We’re looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow. Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them. What does Access offer you? We offer a blended approach to office working, encouraging you to collaborate and connect in one of our thriving offices. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We’ll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. On top of a competitive salary, our wellbeing days taking you to 25 days leave a year and a health contribution. You’ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We’re an organisation that likes to give back, so you’ll also have three charity days allocated to support a cause that matters to you. About you:  This 18-month temporary Internal Communications Specialist role is for Maternity cover: In this role, you will be part of the wider Global employee eXperience Centre of Excellence within the Employee Success function. As an Internal Communications Specialist, you’ll be the main point of contact within the APAC region to engage and communicate with local employees. In parallel you will focus on elevating APAC success and APAC President visibility across all Access’s global communication channels. You’ll be a flexible and confident individual, working in a fast-paced environment where you will need to be able to multi-task and meet deadlines as they relate to all Internal Comms. You’ll have excellent interpersonal and networking skills, and a creative approach to your content, reaching new and existing audiences, both globally and in our local market. Day-to-day, you will:  • Support the APAC President to create and execute compelling storytelling and communication plans to engage local and in region colleagues, working with key stakeholders and the global team to draft and schedule comms – supporting employee events and internal speaking opportunities, such as All-Hands, Kick Off and key culture moments in time and aligning with global activities. • Manage local internal communication channels, ensuring the timely and engaging content that you produce aligns to the Access internal brand (in tone and style). • Maintain ownership of The Buzz, the fortnightly global newsletter – where you’ll create global content using your insight to continually improve the channel. • Measure the success of your communications and events, using a variety of analytics, ensuring key stakeholders understand the impact and recommend improvements. • Work closely with the Access Thrive Business Partners and Global Champions to support local cultural initiatives. Your skills and experiences might also include: • An advanced professional level of business English, as this key comms role involves extensive communication across the APAC region – so excellent written, visual and verbal comms is essential, with a passion for creative writing/thinking and content creation. • Any relevant qualifications such as a degree in Communications, Journalism or a related field and work experience would be valuable. • Event experience with a commitment to improving the employee experience, from a communication perspective, along with strong senior stakeholder management. • A variety of design software skills, such as Canva, Staffbase, PageTiger, as well as Digital Platforms – developing, building and maintaining the content for intranet solutions such as SharePoint. Familiarity with MSFT suite is important. • Experience and confidence navigating MS Teams is an important facet of this role – since you’ll be scheduling meetings and have responsibility for setting up and managing Teams calls (& not just using) MSFT Teams. • Some project management experience - would be helpful, though not essential, with an ability to prioritize and drive communication initiatives to deliver work on time and on budget. • A desire to be part of an expanding, impactful global communications centre of excellence, demonstrating confidence and competence – bringing your high energy and enthusiasm to this key role. • Lastly, flexibility and a willingness to cover other APAC hours if required and attend global calls on occasion. What are we all about?  The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than 100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace. At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity.   Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together.  Love Work. Love Life. Be You.