Communications Intern (HR) - Cardiff
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Cardiff | United Kingdom
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Your role at a glance
Are you looking for a summer internship in Communications? One that develops commercial acumen alongside your technical skills?
We're looking for undergraduates in their penultimate year of study who can answer yes" to the above for our Summer Internship Programme. You'll join us in one of L&G's divisions (Retail), gaining valuable insights over the course of the 8-week placement.
Please note, we can only accept 1 application per person across all of our intern programmes. Therefore, please think carefully about the programme you intend to apply for. Your first application will be considered as your only application.
Please note that this role is based in Cardiff and requires some in person working at our Cardiff office, as part of our hybrid working model. If you do not currently live within a commutable distance to the Cardiff office, you would need to relocate and unfortunately we do not provide financial support to do this at this time.
To be eligible for this programme, you must have your own valid right to work in the UK; we recruit on a rolling basis and expect this vacancy to close before the deadline. To be in with the best chance of securing a role, please submit your application ASAP
Job Description
This role will give you the opportunity to support our Retail Communications team in delivering the internal communications strategy for L&G Retail.
This role will involve supporting the team in a variety of tasks giving you exposure to all aspects of internal communications as well as content creation, delivery and management. There are numerous internal channels and the successful candidate may have the opportunity to get involved in the administration and where possible, project management of these.
During the internship you can expect to;
- Support the Communications team in successfully executing and delivering effective communications across our core businesses.
- Provide support to the team by monitoring the team mailbox, updating the content calendar, writing reports and drafting responses as well as providing support for any other appropriate administration tasks.
- Assist in drafting content for multiple channels, including: emails, newsletters, our intranet (the Hub), news stories, MS Teams updates and multimedia content (e.g. videos).
- Contribute to the planning and delivery of in-person and virtual colleague events.
- Support with reporting of key metrics and feedback across channels and touchpoints.
Qualifications
The successful candidate does not need to have previous Communications experience (although this would be an advantage); however they will;
- Be a penultimate year university student, studying a related course on track for a 2:1
- Have a keen and demonstrable interest in Communications
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn how to draft engaging and informative communications
- Possess strong organisational skills and a demonstrated ability to work independently focusing on priorities, and managing a high-volume of tasks, deadlines, requirements, and decisions
- Have impecible attention to detail and good proof-reading skills
- Be collaborative and enjoy working in a close knit team
Additional Information
We believe that good businesses are built on doing the right thing and strive to do what is best for both our people and our customers. This means enabling you to bring your best self to work by giving you what you need, when you need it.
This is why we've designed a process that puts you in control, because we recognise that your time is valuable. At each step, make sure you take time to pause and reflect before progressing to the next, as each subsequent step will ask for a bit more of your time.
We want you to feel comfortable that this process is as fair and inclusive as possible, so please let us know if you have an illness or disability that you think may affect your performance during the process, so that reasonable adjustments can be made.
At each step we'll give more information and clear instructions on what actions you need to take and how you can prepare.
Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days' holiday, private medical insurance, discretionary performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.
Since 1836, we've grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.
We're all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.
We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.
At L&G, you'll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we're supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.
Today, there's over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?
Great minds don't have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.
We don't just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.
We think it's important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.
We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we're always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.
So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.
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