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United Kingdom · Public Relations Communications · Entry Level (0-2 years)

Employee Communications Coordinator

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toEmployee Engagement Manager
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Junior Internal Communications Specialist · Employee Engagement Assistant · Internal Comms Support Officer

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1What this role really is

This role is all about helping out with our internal communications and employee engagement stuff. You'll be the person making sure our messages actually get out there, helping organise events, and generally supporting the team that keeps everyone feeling connected and informed. Think of it as being the engine room for how we talk to our people.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)Intermediate

Drafting documents, basic data tracking in spreadsheets, creating presentation slides for team meetings.

Internal Comms Platforms (e.g., Firstup, Poppulo, SharePoint Online)Intermediate

Creating and publishing content (news articles, newsletters), managing distribution lists, tracking basic open/click rates.

Collaboration & Real-Time Comms (e.g., Slack, MS Teams)Advanced

Managing channels, using integrations (like Polly for polls), drafting communications following established guidelines, staying connected with the team.

Engagement & Survey Platforms (e.g., Glint, Culture Amp)Intermediate

Launching pre-built pulse surveys, pulling standard reports ('heat maps'), managing user lists for survey distribution.

HRIS (e.g., Workday HCM, SAP SuccessFactors)Basic

Looking up employee data (e.g., department, location) to support survey analysis or comms distribution lists.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Content Approval (Internal Comms)Draft content, but always needs full review and approval from your manager or a senior team member before publishing.Can draft and get sign-off for routine, low-risk communications (e.g., weekly updates). Complex messages still need senior review.Can draft and approve most routine internal communications. Consults with Director on high-impact or sensitive messages.
Event Logistics & Vendor SelectionResearch options and provide recommendations to your manager. All bookings and vendor contact need manager approval.Can independently book venues and manage simple vendor relationships within a pre-approved budget (e.g., up to £500).Manages event budgets up to £5K, selects and negotiates with vendors for key internal events. Consults with Director on larger events.
Employee Data Sharing (e.g., for surveys)You'll pull pre-defined reports from HRIS/engagement platforms. Any sharing of employee data, even anonymised, must be approved by your manager and follow strict data privacy rules.Can pull and share anonymised, aggregated data for specific business units with manager approval, following established protocols.Can independently analyse and share aggregated, anonymised data with business leaders, ensuring all privacy and compliance rules are met. Consults on any new data sharing requests.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Internal Comms Accuracy & Timeliness
Making sure the messages you help draft or distribute are correct and get out when they're supposed to.
Target · <2 minor errors per 10 pieces of content; 95% of tasks completed on schedule

You've proofread 15 internal announcements this month, and only one had a tiny typo that was caught before it went out. All your content calendar updates were done by the Friday deadline.

Survey Support Completion Rate
How effectively you help with the logistical side of our employee surveys, like setting up distribution lists or collating basic data.
Target · 100% completion of assigned survey support tasks

You successfully pulled the correct employee lists for the Q2 pulse survey and uploaded them to Glint without a hitch, ready for launch.

Internal Event Support Quality
The smooth running of internal events you've helped organise, from invites to venue setup.
Target · Positive feedback from event attendees/organisers; 90% of logistical tasks completed correctly

The Q1 Town Hall ran without any tech issues thanks to your meticulous setup, and the post-event feedback mentioned how organised everything felt.

Proactive Learning & Initiative
How much you're actively trying to learn, asking good questions, and taking on new challenges without being constantly told.
  • You're regularly asking 'how does this work?' or 'what's next?'. You're suggesting ways to improve small processes. You're taking notes and applying feedback from previous tasks to new ones.
Team Collaboration & Support
How well you work with the rest of the engagement team and other departments, offering help and being a reliable pair of hands.
  • Your manager and colleagues mention you're a helpful, willing team member. You're quick to offer support when someone's swamped. You're good at following instructions and asking for clarity when needed.
Adherence to Brand & Tone of Voice
Ensuring all communications you help with sound like 'us' and look consistent with our company brand guidelines.
  • Your drafted content consistently uses our brand language and visual style. You're quick to spot if something doesn't quite fit and ask for guidance.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Learning & Development

You'll be asking for feedback on your drafts, volunteering for tasks that stretch you, and generally trying to understand the 'why' behind what we do. You're keen to pick up new software and communication techniques.

After drafting a newsletter, you'll ask your manager for specific feedback on tone and structure, then apply those learnings to the next one, showing clear improvement.

Contributing to Team Success

You get a kick out of knowing your support helps the wider team achieve its goals. Whether it's making an event run smoothly or ensuring a message is clear, you like being a valuable part of a collective effort.

You feel genuinely pleased when a big internal announcement goes out perfectly, knowing your careful proofreading and scheduling made a difference.

Seeing Employee Impact

You're motivated by the idea that your work helps employees feel more informed, engaged, or simply happier at work. You like knowing you're contributing to a positive company culture.

You enjoy seeing positive comments about an event you helped organise, or hearing colleagues say they found a recent internal communication really useful.

What frustrates people
  • Dealing with messy data when trying to pull a simple report.
  • Having to chase people for content or approvals to meet a deadline.
  • Spending time on a task that then gets deprioritised or changed at the last minute.
  • The occasional feeling that your work is 'just admin' (even though it's vital!).
What this role does not give you
  • Full strategic autonomy or decision-making authority.
  • A quiet, solitary work environment (it's collaborative and often busy).
  • The chance to lead large projects from day one.
  • A role where you only do 'glamorous', high-profile work.

6Who you work with

Your work directly helps ensure our internal communications are clear and consistent. This means employees feel more informed and connected, which in turn helps with morale and productivity. It's about making sure the small, daily interactions add up to a big, positive experience for everyone here.

Inside the business
  • Employee Engagement Team
  • HR Business Partners
  • Marketing Team (for brand consistency)
  • Departmental Leaders (for event support)
Outside the business
  • None (this is an internal-facing role)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • A genuine interest in how companies communicate with and engage their employees.
  • Proficiency with standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office).
  • A can-do attitude and willingness to learn new tools and processes quickly.
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

AI-Powered Content Creation & Refinement

AI isn't just for first drafts anymore; it's getting really good at refining tone, summarising long documents, and even personalising messages for different audiences. Being good at using it will make you incredibly efficient.

Prompt Engineering (Basic) · Brand Voice Consistency · Content Summarisation · Ethical AI Use

  • This week: Experiment with free AI tools (like ChatGPT or Claude) to draft emails or internal social media posts.
  • This month: Try using AI to summarise long articles or internal documents you need to read.
  • Next 3 months: Learn about prompt engineering – there are loads of free guides online – and try to apply it to your daily tasks.
  • Next 6 months: Look for opportunities to use AI to refine existing content, focusing on clarity and tone.

Quick win: Start using AI to draft simple, routine emails or to generate alternative headlines for internal news articles. It's a low-risk way to get comfortable with the tech.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attending industry webinars or online workshops on internal communications or employee engagement.
  • Reading relevant industry blogs and publications (e.g., from IoIC - Institute of Internal Communication).
  • Taking online courses on platforms like LinkedIn Learning or Coursera in areas like 'Writing for Business' or 'Introduction to HR'.
  • Seeking out mentorship opportunities within the company to learn from more experienced colleagues.
  • Volunteering for cross-functional projects to broaden your understanding of the business.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Data Storytelling (Basic)

It's not enough to just pull data; you need to be able to explain what it means in a way that makes sense and inspires action. Leaders are swamped, so making data easy to digest and impactful is key.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for Employee Communications Coordinator

2 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Contribute to the production and distribution of publicity material for a live eventAIM Qualifications · covers 1 of 2 standardsLevel 2
  2. Digital CommunicationNOCN · covers 1 of 2 standardsEntry Level
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Data Storytelling (Basic)

It's not enough to just pull data; you need to be able to explain what it means in a way that makes sense and inspires action. Leaders are swamped, so making data easy to digest and impactful is key.

  • Narrative Structure
  • Visual Hierarchy
  • Audience Tailoring
  • Simplifying Complex Data

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Internal Communications Principles
  • Employee Engagement Concepts
  • Data Interpretation (Basic)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Recent Graduate (Communications/HR Degree)

    0-1 year post-graduation

    Skills to master

    • Applying academic theory to real-world internal comms challenges, mastering our internal tools, developing professional writing for a corporate audience.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully managing multiple small projects simultaneously.
    • Consistently producing high-quality first drafts of communications.
    • Proactively seeking and acting on feedback to improve work.
  2. 2

    Administrative Assistant / Office Manager

    1-2 years in an admin role

    Skills to master

    • Transitioning from general admin to specialised comms tasks, understanding internal stakeholder needs, developing an eye for engaging content.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Demonstrating strong organisational skills in a fast-paced environment.
    • Showing initiative in taking on new responsibilities beyond core admin duties.
    • Excellent attention to detail in all written communications.
  3. 3

    Marketing Coordinator (Internal Shift)

    1-2 years in a marketing support role

    Skills to master

    • Adapting external marketing principles to internal audiences, understanding employee psychology, building relationships with HR and internal business units.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Proven ability to create engaging content for specific audiences.
    • Experience with content management systems or email marketing platforms.
    • A keen interest in employee experience and internal brand building.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey starts here, but where it goes is really up to you. We'll give you the tools, the support, and the opportunities to grow. If you're eager to learn, make a real difference to our people, and build a fantastic career, then we'd love to hear from you.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Employee Communications Coordinator is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Contribute to the production and distribution of publicity material for a live eventLevel 2

Applied to your work in Employee Communications Coordinator

By completing this unit, learners will be able to collate information, assist with the production and distribution of publicity materials, and contribute to the marketing and promotion of a live event.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Employee Communications Coordinator

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Internal Comms Accuracy & TimelinessMaking sure the messages you help draft or distribute are correct and get out when they're supposed to.You've proofread 15 internal announcements this month, and only one had a tiny typo that was caught before it went out. All your content calendar updates were done by the Friday deadline.<2 minor errors per 10 pieces of content; 95% of tasks completed on schedule
  • Survey Support Completion RateHow effectively you help with the logistical side of our employee surveys, like setting up distribution lists or collating basic data.You successfully pulled the correct employee lists for the Q2 pulse survey and uploaded them to Glint without a hitch, ready for launch.100% completion of assigned survey support tasks
  • Internal Event Support QualityThe smooth running of internal events you've helped organise, from invites to venue setup.The Q1 Town Hall ran without any tech issues thanks to your meticulous setup, and the post-event feedback mentioned how organised everything felt.Positive feedback from event attendees/organisers; 90% of logistical tasks completed correctly
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Employee Communications Coordinator to Employee Engagement Specialist (L2), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 2 · in progressAI Fluency→ Employee Engagement Specialist (L2)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey starts here, but where it goes is really up to you. We'll give you the tools, the support, and the opportunities to grow. If you're eager to learn, make a real difference to our people, and build a fantastic career, then we'd love to hear from you.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Employee Communications Coordinator
  • Internal Communications Principles
  • Employee Engagement Concepts
  • Data Interpretation (Basic)
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Employee Communications Coordinator is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Employee Engagement Specialist (L2)

    2-3 years in the Coordinator role

    You'll move from supporting tasks to owning entire processes and managing smaller projects independently.

    • Designing and executing pulse surveys end-to-end.
    • Analysing survey data beyond basic reports to identify trends.
    • Developing multi-channel communication campaigns.
    • Managing employee recognition programmes.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, a lot of the day-to-day work in internal comms and engagement can be a bit repetitive. That's where AI comes in. We're not talking about robots taking over your job; we're talking about smart tools that handle the grunt work, freeing you up to learn more, be more creative, and actually focus on the human side of employee engagement.

Imagine getting a first draft of an internal memo in minutes, or quickly summarising a pile of survey comments without having to read every single one. That's the kind of practical help AI can give you right now. It means less time on the tedious bits and more time on what actually matters—connecting with people and making their work lives better.

First-Draft Comms Content

Use generative AI (like ChatGPT or Claude) to quickly create initial drafts of internal announcements, newsletter articles, or even social media posts for our internal channels. You'll still need to refine it and add our specific tone, but it saves loads of time getting started.

Basic Report Summaries

Feed simple survey reports or meeting notes into an AI tool and get a quick summary of the key takeaways. This helps you grasp the main points faster and prepare for discussions with your manager without having to pore over every line.

Event Planning Assistant

AI can help you research potential venues, draft invitation wording, or even brainstorm creative ideas for internal events. It's like having a super-fast assistant for all those logistical bits and pieces.

Content Idea Generation

Stuck for ideas for the next internal campaign or newsletter theme? Use AI to brainstorm fresh, engaging topics that align with our company values or current priorities. It's a great way to kickstart your creativity.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become an Employee Communications Coordinator?

Common routes in include Recent Graduate (Communications/HR Degree) (0-1 year post-graduation), Administrative Assistant / Office Manager (1-2 years in an admin role) and Marketing Coordinator (Internal Shift) (1-2 years in a marketing support role). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an Employee Communications Coordinator progress to?

This role can lead on to Employee Engagement Specialist (L2) (2-3 years in the Coordinator role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is an Employee Communications Coordinator in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 2 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for an Employee Communications Coordinator?

Increasingly, Data Storytelling (Basic). These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows an Employee Communications Coordinator, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 2 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming an Employee Communications Coordinator: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Public Relations Communications

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll build here – understanding employee sentiment, crafting compelling internal messages, and driving cultural initiatives – are highly transferable. You could move into broader HR roles (like HR Business Partner), specialise in corporate communications, or even move into change management consulting. The demand for people who can genuinely connect with employees is only growing.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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