Office for Nuclear Regulation

Dear candidate,

I would like to thank you for your interest in joining the Senior Leadership Team of Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) as our Transformation Director (Open now) or Strategy and Corporate Affairs Director (Going live W/C 2nd March).

ONR is the UK’s independent regulator for nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and conventional health and safety across 36 licensed nuclear sites. It ensures that the nuclear industry effectively controls hazards, maintains high standards, and continuously improves. ONR’s work spans operating reactors, fuel cycle facilities, waste management, decommissioning, and new nuclear construction. It also regulates the transport of nuclear materials and oversees compliance with international safeguards. Transparency, accountability, and public confidence are central to ONR’s regulatory approach.

Transformation Director

As Transformation Director you will be a key member of the ONR Senior Leadership Team (SLT), providing senior leadership, coordination and assurance on ONR’s planning process and across a substantial programme of change activity, ensuring that multiple, complex and interdependent change initiatives are coherent, prioritised and delivered effectively.

Strategy and Corporate Affairs Director

The appointee will be a key member of the ONR SLT, with responsibility for a multi-site team of policy and communications professionals working closely with the ONR Board, to ensure the provision of effective policy advice and to influence internal stakeholders, government departments, other agencies and international regulatory bodies. They will also be responsible for driving forward our long-term organisational strategy, managing reputation, high quality external engagement with all stakeholders, brand development, media and crisis management and internal engagement and communications.

ONR has just over 650 employees, working together as one team to protect the public by securing safe nuclear operations.  We value and respect everyone’s contribution to this, no matter what role they play.

Our culture is one of continuous improvement, supportive engagement and personal accountability.

I look forward to receiving your application for whichever of these exciting opportunities.

Mike Finnerty
Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector
Office for Nuclear Regulation
February 2026