If you have experience in public affairs and fancy carving out some new space, this is a new and exciting opportunity to lead our external relations in England, designing and delivering an effective public affairs strategy. You’ll help to present and promote the Wise Group’s work, and future work, to key political and wider stakeholders.
The Wise Group’s Engagement and Influence team shapes our external markets through colleague, customer and stakeholder insight, focuses on raising the Wise Group profile among colleagues, customers and stakeholders and extends the reach of our brand inside and out.
You’ll join a great team that not only focuses on our key audiences of colleagues, customers & stakeholders but leads our local/national influencing based on evidence and insight. The team also drives our stakeholder relations and ongoing thought leadership activity. Together this ensures the engagement and influence needed to sustain and grow the enterprise, helping us to become the organisation that people come to first when seeking to inspire positive change.
As a key ambassador for the organisation, you’ll help promote and enhance the positive profile of the Wise Group and ensure recognition of its impact and ongoing influence internally and across the UK. For further information, please see the full role profile document.
Who are we?
The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise which is proud to be making a difference to people’s lives. We’re proud because we help people to find jobs, provide advice to people struggling to heat their homes and support people to find their feet following time in prison. To do this, the Wise Group works in partnership with everyone from large businesses to national and local government and third sector organisations who provide essential specialist support to our customers. Together, we’re greater than the sum of our parts.
The Wise Group provides an inclusive and supportive working environment and an excellent benefits package, which includes the following:
- Remote First – our approach to flexibility. We actively try to ensure a positive work life balance and we welcome applications from those requiring flexibility;
- 33 days’ annual leave (including Public Holidays) plus one additional day for every completed year of employment up to a maximum of an additional five days;
- Your birthday off;
- Generous Salary Exchange Pension Scheme;
- Sick pay rising to 26 weeks full pay;
- Employee Assistance Programme;
- Life Assurance;
- Health Care Plan;
- Cycle Scheme;
- Daily online sessions to encourage positive wellbeing;
- 3 volunteering days;
- Furniture allowance for new starts;
- And more.
Location: Flexible. We offer a hybrid approach to the working day. Work where it is best for you and your job.