Community Benefits Advisor

About the role

Help shape how communities benefit from one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.

As National Grid delivers The Great Grid Upgrade – the largest overhaul of the electricity network in generations – we're creating more than new infrastructure. We're creating opportunities, supporting communities and helping to deliver a cleaner, more secure energy future for the UK.

We're looking for a Community Benefits Advisor to help ensure the communities hosting our major infrastructure projects see real, lasting benefits from investment. Working across projects in the Midlands and North of England, you'll help turn community aspirations into meaningful programmes that create social, economic and environmental value for years to come.

This is a career-defining opportunity to influence nationally significant infrastructure projects while seeing the tangible difference your work makes in communities across the UK.

We offer hybrid working, with flexibility required for regular travel to offices, sites and events across London, the Midlands and the North of England. 

What you'll be doing

You'll play a leading role in developing and delivering community benefit programmes across National Grid's portfolio of major infrastructure projects. Working alongside project teams, External Affairs colleagues, Community Liaison Officers, local authorities and community stakeholders, you'll help maximise the positive impact of our investments.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and deliver community funds across major infrastructure projects.
• Work closely with local communities to understand priorities and identify opportunities for investment and support.
• Build trusted relationships with local community groups, delivery partners and key stakeholders.
• Support community engagement activities that help shape meaningful local initiatives.
• Lead governance, reporting and assurance processes to ensure funding is delivered compliantly and transparently.
• Procure and manage grant fund administrators and external delivery partners.
• Monitor programme performance, budgets and funding activity.
• Develop case studies and success stories that showcase the positive legacy of our projects.
• Act as the go-to expert for community benefit activity across your project portfolio.

What we're looking for

• Experience delivering community engagement activities and building positive relationships with local communities and stakeholders.
• A track record of developing and delivering successful community benefit initiatives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with contractors, suppliers, and project partners.
• Knowledge of the project lifecycle, particularly planning, consultation, and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Experience building effective internal and external networks to support project delivery.
• Proven ability to manage third-party suppliers, contracts, budgets, and performance.
• Experience within grant funding, community investment, local government, charity, not-for-profit organisations or regulated industries would be advantageous.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £48,000 - £55,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

Why join us?

Few organisations can offer the opportunity to shape community investment at this scale.

Through The Great Grid Upgrade, you'll help ensure major infrastructure projects deliver meaningful benefits for the communities they serve.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Support the delivery of multi-million-pound community investment programmes.
• Build partnerships that create lasting social, economic and environmental value.
• Help communities access funding, opportunities and support.
• See the direct impact of your work on nationally significant projects.

More information

This role closes on 28 July 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held mid August 2026.

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We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates – we make appointments purely on merit, assessed against objective selection criteria. We support flexible working and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process should you have any physical or mental impairment which may affect your ability to participate in the process.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.