Head of Internal Communications and Engagement
| Posting date: | 10 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £46,049 to £50,253 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 January 2026 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University West of England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R09023 |
Summary
If you’re an experienced communications and engagement manager, UWE Bristol has a fantastic opportunity to join our newly formed Transformation and Improvement Service as Head of Internal Communications and Engagement.
You will provide strategic leadership to the University’s Internal Communications and Engagement Team, developing and delivering internal communication and engagement strategies that bring our vision and values to life, connect staff to our purpose, and provide opportunities for genuine dialogue and collaboration. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, ensuring authentic, inclusive, and innovative communication approaches that align with institutional priorities, enhance employee engagement, and drive continuous improvement through evidence-based evaluation.
You will be accountable for the Internal Communications function, ensuring excellent customer service to stakeholders and maintaining, developing, and optimising internal communication channels to deliver clear, timely, and engaging content across the University. You will be responsible for leading, motivating, and developing a talented team, fostering a positive, high-performing culture, ensuring clarity of purpose, professional growth, and collaboration across the team, service and wider University.
About you
You will be an experienced strategic communicator who brings energy, insight, and strong influencing skills. You’ll be confident managing multiple priorities in a complex environment and experienced in developing and delivering communication plans to support change initiatives. You’ll be data-savvy and audience-focused, with a keen eye for high-quality messaging, storytelling and delivery. You will be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and the ability to build capability, nurture talent, and create an inclusive and supportive team environment.
About Transformation and Improvement Services
We make change happen.
Planning and implementing change can be complex and challenging. Transformation & Improvement Services simplifies the process of managing change, supporting leaders to prioritise and deliver the most impactful work. We drive a culture of continuous improvement by breaking down barriers, testing new ideas, and co-creating inclusive solutions that empower our community. By staying ahead of external trends and internal needs, we enable the University to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing environment.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role, please contact Katherine Davies on 0117 3282241 or email: katherine4.davies@uwe.ac.uk
Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 2 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We are hoping to hold interviews week commencing 2 February 2026, but we aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based, with the opportunity to work from home on occasion.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
You will provide strategic leadership to the University’s Internal Communications and Engagement Team, developing and delivering internal communication and engagement strategies that bring our vision and values to life, connect staff to our purpose, and provide opportunities for genuine dialogue and collaboration. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, ensuring authentic, inclusive, and innovative communication approaches that align with institutional priorities, enhance employee engagement, and drive continuous improvement through evidence-based evaluation.
You will be accountable for the Internal Communications function, ensuring excellent customer service to stakeholders and maintaining, developing, and optimising internal communication channels to deliver clear, timely, and engaging content across the University. You will be responsible for leading, motivating, and developing a talented team, fostering a positive, high-performing culture, ensuring clarity of purpose, professional growth, and collaboration across the team, service and wider University.
About you
You will be an experienced strategic communicator who brings energy, insight, and strong influencing skills. You’ll be confident managing multiple priorities in a complex environment and experienced in developing and delivering communication plans to support change initiatives. You’ll be data-savvy and audience-focused, with a keen eye for high-quality messaging, storytelling and delivery. You will be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and the ability to build capability, nurture talent, and create an inclusive and supportive team environment.
About Transformation and Improvement Services
We make change happen.
Planning and implementing change can be complex and challenging. Transformation & Improvement Services simplifies the process of managing change, supporting leaders to prioritise and deliver the most impactful work. We drive a culture of continuous improvement by breaking down barriers, testing new ideas, and co-creating inclusive solutions that empower our community. By staying ahead of external trends and internal needs, we enable the University to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing environment.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role, please contact Katherine Davies on 0117 3282241 or email: katherine4.davies@uwe.ac.uk
Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 2 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We are hoping to hold interviews week commencing 2 February 2026, but we aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based, with the opportunity to work from home on occasion.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.