Public Affairs Advisor

Permanent
Full time
35 hours per week
£34,318.51
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Governance and Risk, Legal, Policy

What’s in it for you:

  • Working as part of a high performing, fast paced team
  • The opportunity to lead public affairs projects across a range of areas
  • The chance to shape the Society's role in its engagement with senior stakeholders

The Role:

 

The Law Society is looking for a motivated and talented public affairs adviser to join a high performing public affairs and campaigns team.

These roles provide a fantastic opportunity to work on a range of high profile and fascinating issues.

The post will focus on developing and delivering public affairs plans, providing political advice, responding to legislative developments and delivering high quality parliamentary monitoring.

 

What we’re looking for:

  • Demonstrable experience of planning and managing successful public affairs campaigns.
  • A strong interest in politics
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Self-motivation and enthusiasm
  • Able to work effectively in a fast paced and busy environment

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Demonstrable experience of planning and managing successful public affairs campaigns.

A strong interest in politics

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Self-motivation and enthusiasm

Able to work effectively in a fast paced and busy environment

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 28/05/2018, 23:55
The Law Society is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.