Comms & Change Senior - Strategy & Adoption - Executive & Ptr Affairs

Company: PwC
Location: Harrisburg
Posted on: June 9, 2021

Job Description:

A career in Firm Strategy and Communications, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to establish effective communication programmes that enhance PwC's vision, strategy, values, and purpose. You'll focus on designing communication initiatives that aid in implementing new policies and programmes and that will enhance the organisation's relations with the community, public, government, shareholders, and employees. Our Internal Communications team creates and implements the most effective communication strategies and tactics that drives PwC's strategy and aligns its vision and purpose. As part of the team, you'll create high quality and high impact communications that engage our partners and people and enhance the PwC's culture and brand.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:

High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:

2 year(s) of roles involving corporate communications and/or change management.

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:

Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields of Study:

English Literature, Journalism, Communications Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Business Communications

Additional Educational Preferences:

Organizational Psychology

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates a thorough level of abilities with, and/or a proven record of success as both an individual contributor and team member, identifying and addressing client needs:

• Developing and deepening knowledge of both change management and communications principles and practices;
• Collaborating with team members and key stakeholders to drive strategic direction by executing change management and communications plans to influence adoption and sustainability of change for strategic initiatives;
• Executing change management and communication activities with stakeholders to minimize cultural barriers and resistance to change;
• Driving adherence to risk management protocols as it relates to events;
• Leveraging technology and tools that enable communications, such as Google suite (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); and web-based publishing tools, webcasts and videos;
• Researching, writing, copy editing and fact checking communications to establish quality and consistency;
• Showcasing experience in data analysis (survey data, comms metrics) to pull insights;
• Writing and developing presentations, including content and graphics, and tailoring content to intended audience;
• Demonstrating commitment to continuous improvement through innovation, simplification and leveraging industry-leading practices;
• Creating deliverables with the highest standards of quality and accuracy;
• Supporting executive/leadership communications, execution of large webcasts (including logistics, materials, vendor engagement, executive prep) and storyboards for multimedia/video planning;
• Developing and executing communications strategies in corporate or professional services environment; and,
• Communicating effectively via multiple channels and with impact to partner and leadership audiences, as well as external audiences, as needed.

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