Internal Communications Executive

Locations: Ornua Foods, Leek 

Hours: 36.25 per week, Monday to Friday ( some flexibility required to cover shift patterns)

Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum depending on experience

Benefits:  Free onsite parking, Generous annual leave entitlement, Pension, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you a Comms expert looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking an Internal Communications Executive to join Ornua as we continue our growth trajectory. The Internal Communications Executive role is vital to maintain our output of high quality and engaging communications material, and to ensure that our communication activities reach all colleagues across the business.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Internal Communications Executive is responsible for leading on;

• Source, create and curate relevant and engaging content for our internal communications channels, such as:
  • Our regular newsletters
  • Our digital and visual communications channels e.g. screens, desktops
  • Our intranet
• Create and motivate a network of communications and engagement champions to promote ongoing activities and generate ideas; keep this network well informed and connected to all communications and engagement plans 
• Create and manage the site Information Hub to provide up to date, relevant and interesting information to colleagues in an appealing format
• Ensure that all teams, in particular front-line colleagues, are provided with feedback from Be Herd initiatives
• Support creation and management of a calendar of engagement initiatives, including:
  • Wellbeing calendar (Spring initiatives)
  • World culture days
  • Other ad hoc engagement initiatives
• Organise, communicate and facilitate our key engagement events working with our team and external service providers
• Conduct surveys to measure reach and understanding of communications messaging
• Provide support to colleagues and managers with team communications and access to digital channels

What You Bring To The Role:

• Experience in a Comms role (or related role) – could be marketing, HR admin,
• Confident with all Microsoft platforms – Powerpoint, Excel 
• Content creation & proofreading across different channels
• Experience working with an intranet system or CMS
• Relationship building & communicating at all levels

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com