadmap, monthly deliverables and business plans

-Build relationships with HR and Finance to ensure effective supply of metrics data from outside TG

-Ensure understanding of how metrics and other communication is used outside TG (eg. Mgt Committee, RAC, Business Units, etc.)

Requirements

Essential

• Strong command of both written and verbal communication skills (and able to avoid IT jargon)
• Good understanding of the means by which communications strategies are built, and the pro’s and cons of different communication vehicles and tools
• Sensitive to cultural differences across Europe, Asia & the Americas
• A hands-on approach, with a marketing orientation
• Excellent desktop PC computing skills
• Has the ability to work autonomously and in a team environment
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, in particular project management, and able to effectively prioritise tasks and manage own workload with only limited direction
• Excellent skills in building and maintaining relationships with internal and external parties

Desirable

• Conversant in one or more languages in addition to English
• Likely to have had early career experience in large IT consultancy or vendor (eg IBM, Accenture, etc)
• Experience in other Financial Services firms
• Experience in Technical IT functions

Man supports many awards, charities and initiatives around the world, including sponsorship of the Man Booker literary prizes and the Man Group International Climate Change Award. Further information can be found at

Effective communication forms a core part of the introduction of change within any firm, to ensure everyone is aware of what activity is underway and how it affects them at both the high level “vision / strategy” level and at the practical “day to day” level. This takes focus and expertise to ensure communication is effective – the relevant messages, to the right stakeholders, delivered at the right level and in appropriate format.   

We currently do this ad-hoc with senior management and admin support doing various elements as and when required. There is limited co-ordination and the work tends to be reactive rather than proactive. Messages vary from event to event and from team to team. Hence, we are looking for an enthusiastic person to be the full time communication analyst – ensuring the TG communication (both external and internal) is proactive, relevant and consistent, using the monthly metrics pack as the basis for general communication.