Head of Programme Delivery and Strategic Partnerships

Job Title: Head of Delivery and Partnerships

Location: Aberdeen or Edinburgh

Reporting to: Supply Chain Strategy and Partnerships

Number of Roles Available: 1

Company Overview:

Join Great British Energy and be part of powering the UK’s Clean Energy Future.

At GBE, we’re not just building an energy company – we’re shaping the future of the UK’s energy landscape.

Our mission is clear:

- Drive clean energy deployment across the UK as a strategic developer, investor, and owner of renewable projects
- Deliver benefits for communities and taxpayers, ensuring the clean energy transition creates jobs, boosts local economies, and increases public ownership
- We focus on innovation, sustainability, and impact, working on projects that matter – from large-scale national renewable investments to empowering local and community energy initiatives .

Joining GBE means

- Purpose-driven work Be part of a national effort to accelerate the clean energy transition
- Career growth Opportunities to develop expertise in cutting-edge energy technologies and strategic investment
- Collaboration and flexibility Work with passionate professionals in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment

If you want to make a real difference and help power a greener, fairer future for the UK, GBE is the place for you.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

About the Role :

Great British Energy is looking for a Head of Delivery and Partnerships to join our GBE Core Team. This role will play a key part in contributing to projects, objectives , and wider organisational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead programme mobilisation and delivery

- Lead the mobilisation and delivery of strategic market interventions and other priority programmes once there is an agreed proposition and approval to proceed.

Lead public funding and financing delivery

- Lead the design and implementation of delivery arrangements for public funding and financing mechanisms, including grants and concessional finance, across Great British Energy's strategic interventions.
- Oversee delivery timetables, applicant and counterparty journeys, assessment and due-diligence arrangements, award or commitment mechanisms, monitoring requirements and proportionate controls .

Lead assurance, gateways and delivery approvals

- Establish a coherent and proportionate assurance approach across the strategic interventions portfolio.
- Lead engagement with HM Treasury, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and other government partners on programme assurance, delivery readiness and conditions attached to approvals.

Build delivery capability and effective governance

- Develop consistent but proportionate approaches to programme governance, reporting, risk, change control and decision -making across the portfolio.
- Set clear expectations for delivery teams while avoiding unnecessary duplication, bureaucracy or process.

Lead strategic partnerships that enable delivery

- Set the direction for Great British Energy's strategic partnerships portfolio, prioritising relationships according to their potential to unlock delivery, investment, technology commercialisation, market development or supply-chain capability.
- Develop and manage senior partnerships with government departments, public bodies, delivery organisations, industry, investors, public finance institutions, innovation bodies, research organisations, developers and manufacturers.
- Build partnership propositions that connect market opportunities with the right combination of policy, public and private finance, technical capability and institutional support.

Lead priority international partnerships

- Lead Great British Energy's contribution to the UK-Japan Offshore Wind Industrial Compact, ensuring commitments are converted into practical opportunities, owned actions and measurable outcomes across investment, technology collaboration and supply chains.
- Develop a focused approach to future international partnerships, identifying priority countries, institutions and opportunities where Great British Energy can add clear value.
- Coordinate Great British Energy's international activity with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Business and Trade, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, HM Treasury and overseas posts.

Provide senior leadership and advice

- Build and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team covering programme delivery, public funding and financing, assurance and strategic partnerships.
- Act as a senior adviser to the Director, Executive Committee and senior government stakeholders on delivery readiness, programme risk, assurance and partnership delivery

Essential Experience:

- Significant experience leading the delivery of complex , high-value public programmes, grants, funds or market interventions.
- A strong track record of taking programmes from an approved business case or policy proposition through mobilisation and into implementation.
- Substantial knowledge of Managing Public Money, government business cases, public-spending controls and assurance or gateway processes.
- Practical experience of working with HM Treasury, government departments, assurance bodies or senior governance forums to secure approvals for delivery and expenditure.
- Experience designing or overseeing delivery arrangements for grants, concessional finance or other public funding and financing mechanisms, including governance, assessment, due diligence, financial controls , monitoring and delivery risk.
- The ability to apply programme and assurance disciplines proportionately, distinguishing essential requirements from processes that add limited value.
- Strong judgement in assessing delivery readiness, escalating material risks and recommending practical action where programmes are off track.
- Experience coordinating delivery across policy, commercial, finance, legal, analytical , technical and operational teams.
- A track record of building productive partnerships across organisations with different accountabilities and decision -making processes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including experience advising Ministers, boards, executive committees or senior officials on complex delivery and public-spending issues.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, setting clear priorities and delivering through others.

Desirable:

- Experience delivering programmes in energy, infrastructure, clean technology, manufacturing or supply chains.
- Experience delivering competitions , grants, concessional finance, innovation funding or other public funding and financing mechanisms.
- Experience working with delivery bodies, innovation agencies, Catapults, public finance institutions or major industry partners.
- Experience of international or bilateral programmes involving UK government departments and overseas institutions.
- Knowledge of offshore wind or other clean-energy technologies and their supply chains.
- A relevant programme, project, commercial, finance or grant-management qualification.

Personal Qualities:

- Takes ownership , shows confidence in decision -making, and is willing to challenge constructively
- Focuses on delivering meaningful outcomes and making a positive, lasting impact
- Works collaboratively, valuing different perspectives and building inclusive relationships
- Proactive and adaptable, with a curiosity to explore new ideas and improve ways of working
- Resilient and resourceful in a fast-paced environment

What We Offer:

- Competitive base salary
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Excellent pension scheme
- 4x salary life assurance
- Group income protection
- 38 days annual leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Ongoing professional development and training
- Supportive, inclusive working environment

How to Apply:

For further information please contact:

- Rebecca Nolan
- Principal Sourcing Specialist
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

Application Close Date: 30th October 2026