United Kingdom · Public Relations Communications · Senior Level (5-8 years)

Senior Head of Internal Communications

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandSenior Level (5-8 years)
Direct reportsNo direct reports
Reports toManager, Internal Communications
UK framework levelUsually a professional owning their own work, or leading a small team

Also advertised as Senior Internal Communications Specialist · Internal Communications Lead · Communications Business Partner (Internal)

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about sending emails; it's about shaping how our people understand our strategy, feel about their work, and connect with our leadership. You'll be the person making sure the right messages land with the right people at the right time, especially when things get a bit messy or complex. Think of yourself as the architect of clarity and engagement during critical business moments.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Intranet & Hub Platforms (e.g., Simpplr, SharePoint Online, Firstup)Advanced

Designing new page layouts for campaigns, building campaign-specific microsites, analysing user journey analytics to optimise content, and training content contributors across the business.

Email & Newsletter Platforms (e.g., Poppulo, ContactMonkey, Staffbase)Advanced

Conducting A/B testing on subject lines and content, creating audience segments for targeted messaging, and analysing engagement trends over time to refine your strategy.

Collaboration & Messaging (e.g., Slack, MS Teams)Advanced

Managing channel architecture, setting up workflows and integrations (like Polly for polls), analysing channel engagement data, and coaching leaders on effective use of these platforms.

Live Events & Video (e.g., Vimeo Enterprise, StreamYard, Zoom Webinars)Advanced

Producing entire virtual or hybrid events, managing the run-of-show, coaching speakers, editing recordings for internal use, and analysing viewership and engagement metrics post-event.

Survey & Feedback Tools (e.g., Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, Culture Amp)Advanced

Designing effective pulse surveys, writing insightful questions, analysing open-text feedback for sentiment and themes, and presenting findings to stakeholders.

Design & Content Creation (e.g., Canva, Adobe Express, Premiere Rush)Advanced

Developing new visual templates, creating compelling infographics from data, and producing short-form video stories to enhance your communications.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Content Approval for Company-Wide Announcements	Drafts content, requires full approval from Manager and relevant stakeholder (e.g., HR, Legal).	Drafts content, seeks manager's review, then secures stakeholder approval. May approve minor updates independently.	Drafts and recommends content, often requiring only final sign-off from relevant senior stakeholder (e.g., Head of HR, CEO's Chief of Staff) or Manager. Can approve routine updates independently.
Channel Selection for a Major Campaign	Suggests channels based on templates, requires Manager's approval.	Proposes channel mix for specific projects, gets Manager's approval for significant deviations from standard practice.	Designs comprehensive multi-channel strategies for complex campaigns, consulting with Manager on resource allocation and overall strategic fit. Makes final channel decisions within agreed strategy.
Internal Crisis Messaging (Holding Statement)	Assists in gathering information, drafts initial bullet points for review.	Drafts initial holding statement, seeks rapid Manager review, then stakeholder approval (e.g., Legal, CEO's office).	Drafts and secures rapid approval for holding statements from relevant senior stakeholders (e.g., CEO, Head of Legal) with minimal Manager input. Often the primary drafter and coordinator.
Campaign Strategy & Narrative Development	Follows pre-defined campaign plans and narratives.	Develops campaign plans for specific projects, aligning with overarching communication strategy.	Designs and owns the communication strategy and narrative for complex, cross-functional campaigns, consulting with Manager and leadership on strategic alignment and key messages.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Message Recall & Understanding

How well employees remember and comprehend key messages from major campaigns.

Target · Achieve a 20% increase in message recall for Q3 strategic priorities in post-campaign surveys.

After a town hall on our new product strategy, a pulse survey shows 75% of employees can accurately describe at least two key strategic pillars, up from 55% pre-campaign.

Channel Engagement & Adoption

The level of interaction and active use of specific internal communication channels you manage for campaigns.

Target · Increase active user engagement on the 'Strategy Update' intranet microsite by 15% month-over-month during a key rollout.

A new internal blog series you launched sees an average of 150 comments and 50 shares per post, indicating strong interaction beyond just reading.

Stakeholder Satisfaction Score

Feedback from the business partners you support (e.g., HR, Project Leads) on the quality and effectiveness of your communication support.

Target · Maintain an average satisfaction score of 4.5/5 from key business partners for campaign support.

The Head of HR praises your comms plan for the annual benefits enrolment, stating it significantly reduced employee queries and confusion compared to previous years.

Crisis Communications Effectiveness

Your ability to respond quickly, clearly, and calmly during internal incidents, maintaining trust and minimising misinformation.

Reduced volume of rumour-based questions to HR or leadership during a crisis
positive feedback from employees post-crisis about clarity and timeliness of information
leadership relying on you to draft and approve holding statements rapidly
no major internal comms missteps during sensitive situations.

Executive Voice & Credibility

How well you capture and articulate the authentic voice of senior leaders, building their credibility and connection with employees.

Leaders consistently asking for your input on their messages
positive feedback from employees on the authenticity and clarity of executive communications
leaders feeling confident and well-prepared when delivering messages you've helped them craft
your ghostwritten content truly sounding like the leader it's from.

Proactive Issue Identification

Your knack for spotting potential communication gaps or brewing employee sentiment issues before they become major problems.

You flag a potential misunderstanding of a new policy to HR before it escalates
you recommend a proactive message to address employee concerns you've picked up from informal channels
you suggest a town hall topic that addresses unspoken anxieties, leading to a more engaged workforce.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Solving Complex Communication Puzzles

You'll love taking a really complex, multi-faceted business problem (like 'why are our sales down?') and figuring out the clearest, most impactful way to communicate it internally, making sure everyone understands their role in the solution. It's like being a detective for clarity.

You successfully distil a 50-page strategy document into a compelling 5-minute video script and a concise intranet article that actually gets read and understood by 80% of employees.

Seeing Your Words Shape Understanding

There's a real buzz when you see your carefully chosen words, your narrative, genuinely land with people. When you get feedback that your message helped someone understand a difficult change or feel more connected to the company, that's what drives you. You're shaping the internal conversation.

After a challenging period, you craft a CEO message that receives dozens of positive comments on the intranet, with employees expressing renewed optimism and clarity about the path forward.

Being the Calm Voice in a Storm

When things go wrong—a data breach, a major system outage, or a tough business decision—you're the one who steps up to provide clear, reassuring, and honest communication. You thrive on being the trusted source of truth that helps people navigate uncertainty.

During an unexpected leadership change, you quickly develop a comms plan, draft holding statements, and prepare FAQs, preventing panic and keeping employees informed and calm.

What frustrates people

The Last to Know: Being brought in at the 11th hour to 'just write the announcement' for a major strategic decision you had no input on, leaving no time to build a proper comms plan. It feels like you're just a typist, not a strategist.
The Rogue Executive: Spending weeks crafting a careful, nuanced message, only to have a senior leader go completely off-script in a town hall, creating confusion and a mess you then have to clean up.
Death by Committee: Having your clear, concise writing edited by a dozen stakeholders (especially Legal and HR), resulting in a watered-down, jargon-filled final product that barely resembles your original intent.
The 'Fluff' Perception: Constantly fighting the perception that Internal Comms is just the 'company newsletter,' 'party planning,' or 'cheerleading squad,' rather than a strategic business function that drives real value.
Measuring the Unmeasurable: The immense pressure to prove the ROI of your work with hard metrics, when your primary impact is on intangible concepts like trust, morale, and psychological safety, which are notoriously hard to quantify.
The Feedback Paradox: Being told 'we want transparent, authentic communication,' but then getting penalised when that transparency reveals something employees don't like or raises uncomfortable questions.

What this role does not give you

A predictable 9-to-5 schedule, especially during crises or major announcements.
Complete creative freedom without stakeholder input or legal review.
A quiet, solitary work environment; you'll be interacting with people constantly.
Direct control over business decisions; your influence is through persuasion and advice, not command.

6Who you work with

You'll directly influence employee understanding, engagement, and alignment with our company's vision and strategic priorities. Your work helps to build and maintain a strong, positive company culture, especially during periods of change. Frankly, you're a critical part of ensuring our people feel informed and valued, which in turn helps us achieve our business goals. Without clear internal comms, even the best strategies can fall flat.

Inside the business

Executive Leadership Team (for ghostwriting and strategic advice)
HR Business Partners (for people-related comms, e.g., benefits, policy changes)
Product & Engineering Leads (for communicating new features or technical updates)
Sales & Marketing Teams (for alignment on external messaging and internal sales enablement)
Legal & Compliance (for reviewing sensitive communications)
IT Department (for system outage or new technology comms)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Proven experience (at least 5 years) in a dedicated internal communications role, demonstrating a clear progression in responsibility and complexity of work.
A strong portfolio of successful internal communication campaigns, including examples of executive ghostwriting and change management communications.
Demonstrated ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders, even without direct authority.
Experience mentoring or informally leading junior team members, providing constructive feedback and guidance.
Solid analytical skills, with experience using data to measure communication effectiveness and inform future strategies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and an ability to adapt tone and style for different audiences.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Analytics for Comms Platforms

Simply put, our comms platforms are collecting more data than ever before. To truly understand engagement, identify trends, and prove ROI, you'll need to go beyond basic reports and start digging into custom dashboards, cross-platform analysis, and predictive insights.

User Journey Mapping within Intranet · A/B Testing Advanced Strategies · Cross-Channel Attribution · Sentiment Analysis Integration · Custom Reporting & Dashboard Creation

This week: Dive into the advanced analytics features of our intranet and email platforms. What reports aren't you currently using?
This month: Identify one key campaign and design an A/B test that goes beyond a simple subject line change.
Month 2: Explore how to pull data from two different comms platforms and combine them to create a more comprehensive view of engagement.
Month 3: Propose a new custom report or dashboard that would provide more actionable insights to the comms team or leadership.

Quick win: Set up a recurring meeting with our data analytics team or IT to understand what data is available and how you can access it for deeper insights.

Personalisation at Scale

Employees are used to personalised experiences everywhere else—Netflix, Amazon, Spotify. They expect the same from internal communications. Delivering relevant, targeted messages to different employee segments will be key to cutting through noise and increasing engagement.

Audience Segmentation Strategies · Dynamic Content Delivery · Automated Communication Workflows · Data-Driven Personalisation · Ethical Considerations of Personalisation

This week: Review our current audience segmentation in our email platform. Are there new segments we could create?
This month: Identify one internal communication that could benefit from personalisation and draft different versions for two distinct employee groups.
Month 2: Explore platform features that allow for dynamic content or automated workflows based on employee attributes.
Month 3: Propose a pilot project for a personalised communication stream, like a tailored onboarding journey for new hires in different departments.

Quick win: Start by simply addressing employees by their first name in emails or referencing their department if the platform allows it. Small steps make a difference.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attending industry conferences and webinars (e.g., IoIC, CIPR, Ragan Communications) to stay abreast of trends and network with peers.
Subscribing to leading internal communications publications and thought leadership (e.g., simply-communicate, Gatehouse, Gallagher).
Participating in online courses or workshops focused on advanced writing, data analytics for comms, or executive coaching.
Seeking out opportunities to mentor junior professionals, both within our team and externally, to hone your leadership skills.
Engaging with our internal learning platforms to develop skills in new digital tools or AI applications relevant to communications.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft reports in 10 minutes that used to take 2 hours. Comms professionals who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly. It's about working smarter, not harder.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft reports in 10 minutes that used to take 2 hours. Comms professionals who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly. It's about working smarter, not harder.

Context Windows & Token Limits
Temperature Settings for Different Tasks
RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) Architectures
Output Validation & Hallucination Detection
Prompt Chaining for Complex Communications

Data Storytelling for Engagement

It's no longer enough to just report comms metrics; you need to connect them to actual business outcomes. Leaders want to see how communication impacts engagement, retention, or productivity, and that means telling a compelling story with your data.

Correlation vs. Causation in Comms
Visualising Comms Impact
Narrative Structure for Data Presentations
Benchmarking Internal Comms
Predictive Analytics for Comms

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Change Management Communications
Executive Communications & Ghostwriting
Narrative & Storytelling
Employee Engagement Measurement
Internal Crisis Communications
Channel Strategy & Governance

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Internal Communications Specialist (L2)
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Mastering end-to-end project management for standard comms campaigns, developing strong content creation skills across various channels, building initial stakeholder relationships, and beginning to analyse campaign metrics.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently delivering high-quality communication projects on time and budget.
- Proactively identifying communication opportunities and proposing solutions.
- Receiving positive feedback from internal clients on your support and content.
- Demonstrating a solid understanding of our internal comms tech stack.
2
PR or Marketing Communications Specialist
4-6 years
Skills to master
- Adapting your external comms skills (storytelling, media relations, campaign management) to an internal audience, learning the nuances of internal stakeholder management, and understanding employee engagement drivers. You'll need to shift from 'selling' to 'informing and engaging'.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully translating external messaging for internal audiences.
- Demonstrating an understanding of internal culture and employee needs.
- Building credibility with internal teams quickly.
- Showing a keen interest in employee experience and organisational change.
3
HR Communications / Employee Experience Specialist
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Deepening your understanding of organisational change, employee lifecycle communications, and HR policy translation. You'll need to broaden your comms toolkit beyond HR-specific channels and learn to influence across different business functions.
You're ready to move on when
- Leading complex HR-related communication initiatives (e.g., benefits, wellbeing).
- Demonstrating strong empathy and understanding of employee sentiment.
- Proactively partnering with HRBPs and other internal functions.
- Ability to simplify complex HR policies into clear, digestible messages.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here is about becoming a truly indispensable strategic partner. Whether you choose to lead teams or remain a deep individual contributor, the impact you'll have on our people and our business will be significant and highly valued.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Senior Head of Internal Communications is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Manage stakeholder relationshipsLevel 5

Applied to your work in Senior Head of Internal Communications

By completing this unit, learners will understand stakeholder engagement processes, factors influencing stakeholder relationships, and how to develop effective communication with external stakeholders.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Senior Head of Internal Communications

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Message Recall & UnderstandingHow well employees remember and comprehend key messages from major campaigns.After a town hall on our new product strategy, a pulse survey shows 75% of employees can accurately describe at least two key strategic pillars, up from 55% pre-campaign.Achieve a 20% increase in message recall for Q3 strategic priorities in post-campaign surveys.
Channel Engagement & AdoptionThe level of interaction and active use of specific internal communication channels you manage for campaigns.A new internal blog series you launched sees an average of 150 comments and 50 shares per post, indicating strong interaction beyond just reading.Increase active user engagement on the 'Strategy Update' intranet microsite by 15% month-over-month during a key rollout.
Stakeholder Satisfaction ScoreFeedback from the business partners you support (e.g., HR, Project Leads) on the quality and effectiveness of your communication support.The Head of HR praises your comms plan for the annual benefits enrolment, stating it significantly reduced employee queries and confusion compared to previous years.Maintain an average satisfaction score of 4.5/5 from key business partners for campaign support.

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Senior Head of Internal Communications to Internal Communications Lead / Principal Comms Business Partner (L4), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 4 · in progressAI Fluency→ Internal Communications Lead / Principal Comms Business Partner (L4)→ your design

Where this takes you

Your journey here is about becoming a truly indispensable strategic partner. Whether you choose to lead teams or remain a deep individual contributor, the impact you'll have on our people and our business will be significant and highly valued.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Senior Head of Internal Communications

Change Management Communications
Executive Communications & Ghostwriting
Narrative & Storytelling
Employee Engagement Measurement
Internal Crisis Communications
Channel Strategy & Governance

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Senior Head of Internal Communications is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Internal Communications Lead / Principal Comms Business Partner (L4)
2-4 years
You'll move from owning workstreams to managing entire programmes and acting as a dedicated strategic comms advisor to a specific business unit (e.g., Engineering, Sales). You'll also likely take on more formal leadership of junior team members.
- Executive Coaching: More direct coaching of senior leaders on their communication delivery.
- Advanced Analytics Integration: Connecting comms data to broader business performance metrics.
- Stakeholder Mapping & Engagement: Proactively identifying and engaging with critical stakeholders across the organisation.
Manager, Internal Communications (L5)
3-5 years
This is a management track. You'll be responsible for leading a team of IC specialists, managing resource allocation, overseeing performance, and ensuring the operational excellence of the entire function. Your focus shifts from doing to leading and enabling others.
- Organisational Design (Comms): Structuring the internal comms team for maximum effectiveness.
- Vendor Management: Owning relationships and contracts with comms platform providers and agencies.
- Strategic Planning (Departmental): Setting the vision and strategy for the entire internal comms function.
- Talent Development: Identifying and nurturing future comms leaders within your team.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, the world of internal communications is changing fast. AI isn't just a buzzword; it's a practical tool that can free you up from the tedious stuff, letting you focus on the strategic, human-centred work that truly matters. We're not talking about replacing you, but about giving you a serious superpower.

Imagine cutting down on the time you spend on first drafts, sifting through mountains of feedback, or trying to nail the perfect tone. For a Senior Head of Internal Communications, this means more time for strategic thinking, deeper stakeholder relationships, and crafting truly impactful messages. We're building an AI Productivity Hub to help you get there, and here’s a sneak peek at how you'll use it day-to-day:

First Draft Automation

Use generative AI to whip up initial drafts of routine, low-stakes communications in minutes. Think holiday office closures, system maintenance alerts, or weekly event roundups. You'll edit and refine, not start from scratch.

Sentiment Analysis Accelerator

Got thousands of open-text comments from pulse surveys or Slack channels? Feed them into an AI tool. It'll instantly identify key themes, gauge sentiment (positive/negative/neutral), and flag emerging issues, saving you hours of manual reading and categorisation.

Executive Briefing Assistant

Use AI to summarise long, complex documents—like board decks, engineering roadmaps, or detailed financial reports—into concise talking points and key messages for your executive ghostwriting. Get to the core message faster.

Tone & Accessibility Tuner

Run your draft communications through an AI tool to check for inclusive language, analyse the reading level, and adjust the tone for different audiences. Need it more formal for a policy update? More inspirational for a CEO message? AI can help you fine-tune it.

Common questions

How do you become a Senior Head of Internal Communications?

Common routes in include Internal Communications Specialist (L2) (3-5 years), PR or Marketing Communications Specialist (4-6 years) and HR Communications / Employee Experience Specialist (3-5 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior Head of Internal Communications progress to?

This role can lead on to Internal Communications Lead / Principal Comms Business Partner (L4) (2-4 years) and Manager, Internal Communications (L5) (3-5 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Senior Head of Internal Communications in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 4 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Senior Head of Internal Communications?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration and Data Storytelling for Engagement. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows Senior Head of Internal Communications, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 5 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Senior Head of Internal Communications: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan built for a customer support lead, five Ofqual-regulated units and a hundred and ninety-six credits. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 4

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Public Relations Communications

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll develop in this role—strategic communication, executive influence, change management, and employee engagement—are highly transferable across almost any industry. You could move into technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, or even the public sector. Good communicators are always in demand.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

You're not behind. You're right on time. The shift is only just beginning. Your role won't look the same in two years. Be the one who leads the change, not the one it happens to. Build my plan, free Here's the first ten minutes: a 2-minute confidence check → your personalised roadmap → meet the tutors matched to you. No card, cancel any time. No card. Build your plan, see your roadmap and meet the twelve tutors matched to you. All free. When you're ready to start learning, it's £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.

Senior Head of Internal Communications

What's rising in its place

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Data Storytelling for Engagement

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Internal Communications Specialist (L2)

PR or Marketing Communications Specialist

HR Communications / Employee Experience Specialist

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Your journey here is about becoming a truly indispensable strategic partner. Whether you choose to lead teams or remain a deep individual contributor, the impact you'll have on our people and our business will be significant and highly valued.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Internal Communications Lead / Principal Comms Business Partner (L4)

Manager, Internal Communications (L5)

Where AI is starting to help

First Draft Automation

Sentiment Analysis Accelerator

Executive Briefing Assistant

Tone & Accessibility Tuner

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.