HQ Job Description (JD)
Band 8
Group Family: Generic - Projects and Programmes
Job Description: Communication/Stakeholder Manager
Document Ref.
HQ-JES-2025 Communication/Stakeholder Manager v3.0
Document Type
Management
Version
3.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
05.03.2020
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Head of Group
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HQ-JES-2025 Communication/Stakeholder Manager v3.0
HQ Job Description
Job Title
Communication/Stakeholder Manager
Group Family
Projects and Programmes
Band
8
Overview of the job
The Communication/Stakeholder Manager is responsible for the creation and ongoing
management of stakeholder and communications strategy and will, therefore, need
an awareness of stakeholder management in relation to programmes and projects.
Summary
The Communication/Stakeholder Manager role is a critical component to the
successful delivery of any project, programme or activity. They will ensure the
appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives. Stakeholder
management is a process and control that must be planned and guided by underlying
principles.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities & Duties
and duties:
? Lead on the creation, development and implementation of the
Communication/Stakeholder engagement strategy, setting clear vision, direction
and evaluation measures to accurately map, monitor and assess the
project/programme’s strategic relationships.
? Mapping stakeholders and developing appropriate communications for each key
stakeholder group.
? Producing targeted reports for specific audiences and briefings for senior
stakeholders.
? Supporting and encouraging the team to build stakeholder relationships
monitoring delivery of all communications outputs against agreed objectives and
compliance with frameworks and strategies.
? Ensuring that stakeholder engagement is appropriately considered and actioned
across communication strategies and activities to maintain corporate reputation
? Ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of current, planned and future
communication activity.
? Acts as a contact point within the programme/project ensuring attendance at all
key meetings as agreed with the Project/Programme Manager.
? Develops and monitors a work plan to deliver communications agreed and works
with the PMO to commission and develop products against this plan during the
lifecycle of the strategy.
? Identifies and utilises audience insight and stakeholder mapping techniques to
build recommendations for communications strategy and planning.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not
intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations
and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments
may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in
the first instance with the Job Holder.
HQ-JES-2025 Communication/Stakeholder Manager v3.0
Behaviours
? Seeing the Big Picture
? Delivering at Pace
? Working Together
? Leadership
? Communicating and Influencing
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
N.B. Converting job descriptions to the new Success Profile format means areas
captured in experience could also be assessed as a strength. Vacancy managers
should use their own judgement to decide where best to assess these.
? Experience of liaising and working with a diverse set of stakeholders, including
senior members of staff
? Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
? Able to broker relationships with stakeholders within and outside the project
or programme
? Able to negotiate and influence stakeholders within and outside the project
or programme
? Good written and oral communication skills
Technical
? Managing Project Lifecycles
requirements
? Knowledge of Governance and Assurance
? Understand the management structures and culture of the relevant areas
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
Please do not alter this box
? All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up
post.
? All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal
candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a
probationary period within HMPPS.
? All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
Leave Blank
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
To be used by the JES Team only
HQ-JES-2025 Communication/Stakeholder Manager v3.0
Success Profile
Experience
Strengths
N.B. Converting job descriptions to the new
Success Profile format means areas
Behaviours
It is advised strengths are
Ability
Technical
captured in experience could also be
chosen locally, recommended
assessed as a strength. Vacancy managers
4-8
should use their own judgement to decide
where best to assess these
Experience of liaising and working with a
Seeing the Big Picture
diverse set of stakeholders, including senior
Managing Project Lifecycles
members of staff
Effective leadership, interpersonal and
Knowledge of Governance and
Delivering at Pace
communication skills
Assurance
Able to broker relationships with
Understand the management
Working Together
stakeholders within and outside the project
structures and culture of the
or programme
relevant areas
Able to negotiate and influence
Leadership
stakeholders within and outside the project
or programme
Communicating and
Good written and oral communication
Influencing
HQ-JES-2025 Communication/Stakeholder Manager v3.0