Working closely with members of the team involved in local and market affairs, you will be responsible for building and maintaining constructive relationships with a wide variety of our stakeholders – from large banks and insurers, to consumer groups and trade bodies.
You will:
- work collaboratively with colleagues to monitor and build relationships with stakeholders – which might include government, regulators, financial businesses, consumer organisations and the media, as well as internal colleagues – and to help capture, analyse and share insight;
- influence and persuade across a range of stakeholders – understanding how best to engage with a variety of audience;
- understanding the context and wider environment in which our client operates –including what’s driving industry, political and media agendas, as well as trends in managing and escalating these;
- communicating complex or sensitive messages in writing – being clear, engaging and accurate;
- communicating and influencing in a clear, balanced and thoughtful way – over the phone, online, in writing, and in person – using the right channel to engage people in what matters and ensure messages are consistent;
- prioritising and organising a varied workload and doing what it takes to get things done whether it’s answering individual questions from stakeholders or producing broader communications and pieces of work.
Essential skills:
- experience dealing with stakeholders, both internally and externally – with an understanding of local and public affairs;
- a great understanding of public policy issues – and how they’re changing;
- skilled at building trusted networks, and will be able to advise our senior leaders with knowledge and insight gained through monitoring the financial and consumer protection landscapes;
- an excellent communicator who’s able to understand what’s going on behind the headlines and translate complex policy debates into plain English.
This is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract role.