We’re looking for a senior External Affairs professional to lead a busy multi-disciplinary team to drive our reputational, influencing and engagement work to ensure policy and practice best supports and enables all young people to receive high quality careers education. This is a high-profile role, with responsibility for leading an integrated approach to delivering our strategic objectives across the government relations, policy influencing, communications and marketing and audience engagement functions.
World class careers education requires engaging lots of institutions and stakeholders to work together in a focussed, strategic and co-ordinated way for young people across the country. Key is ensuring careers education continues to elevate its status within the skills, education and local growth agenda for policy makers and that key influencers and actors in the system collaborate with us meaningfully to achieve our mission of helping every young person to take their next best step.
Key Responsibilities:
This leadership role brings together and oversees three key areas:
- Corporate Affairs and Policy Engagement, across government, parliament and wider external influencers on careers, skills and education policy and provision;
- Communications, inclusive of press and media relations and corporate and stakeholder communications across multi-channels;
- Marketing and Audience Engagement, to engage and support multiple key actors within the careers education landscape, including schools and colleges, employers and providers.