Job Overview:
London (with UK travel) | Reporting to Director of Communications & Engagement
We are working exclusively with High Value Manufacturing Catapult to find a Communications and Engagement Manager.
In this role, you will act as a trusted adviser, partnering closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to shape how the organisation communicates its mission, influences key stakeholders and showcases its impact.
The role
You will lead strategic communications across corporate, internal and digital channels -ensuring clear, consistent and compelling messaging that strengthens stakeholder engagement, enhances brand presence and demonstrates organisational outcomes and impact.
Key responsibilities
- Partner with and advise the CEO and ELT on messaging, content and engagement strategy
- Lead corporate communications including campaigns, events and stakeholder engagement
- Oversee internal communications, including executive support, town halls and board materials
- Manage website strategy to maximise reach and impact
- Act as a brand custodian, ensuring consistency across all communications
- Deliver cross-network campaigns showcasing HVM Catapult’s collective impact
- Manage projects, agencies and stakeholder relationships with clear KPIs
What we’re looking for
- Proven experience in corporate communications and stakeholder engagement
- Confidence working with senior leaders and managing high-profile communications
- Ability to translate complex technical content into clear, engaging messages
- Exceptional storytelling and influencing skills
- Strong digital expertise (web, content platforms, analytics)
- A proactive, innovative self-starter with strong project management skills
- Investment in personal development, including professional training and accreditation
Why join?
- Opportunity to shape communications at a national level within the UK advanced manufacturing sector
- Close partnership with senior leaders, government bodies and industry stakeholders
- Ability to make a tangible impact across a network of leading manufacturing centres
- Collaborative, forward-thinking environment
Apply now to help tell the story of UK innovation and manufacturing excellence.
About the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult
The High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult helps drive economic growth across the country by keeping UK manufacturing innovative, productive and globally competitive.
As part of the Innovate UK Catapult Network, HVM Catapult is the link between academia and industry, commercialising the UK’s most advanced manufacturing ideas.
Working at scale and across the UK, our six innovation centres are a strategic research and innovation hub for UK industry, collaborating to accelerate industrial transformation by tackling key objectives in support of net zero, healthy living and national security.
As a delivery partner to government, we help shape the industrial strategy and are working to ensure the UK has the people, the places and the potential to be a net zero manufacturing superpower.
In our fifteenth year this is an exciting opportunity to join the organisation, helping us shape our future. You will be part of a UK wide team, based in the London office providing on hand communications advice and support to the CEO and executive leadership team.