Internal Communications Manager

SALARY:  From £49,354 to £61,693 pa dependent on experience

LOCATION: Milton Keynes

HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role.

HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full time fixed term contract, ends August 2027

CLOSING DATE: 05/08/26 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the planning and delivery of strategic internal communications campaigns, projects and initiatives across the business.
• Partnering with senior leaders to shape and communicate key business messages in a clear, engaging and meaningful way.
• Creating communication and engagement strategies that support business objectives, organisational change and colleague understanding.
• Managing and evolving our internal communication channels, including digital platforms, newsletters and colleague updates, ensuring content remains relevant, timely and impactful.
• Leading the delivery of high-profile colleague events, town halls and engagement activities that connect people with our strategy and culture.
• Driving colleague engagement initiatives in partnership with HR and wider business teams, helping create a workplace where people feel informed, involved and inspired.
• Supporting business change and transformation programmes by developing communications that build understanding, encourage adoption and celebrate success.
• Building trusted relationships across the organisation, acting as a communications expert and providing guidance on best practice and effective messaging.

What you’ll bring:

You'll be an experienced communications professional who thrives on building strong relationships, influencing stakeholders and turning complex messages into engaging, meaningful communications.

You'll have a passion for colleague engagement, internal communications and creating positive, connected workplace cultures.

Essential experience & skills:

• Proven experience in an Internal Communications, Employee Engagement or Corporate Communications role.
• Experience developing and delivering communication strategies that support business objectives, organisational change and employee engagement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence senior leaders across the organisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create engaging content for a variety of audiences and channels.
• Our intranet is powered by SharePoint, so experience using the platform would be an advantage, although it's not essential.
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple communications projects and priorities within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience planning and delivering internal events, colleague engagement activities and leadership communications.

What’s in it for you?

Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)

Pension:  Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.

Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance. 

OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.

Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).

Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover),  access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.

We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

Why join VWFS UK?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission.

Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.

This role does not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.