Strategic Communications Lead

Strategic Communications Lead

Is putting internal and external developments for CRO employees in perspective second nature to you? Do you love contextualising developments for our broad target group within CRO?

Then join our team as a Strategic Communications Lead to drive the strategic management agenda and advise on communication issues, ensuring OneCRO voice!

You and your job

As our Strategic Communications Lead, you deliver integrated, end-to-end communication strategy and execution. You ensure a constant, coherent and consistent execution of the messaging, draw up the communications- and editorial calendar and deliver state of the art communication assets. You’re down-to-earth, courageous and creative in your reflections, questions, communications advice and management. You contribute to the Rabobank Risk domain CRO by identifying communication opportunities and risks. Additionally, you support -solicited and unsolicited- (senior) management with your expertise and craftsmanship in multiple communication disciplines.

Place in the organisation                         

• in the team CRO Strategy Office

• together with ca. 10 direct colleagues of whom two are dedicated to communication

• 36 hours per week

An average working day

After waking up and consuming today’s news, you support management – solicited and unsolicited - with your expertise and craftsmanship on topics that are often complex and politically sensitive. You provide independent advice and coordinate integrated implementation on various projects. You are an inspiring leader for your communications team.

You will work closely with communication peers bankwide in the Netherlands and colleagues in the international regions as well as business stakeholders across the Rabobank Group. By example, you might check in on the status of the preparation of a big event that is being organised under your supervision; then there is the final edit to the CRO Newsletter and later you have several meeting with in- and external colleagues working on various assets such as a powerpoint presentation for the Managing Board, a new format for an online Magazine, and the launch of a new Labor Market Campaign.

Meanwhile you guide the producer who needs guidance with questions from one of the locations where an event will take place. Lastly you meet with one of the MT CRO members who would like to announce an upcoming re-organisation of the team and asks for advice.

Together we achieve more together than alone

We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. So we are very curious about what you can bring to our team in the Risk domain.

“Our internal communication can and must be improved. Our colleagues and ultimately our customers will  benefit from it. Can you set the norm and be a role-model in delivering best-in-class (internal) communication strategies, tactics and assets to drive the business and build stakeholder engagement? Then we offer you a great opportunity to work together in a network of communication peers, who enjoy a good challenge and will pull together to achieve what no one can do alone.”

Fouad Ben Masoud, Business Manager

Your future colleagues are looking forward to working with you. They will be glad of your help creating mutual understanding and favourable point of view and trust among stakeholders on which the company depends; explaining the mission, combining the many visions and values into a cohesive message to stakeholders and challenging the organization on congruent conduct.

Working together is the way we work; as open, sincere and reliable Rabobank team. Talking of Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9,500,000 customers. Together with these customers, our members and partners we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business.

You and your talent

• A master degree in communication, media or journalism.

• Experienced (>10 years) strategic communications lead with proven leadership skills

• Trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders, up to Managing Board level

• Strong copywriting skills, with fluently spoken and written English and Dutch

• Team player, making others better

• Socially engaged character, curious about people and the future

• Energetic, optimistic personality

• An assessment, eg a communication case and/or a language test, may be part of the selection process.

This is what we offer you

• Up to € 8.111,-- gross per month (scale 11)

• A thirteenth month and holiday pay

• An Employee Benefit Budget of 11% of your monthly salary based on scale. You decide how to spend this budget. This may include purchasing extra leave days, making extra pension contributions or even receiving a monthly cash pay-out

• A personal budget that you can spend on activities related to your personal development and career

• Flexible working times and location-independent working

This is a selection of the terms of employment. You can find all terms of employment on rabobank.jobs/en/conditions-of-employment.

You and the job application process

Reply to the vacancy for Strategic Communications Lead at Rabobank before the 8th of September.

• Any questions about the job content? Contact: Floris Wijers via floris.wijers@rabobank.com

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