Head of External Affairs, The Careers and Enterprise Company

Guardian Jobs; London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Head of External Affairs to oversee its strategic objectives across government relations, policy influencing, and communications. The ideal candidate will harness their expertise to enhance careers education's impact and collaborate with key stakeholders for transformative outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate affairs and government engagement.
• Proficiency in communication and marketing strategies.
• Leadership skills to oversee a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead government relations and policy engagement initiatives.
• Manage stakeholder communications across diverse channels.
• Drive marketing and audience engagement strategies.

Skills

Government Relations

Policy Influencing

Communications

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Relevant Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Head of External Affairs, The Careers and Enterprise Company

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About Us

We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.

About Us

We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.

The Careers & Enterprise Company is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.

Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

About The Role

We are looking for a senior External Affairs leader to oversee a busy multi-disciplinary team to drive our reputational, influencing and engagement work across our national outreach, this is not a new post - it is one that already exists within the company's staffing structure. This is a highprofile position within the organisation, with responsibility for leading an integrated approach to delivering our strategic objectives across 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.

External Affairs sits within CEC’s Strategy & Communications directorate alongside Policy & Impact and Strategic Business Engagement and plays a key role in helping these teams and other sectorled teams across CEC to engage audiences, communicate evidence led practice and to help inform and influence positively on future approaches to driving high quality careers education.

The role brings together three key areas:

• Corporate Affairs and government and policy engagement, including parliamentary relationsand wider external influencers on careers, skills and education policy and provision
• Communications, inclusive of press and media relations 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
  
  
  

Please visit our website to apply, complete an application form and cover letter and upload an anonymised version of your CV.

Please describe in your cover letter:

• How you meet the experience, skills and competency criteria detailed in the job profile
• Why you would like to work for the Careers and Enterprise Company
  
  
  

Closing date: Midnight on 29th June 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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