Head of Clean Energy Sector Development

About You

You will be a strategic and forward-thinking leader with a passion for supporting sustainable growth and creating opportunities through the Clean Energy sector. Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and decision-makers, you'll have the ability to translate complex challenges into practical solutions and build the partnerships needed to turn ambition into action.

Whether your experience comes from clean energy, sustainability, industry, economic development, investment, or a related field, you'll bring a strong understanding of what drives sector growth and long-term success. You'll enjoy working collaboratively, influencing across organizations, and developing opportunities that deliver lasting benefits for businesses, communities, and the regional economy.

We're Looking For Someone Who Can Demonstrate

• Significant experience of developing and delivering sector growth strategies, economic development initiatives, or major partnership programmes.
• Strong knowledge of the Clean Energy manufacturing sector and the opportunities and challenges associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy.
• A proven ability to build productive relationships across business, academia, government, and investment communities.
• Experience of attracting investment, securing funding, or developing compelling business and growth propositions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage and advise senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and programme management skills, with a track record of delivering successful outcomes in a complex environment.

If you're excited by the opportunity to help shape South Yorkshire's clean energy manufacturing future and play a leading role in driving sustainable economic growth, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organization where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA, with our recognized family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

In addition to the above, some of our benefits include -

• Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro-rata for part-time colleagues.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave
• Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full-time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
• Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi-Scheme, which allows office-based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme, employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours and take time off in the form of Flexi-Leave or banked Annual Leave.
• Rewarding You – Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions, and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle-to-Work schemes.
• Training on the job – Support with upskilling skills through on-the-job training and qualifications
• Professional Membership Fees – Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.

Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority

Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, and/or belief.

All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment, and such requests will be considered subject to operational requirements.

Where candidates share disabilities within the application process, if they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact recruitment@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.