Head of Corporate Communications

At Energy & Utility Skills Group, our work matters.

Across energy, water, and waste, the UK faces a defining decade for workforce capability. The scale of infrastructure investment, decarbonisation, and the requirement for safe and resilient services depend on having the right skills, in the right place, at the right time.

We exist to ensure industry has the safe, skilled, competent, and future ready people it needs to deliver. As the trusted partner of industry, training providers, regulators, and governments, we operate at the point where policy, delivery, and assurance meet.

This is a period of significant ambition and change for our Group. We are strengthening our influence, modernising how we operate, and raising expectations of pace, quality, and impact. We are looking for people who want responsibility, who are motivated by purpose, and who want their work to contribute to outcomes that matter nationally.

If you are driven by delivery, curiosity, and the opportunity to shape the future workforce of the UK, we would welcome your application. Find out more about our Group here.

About the role

Working across our industries in an influential role, the Head of Corporate Communications , will be responsible for shaping and managing our public affairs and communications priorities. Your public affairs and sector insights, partner intelligence and other evidence will critically inform our strategy, positioning Energy & Utility Skills as the influential thought leader in the skills area.

This is an exciting and influential role that allows you to take full ownership of public affairs activities including building and maintaining partner relationships across our engagement with governments, parliaments and assemblies.

You will lead on corporate communications, setting strategies as well as planning and delivery. You will work directly with the Group and Energy & Environment Awards (EEA) Senior Leadership Teams, advising on issues such as, brand and tone of voice, crisis communications and business continuity communications. You will also play a key role in supporting staff engagement, wellbeing and inclusion, ensuring we amplify our position as an employer of choice both internally and externally.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will be a senior manager adept at both strategic and operational delivery of all aspects of corporate communications. You will be collaborative, organised and driven in your approach and have a track record of building and maintaining effective partner relationships at all levels.

You will have extensive experience in a public affairs and/or external affairs role within skills or regulated qualifications/assessment with an excellent understanding of the policy landscape.

A clear communicator, you will have excellent written communications skills and be able to present and undertake public speaking with ease and credibility. You will be able to make a positive impression on others and influence key partners at a senior level. You will be effective at managing multiple programmes of work and delivering at a high tempo against milestones.

You will be digitally confident and curious, with clear examples of where digital capabilities have improved project delivery, efficiency or customer experience. You will be experienced in CRM data stewardship, including data hygiene and adherence to data policies.

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What We Offer

Be part of our growing team and enjoy a range of benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, company pension scheme, performance based bonus, ongoing training and development opportunities and access to our Wellbeing Passport designed to support your health and work-life balance.

How to apply

If this sounds like a role that you are well suited to, we would be delighted to receive your application. To apply, please send a copy of your CV and covering letter to ***email_hidden***. Alternatively, if you have any questions, please contact our HR team.

Closing date : 14 June 2026 (we reserve the right to close earlier than the stated date)

Interviews: Monday 22 June 2026 (In person at our offices in Solihull)