NOCN Group is an international charity which delivers future-fit skills solutions with social impact for Colleges, training providers, employers and individuals. Its Qualifications, Apprenticeship End Point Assessment, Assured Courses, Competence Card Schemes, and Short Online Courses are designed to advance skills in the areas where they are most needed, including construction, engineering, and the green economy.
As a truly independent, charitable organisation, it seeks to influence policy and champion lifelong, vocational learning. Its aim is to enable people to reach their potential and organisations to thrive for improved productivity, sustainability, social mobility, and inclusivity.
In the lead up to the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in April 2017, NOCN tasked Engage Comms with raising its profile as a trusted thought leader and credible partner to both training providers and employers, specialising in End Point Assessment of apprentices. Since 2017, we have continued providing ad-hoc consultancy, supporting with its international growth, and the acquisition of several entities including the Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS).
On an ongoing basis, we work collaboratively with the in-house marketing team to provide strategic communications support, including brand strategy, PR and thought leadership, social media and digital marketing, event maximisation, and crisis comms/issues management.
In May 2024, Engage Comms was formally appointed to support the re-building and rejuvenation of the marketing function to make it future-fit for a rapidly growing and evolving global organisation. This involved Engage Comms Director Jo Parker stepping in as Interim Head of Marketing Communications for several months while we worked with the senior team and existing marketing staff to develop a new marketing strategy, brand communications guide, and team structure. We then advertised for and recruited a new Head of Marketing Communications and both Internal and External Comms Managers to deliver the new strategy and lay the foundations for the further development of the function.
We are still working closely with the organisation from the top-down to support its growth and evolution as the new marketing comms team is onboarded and developed. We also provide strategic support with comms around mergers & acquisitions and other aspects of business transformation to the senior management team.
