Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people’s lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections.
We’re looking for a passionate Public Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Officer to work with us. You’ll use your experience of developing and delivering effective stakeholder relations and public affairs campaigns, audience mapping and your peer network with key external stakeholders to help achieve the ambitions and objectives of our advocacy and communications national strategy.
You will be working with the Communications Manager, Public Affairs, to develop materials and content to engage with key stakeholders. You will be monitoring for issues affecting the organisation and the sector and keep your colleagues informed of developments.
You will be working alongside other colleagues in the Advocacy & Communications team on events and in the use of evaluation and measurement of stakeholder engagement.
You will
- Work with senior colleagues at the highest levels, including the Chair and the Chief Executive, to brief on relevant issues. This will include the writing of speeches and presentations to be given by senior Arts Council staff;
- Be developing and maintaining effective political stakeholder relationships, maintaining regular contact, in person and in writing, and provide proactive briefings on the work of Arts Council England and developments in the arts and culture;
- Act as an advocate for the Arts Council, building and maintaining contacts with communication professionals in key funded organisations and supporting the local communications teams in developing contacts with key external stakeholders;
- Monitor the external landscape for issues affecting the organisation and the arts and culture;
- Work with the wider communications department to use multiple channels in engaging with Westminster, Whitehall and beyond;
- Work with colleagues to plan and deliver stakeholder events;
- Be appointed for your core specialism but will be asked to broaden your skills to include another core specialism such as digital or internal communications- you will be supported in the task.