Internal Communications Specialist (18 month FTC)

Location: Leeds, UK; other location: Riga. Adaptive working is available, with a work-away scheme allowing work outside the country of residence for up to 20 working days in any 12-month period.

Base salary: £41,600–£62,400 gross annually. The initial offer is generally between £41,600 and £52,000 gross until performance can be assessed.

Company

hirify.global, a Mollie company, provides bank payment services including Direct Debit, real-time payments, open banking, and AI-powered payment and fraud solutions to businesses in more than 30 countries.

What you will do

• Help plan and deliver the Internal Communications team’s day-to-day work and regular communication drumbeat.
• Develop communications for the hirify.global and Mollie integration, explaining changes, context, and impact to employees.
• Own Town Hall sessions from agenda design and speaker briefings through content production, delivery, and follow-up materials.
• Create and execute communications plans for engagement surveys, business transformation, product launches, and other initiatives, measuring outcomes.
• Advise stakeholders on communications goals and co-manage the intranet, Slack, email, Zoom, and other channels.
• Host and measure employee listening sessions across all locations to identify improvements and opportunities.

Requirements

• Prior experience in a busy internal communications team or function at a fast-paced organisation.
• Ability to originate, execute, and measure strategic internal communications plans.
• End-to-end experience leading internal communications for business transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder and employee relationship-building skills at all levels.
• Exceptional writing ability, with the ability to turn complex or jargon-heavy information into compelling, accessible content in an authoritative and friendly tone.
• Omnichannel communications experience across email, Slack, Zoom, face-to-face communication, intranet, and other platforms.
• Ability to work hands-on, prioritise multiple tasks, and contribute in a small team.

Nice to have

• Experience with M&A or integration communications.
• Experience managing logistics and communications for large company events.
• Interest in using new technologies such as AI to improve communications.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term appointment for 18 months.
• Flexible adaptive working around lifestyle and a work-away scheme of up to 20 working days outside the country of residence per 12-month period.
• Wellbeing support, medical cover, and location-dependent meal vouchers or paid lunch when working from the office.
• Parental leave, generous holiday allowance, volunteer days for employee resource group events, and one moving day.
• Annual learning budget and a culture based on accountability, integrity, humility, care, and purposeful execution.
• Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process.