A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Public Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Manager with an energy business.
You will:
- Build and maintain relations with relevant opinion-formers in Westminster, local authorities, the GLA and directly elected mayors;
- Manage public affairs activities for the organisation including devising and managing the public affairs engagement programme, establishing a programme of events and speaking opportunities, and representing the organisation externally;
- Monitor and identify political and policy developments and provide political intelligence which is of interest to the organisation and ensure they are communicated internally and responded to effectively;
- Advance policy positions that support the organisation’s operations and its future plans to Government, Parliament, local government, the GLA and directly elected mayors;
- Line management responsibility for a team of three community affairs officers.
You will have:
- High level of knowledge and awareness of the UK Parliament, the GLA and local government;
- Experience of working in energy or another highly regulated market and knowledge of working at a local level is essential;
- Extensive experience of working within a public policy or public affairs environment;
- Thorough understanding of policy development and legislative processes in Parliament;
- Ability to identify key stakeholders, decision makers and influencers relevant to the organisation and a track-record in influencing key stakeholders;
- Strong writing skills and an ability to digest complex information and communicate it effectively and accurately for audiences of differing levels of expertise in the sector;
- Ability to offer imaginative strategies for engaging and communicating with our key stakeholders.