Jill Nicholls (pictured) is stepping up from her current role as head of Service Development at The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) to replace Helen Yeulet as the Association’s new director of Competence and Compliance.
Helen Yeulet is moving to become a strategic consultant to the Association focusing on key industry-wide projects and government skills policy. In her previous role, Jill Nicholls was responsible for driving up standards in skills and training across the BESA membership.
BESA CEO, David Frise, said: “Jill’s commitment and dedication to raising the bar for skills, training, and competence standards, has already made a major impact. It is exactly what we need to take our crucial work around professional and technical competence and compliance to the next stage.”
Jill Nicholls joined BESA last year after seven years at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, where she rose to become head of Construction and Transport. She was previously employed by the Education Development Trust.
She said: “I’m excited to be taking on this important role at such a pivotal time for the building engineering sector. Competence and compliance are central to everything our members face – not least increasing scrutiny around building safety, the push to decarbonise buildings, and the wider adoption of digital technologies which require a new type of skilled worker. I am looking forward to cementing BESA’s position at the heart of these issues, and to continuing to build on what Helen has already achieved.”
Helen Yeulet will now focus on deeper engagement with government to raise the profile of building services, and ensure the industry is a key part of wider skills policy initiatives, while continuing to leverage her expertise around applications for grant funding and developing the wider remit of the industry’s umbrella skills bodies.
