Our client is the UK's biggest mixed youth organisation.
Job Description:
Our client is looking to recruit a Policy and Public Affairs Executive (Parliamentary) to contribute to the creation, and manage the delivery, of strategies to:
- Advance the interests of the organisation, locally and nationally, through high quality public affairs activity (including consultation responses, campaign planning, events delivery and local capacity building);
- Engage and secure the support of individual stakeholders and/or organisations who can substantially further strategic objectives, with a particular focus on political stakeholders;
- Develop relevant and credible policy positions that further the interests of the organisation and is informed by colleagues, volunteers and young people, most likely within a parliamentary, local authority or legislative context.
Essential skills:
- Proven experience in Public Affairs/Governmental/Policy environment;
- Experience of developing and delivering high impact influencing strategies/campaigns;
- Experience of briefings, parliamentary monitoring, speeches and so on;
- Experience of policy development (including research, consultation and development of proposals);
- Experience of basic events management (for example party conference attendance, receptions/launches, APPG meetings etc.);
- Experience of working with parliamentarians and governmental bodies, third and youth sector organisations or potential funders;
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Highly developed networking and influencing skills.