Public Affairs Manager
Working closely with key stakeholders, senior management, tand teams across the SRA, you will develop and deliver detailed stakeholder engagement and political lobbying programmes to raise the SRA profile and reputation both internally and externally. You will also take a leading role in drafting speeches and briefings for SRA senior management team and board members.
Your strong interpersonal skills will ensure that you effectively manage complex and challenging relationships, whilst prioritising competing demands. This role demands a high degree of creativity, a flexible and pro-active approach and the ability to work with minimal supervision. It is essential that you possess significant experience of stakeholder management and a thorough understanding of parliamentary processes, as well as being able to demonstrate first-class speechwriting skills. You should possess excellent IT and presentational skills and be confident and innovative with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels. The role is based in Martin Lane, London with regular travel to SRA Birmingham offices.
Interviews will be held on Friday 7 November.
Essential
Education to degree level or equivalent
Proven experience of effective engagement with key political and parliamentary stakeholders
Excellent knowledge of the workings of Westminster
Significant experience of stakeholder management in a communications, corporate or political environment
Demonstrable experience of drafting speeches for senior level staff
First-class written and verbal communication skills
Experience of working with diverse groups
This role requires excellent strategic communication and organisational skills
Capacity to establish and manage complex and difficult relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, with competing priorities, needs and demands
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.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.
Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.
We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.
This opportunity is closed to applicants.