Communications Advisor
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Slough, London, SL3 6EY |
| Company: | M Group Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 59051197 |
Summary
About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our demand management and network infrastructure team. We look after 60 million meters and our teams provide advanced metering solutions to help manage demand for essential suppliers.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As our Communications Advisor you'll work on our Thames Water Metering contract based in Langley.
The successful candidate will work across all programs of our team developing and supporting the implementation of an effective communications strategy. The Communications Advisor will be responsible for creating, managing, and communicating content; messaging; and strengthening the communications skills and capacity of other team members.
The successful candidate has first-rate skills in prioritising and have the ability to manage multiple tasks. Must be an outstanding collaborator and keen to learn with the entire team, to create and leverage communication products that generate impact, and to not be afraid to take the reins from time to time.
This is a hybrid based role. There will be times when travel to site or other offices is required.
- Assisting in the development and implementation of a communications plan and providing leadership for special communication projects.
- Thinking through, developing, and implementing important communications aspects of the Smart Metering, Developer Services and Major Projects Performance.
- Identifying relevant communications opportunities and creating, placing, and communicating content and messages.
- Collaborate with different teams to develop clear and engaging messaging for employees, customers, and stakeholders.
- Organise and support communication initiatives, including events, campaigns, social value volunteering and corporate announcements.
- Testing formats and platforms, tracking use and uptake of communication products, and reflecting with our teams on the usefulness and impact of the programme outputs.
- Ensuring initiatives and projects are clearly communicated to key audiences.
- Managing and updating content across platforms (stay connected, Teams, email, text) on an ongoing basis.
- Supporting the wider team in enhancing their communication skills by helping to write/edit blogs and publications and by providing feedback and guidance.
- Ensure that all communication is responded to within the appropriate timescale.
- Take ownership of employee celebration processes.
- Adhere to confidentiality and DPA requirements
What you’ll bring
- Deep understanding of the media and communications landscape.
- Proficient in communications
- Experience in managing and updating content across media platforms, including traditional, Microsoft and social media outlets
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is preferred, but not essential.
- Able to make justifiable decisions using established processes and/or discretion
- Calm under pressure
- A full driving licence is essential as travel will be required
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care for you plus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
- Personal Accident Cover
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
#MGroupW
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our demand management and network infrastructure team. We look after 60 million meters and our teams provide advanced metering solutions to help manage demand for essential suppliers.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As our Communications Advisor you'll work on our Thames Water Metering contract based in Langley.
The successful candidate will work across all programs of our team developing and supporting the implementation of an effective communications strategy. The Communications Advisor will be responsible for creating, managing, and communicating content; messaging; and strengthening the communications skills and capacity of other team members.
The successful candidate has first-rate skills in prioritising and have the ability to manage multiple tasks. Must be an outstanding collaborator and keen to learn with the entire team, to create and leverage communication products that generate impact, and to not be afraid to take the reins from time to time.
This is a hybrid based role. There will be times when travel to site or other offices is required.
- Assisting in the development and implementation of a communications plan and providing leadership for special communication projects.
- Thinking through, developing, and implementing important communications aspects of the Smart Metering, Developer Services and Major Projects Performance.
- Identifying relevant communications opportunities and creating, placing, and communicating content and messages.
- Collaborate with different teams to develop clear and engaging messaging for employees, customers, and stakeholders.
- Organise and support communication initiatives, including events, campaigns, social value volunteering and corporate announcements.
- Testing formats and platforms, tracking use and uptake of communication products, and reflecting with our teams on the usefulness and impact of the programme outputs.
- Ensuring initiatives and projects are clearly communicated to key audiences.
- Managing and updating content across platforms (stay connected, Teams, email, text) on an ongoing basis.
- Supporting the wider team in enhancing their communication skills by helping to write/edit blogs and publications and by providing feedback and guidance.
- Ensure that all communication is responded to within the appropriate timescale.
- Take ownership of employee celebration processes.
- Adhere to confidentiality and DPA requirements
What you’ll bring
- Deep understanding of the media and communications landscape.
- Proficient in communications
- Experience in managing and updating content across media platforms, including traditional, Microsoft and social media outlets
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is preferred, but not essential.
- Able to make justifiable decisions using established processes and/or discretion
- Calm under pressure
- A full driving licence is essential as travel will be required
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care for you plus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
- Personal Accident Cover
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
#MGroupW