Uk & Ireland Public Affairs Leader
3 weeks ago
Who you are
You See Things A Bit Differently, So Do We
As a Communication Team, we strongly position IKEA UK and Ireland as a truly meaningful and trusted brand in people’s hearts & minds, with a focus on us as a retailer and our positive societal impact. At the same time, we contribute to the growth and transformation of the business by ensuring we lead with communication. We do this by taking a strategic approach to reactive, pro-active communication and advocacy
As Public Affairs Leader, you will help us to expand and build on IKEA’s ambitious public and regulatory affairs offering in the UK and Ireland; ensuring our business is able to identify, respond, and adapt to a rapidly changing and complex policy and business landscape.
You will work with the Public Affairs Manager, and closely with the wider Communication team, together with key business leaders to deliver our public affairs agenda, helping to shape, steer and implement our strategy for influencing policy and regulation - in line with IKEA’s values, priorities, and business goals.
You should have a passion for policy and public affairs, be able to inspire and clarify when distilling complex information and create engagement and trust with colleagues and stakeholders.
Essential Requirement:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in working with policy and regulation
- Proven advanced training in public affairs, policy, or regulatory affairs
- Strong documented leadership and influencing skills
- Experience in working with and supporting strategic business planning and strategy
- Experience with leading in change
- Experience with crisis communication and issues management
- Experience in external representation, and building trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Just as important, you are someone who would share and naturally reflect and promote the IKEA Values in your everyday work. You constantly seek better ways to inspire and clarify a vision and you get energized by the diversity in a fast-paced changing retail environment.
What you'll be doing day to day
- Responsible for supporting the development and delivery of the market Public Affairs strategy and agenda, aligning with national and global plans and strategies
- Secure effective alignment of Public Affairs objectives to formulated business goals and stakeholder objectives for the market.
- Provide passionate advocacy and leadership on the topic of strategically relevant positive societal impact across all IKEA departments in the UK & Ireland and Ireland, engaging not only externally, but also with key internal stakeholders.
- Monitor relevant regulatory and non-regulatory developments in the market, feeding back learnings into key business functions.
- Lead and develop specific strategies for influencing relevant policy and regulation, impacting the IKEA agenda. Help to create a positive policy and regulatory environment for a transforming and growing, people and planet positive IKEA business.
- Lead and contribute to the overall positioning movement in the market, integrating into communications department and contributing to relevant 360-degree campaigns.
- Secure sufficient communications and business resources and expertise to drive Public Affairs in the market.
- Act as a strategic business partner for relevant internal stakeholders, such as Risk and Compliance, Digital, Sustainability, People & Culture, Property & Expansion
- Be a coach and sparring partner to Managers and leaders including the Country and Management Team.
- Represent country/ region in appropriate external and internal forums, conferences and meetings. so that people know what we stand for.
- Take lead in driving an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values
About this work area
Our team is the voice of IKEA. We use words, pictures and videos to tell the story about IKEA, to build our brand and inspire people with our offer. We bounce ideas back and forth, we challenge each other and we are crazy passionate about communication. Of course we’re also the ones who make sure to keep all our fellow co-workers informed, engaged and connected in a constantly changing business environment.
What you need to know
This position is full time, you will work 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The Service Office principal location is Hybrid working a minimum of 8 days per calendar month in the office and the remainder flexibly working remotely at home.
To enable us to get to know you in the best way, we ask that you please include an up-to-date version of your CV with a cover letter.
Advertising Closing Date: 22nd February 2023
If you have any questions regarding the role or around the recruitment experience, please contact Cheryl Craig.
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