Services Internal Communications Advisor

ABN AMRO Bank is one of the world's largest banks with a long history that has established its reputation as a solid and reliable bank with a commanding international presence and extensive financial capabilities. ABN AMRO, with more than 110,000 employees worldwide and assets of $601 billion focuses on long-term and full-service relationships with corporations, institutions and governments worldwide. Headquartered in Amsterdam, ABN AMRO has more than 3,400 locations in 60 countries around the globe. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the parent company of LaSalle Bank and Standard Federal Bank.

LaSalle Bank Corporation is the largest foreign bank in North America with assets of $108 billion and 16,500 employees. It is headquartered in Chicago and has locations in 15 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.  We take pride in the dedication and ambition that our employees continue to contribute. Our organization, reputation and ability to serve our customers are only as good as the people who work here. That's why we always strive to hire candidates that encompass our Corporate Values of Integrity, Teamwork, Respect & Professionalism. Through these values our employees have been able to enjoy a balanced lifestyle, while we have been able to pursue our ambition of being a frontrunner in value added financial services.

 

Scope of Job: 

This position will be responsible for managing, developing, executing, facilitating and planning all facets of internal communications for the bank?s Services Business Unit in North America, which includes Operations, Facilities Management, Information Technology, and Human Resources. This position will report to the Head of Communication for BU North America. Specifically, the Services Internal Communication Advisor will be charged with and responsible for: 

 Driving internal communications focused on strategy, culture, engagement, and performance in close alignment with the Services? Management Team and the head of Communications.

 Serve as the primary point of contact to the Services? management team to ensure alignment of communication efforts in accordance with business objectives.

 Work closely with corporate public relations, internal communications and brand management to ensure efforts are aligned with corporate strategy, standards, and priorities. 

 Serve as the interface/liaison with the Global Services Communications team who coordinates cross business unit and regional communication programs to ensure execution is aligned with the global strategy. 

 Developing, organizing, streamlining, and consolidating communication?including processes, channels, messages, and vehicles both within the Services group and to internal client partners and end users. 

 Create, manage, and update Intranet content for the Services group on both on the North American and Global sites.

 Building an open and dynamic communication environment through assessment, research, and implementation of best practices designed to improve information flow. 

 Writing, crafting, and developing internal announcements and messages.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

 Determine the needs of the client and develop communication plans, strategies and tactics to help achieve business objectives.  Write proposals according to findings and needs analyses to build agreement on the solution and work.

 Write communication plans according to the agreed proposal, closely managing the mission, assumptions, risks and dependencies of all projects (i.e., set expectations).

 Manage the production and delivery of all communication items.  This includes all things owned by Internal Communications, deliverables assigned to another team member, as well as all client responsibilities. 

 Manage (i.e., work with internal brand management) use of the brand and tagline, and adhere to and ensure the proper employment of writing guidelines and brand standards.

 Client service?advisory and execution

 Collaboration and partnership across marketing and communications

 Thought leadership and idea generation

 Ownership of communication dissemination process

 

Qualifications:

 4 to 6 years experience with a solid understanding in employee communicationSuccess in the implementation of effective communication campaigns Strong execution skills ? ability to get things down and move initiatives forward by building buy-in and agreement with key stakeholders.  Experience in both an advisory and execution roles, but primarily in execution.  Ability to work in a complex, matrixed, and hierarchal organization

 

 

Interested and qualified candidates please email or fax your resume and cover letter to the contact info listed. Please reference job# 19950.  No phone calls will be accepted.