We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

If you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at kingfisher.recruitment@kingfisher.com

We advocate the benefits of a flexible and hybrid working environment, recognising that this means different things, to different people, in different roles. Want to apply as a job share or propose a way of working that isn’t the traditional 9am – 5.30pm, Monday through to Friday? We’re all ears!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Change Communications Manager to join our Group Tech & Digital function to help accelerate the Powered by Kingfisher 2.0 strategy through upweighting engagement across the function. This will include leading the communications workstream as part of the Group Tech multi-year transformation programme, which will see us evolve into a modern product organisation where decisions on tech will be made closer to the customers and become more value driven. This is a 12-month fixed term contract role that could be done full or part time and will be based from our London Paddington HQ, with hybrid working.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partner and coach senior leaders within Tech & Digital on change communications and create comms assets to equip and enable them in their engagement role.
• Leading the Group Tech and digital employee engagement plan which includes the Group Tech Transformation Programme communications strategy and approach to guide our colleagues through the change journey
• Deliver all communications assets for the Group Tech transformation programme team, including narrative, core decks, immersion sessions etc
• Partner with the change workstream to continue to enhance and manage the communications approach for the Group Tech transformation programme and review the change impact assessments
• Work with Group colleague comms & engagement team, ensuring alignment to the companies brand, purpose, and tone of voice, to plan and develop messaging for wider group functions colleagues.

What experience you’ll bring:

• Change communications experience as part of a large transformation programme which has resulted in new ways of working or change in operating model, ideally supporting an IT/Tech function.
• Skilled in building relationships with senior and technical stakeholders, whilst providing coaching and feedback on how best to communicate and engage with colleagues
• Communications activation experience, building & delivering the comms calendar, events, engagement sessions, utilising yammer etc
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, alongside thinking of new and innovative methods of communications

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We’re adopting a hybrid approach with some office and some home working, on average 40-60% in the office. Your office location? This person will be UK based with our Head Office in Paddington, or we could explore the option of being based in one of our other retail banners head offices in Southampton or Yeovil.