Lead Specialist, Engagement Communications
This role aligns to industry-level titles such as Change Communications Specialist, Transformation Communications Manager, Engagement & Communications Lead.
Join Our Team
Pearson is undergoing a significant business transformation, evolving how we deliver qualifications and support learners, educators, and institutions. This transformation includes major changes to IT systems and qualification delivery, requiring clear, consistent communication to ensure successful adoption across the organisation and its stakeholders.
Your Opportunity
As a Lead Specialist, Engagement Communications, you will support communication and engagement activities across a large-scale transformation programme.
You will work closely with change and communications leads to coordinate messaging, ensure alignment across workstreams, and support stakeholder understanding and engagement throughout the transformation lifecycle.
This role combines content development with stakeholder management, requiring a strong understanding of both internal business needs and external customer perspectives, including schools, colleges, and work-based learning providers.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver Communication Strategies
Develop and execute programme-wide and portfolio-specific communication and engagement plans. - Coordinate Messaging & Content
Create and maintain communication assets including leadership messaging, presentations, and campaign materials. - Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Build and deliver cohesive engagement plans across internal teams and external stakeholders. - Support Change Adoption
Contribute to change management initiatives, ensuring effective communication that drives awareness and adoption. - Plan and Deliver Engagement Activities
Coordinate town halls, workshops, briefings, and other engagement events. - Ensure Consistency & Alignment
Maintain clear, consistent messaging across programme workstreams and leadership communications. - Monitor Effectiveness
Track communication impact and stakeholder sentiment using qualitative and quantitative feedback to inform improvements.
Required Skills & Experience
Communication & Content Development
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing key messages, channel plans, campaign materials, leadership briefings, FAQs, and presentations.
Stakeholder Management
Proven ability to work with and influence stakeholders across different levels, including senior leadership, as well as external education partners.
Change & Transformation Communications
Experience supporting communication activities within transformation or change programmes in complex organisations.
Education Sector Awareness
Understanding of the education landscape, including schools, colleges, awarding organisations, or qualification delivery.
Planning & Organisation
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.
Digital Tools & Channels
Experience using tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, intranet platforms, and other communication channels.
Editorial Quality & Brand Consistency
High attention to detail, strong editorial judgement, and the ability to maintain consistent tone of voice and brand standards.
Qualifications
- Relevant qualification or professional development in communications, marketing, public relations, change management, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience in internal, change, or stakeholder communications within a complex environment
- Fluency in English
Location & Work Setup
This is a full-time hybrid role based in the UK (Manchester office).
Skills Required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including development of key messages and leadership briefings
- Experience developing channel plans, campaign materials, FAQs and presentations
- Proven stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior leaders and external education partners
- Experience in change and transformation communications within complex organisations
- Understanding of the education sector (schools, colleges, awarding organisations, qualification delivery)
- Strong planning and organisational skills, ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Experience using digital communication tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and intranet platforms
- High attention to editorial quality, brand consistency and tone of voice
- Relevant qualification or professional development in communications, marketing, PR, change management, or equivalent experience
- Fluency in English
What We Do
We are the world’s learning company with more than 22,500 employees operating in 70 countries. We provide content, assessment and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, governments and other partners globally. We are committed to helping equip learners with the skills they need to enhance their employability prospects and to succeed in the changing world of work. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.
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