Posted 4 days ago
Description
A public facing organisation is looking for an experienced external affairs and stakeholder engagement professional to join their team during a period of change for the organisation and a need to engage around its culture shift and more modern approach.
Hybrid Working is 1-2 days a week on site in central London with occasional travel to other offices.
As External Affairs Manager, you will:
- Support the External Affairs Lead in delivering effective stakeholder engagement and relationship management strategies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across industry, government and external partner organisations - on a regional and national level
- Lead the implementation, review and continuous improvement of stakeholder engagement plans.
- Line manage External Affairs Advisors and provide guidance on complex stakeholder issues.
- Act as an escalation point for stakeholder and government affairs matters.
- Deputise for the External Affairs Lead when required.
- Produce high-quality briefing papers, presentations, reports and correspondence for senior leaders.
- Prepare executives for meetings, events and speaking engagements.
- Monitor stakeholder activity and identify emerging risks, opportunities and trends.
- Support the development of advocacy and collaborative partnerships that contribute to organisational objectives.
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota, providing advice and support during incidents and managing sensitive enquiries outside normal working hours.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Experience in external affairs, stakeholder engagement, public affairs, government relations or a related discipline.
- A proven track record of developing and delivering stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
- Experience working with and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Experience managing, mentoring or leading colleagues and projects.
- Strong relationship-building and networking skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- The confidence to advise, influence and appropriately challenge senior leaders.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Sound judgement and the ability to make decisions independently, particularly during time-critical situations.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment.
Experience within transport, infrastructure, the public sector, regulatory environments or political affairs would be advantageous but is not essential.
This is a public facing organisation and candidates need to complete a vetting process which includes being a UK citizen and having lived in UK for over five years without significant gaps.
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