Senior Public Affairs Officer

5 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom People's Postcode Lottery Full time

**Senior Public Affairs Officer**

**Location: Edinburgh**

**Term Basis: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract - Full Time**

**Grade: E**

The Postcode Lottery raises funds for good causes. Together with our partners and everyone who participates in the lottery, our staff members all work towards creating a better, greener and more socially inclusive world. Would it make you proud to contribute towards this amazing mission as an Senior Public Affairs Officer? Join our international team at the Postcode Lottery Group in the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the UK and Sweden

Reporting to the Deputy Head of Public Affairs, the post-holder will perform a key role within the Public Affairs team to achieve the organisation’s public policy goals, with a particular focus on opposition party engagement and public affairs event management.

**Your tasks**:

- Political party engagement, primarily in the House of Commons and House of Lords but also within the devolved institutions of the United Kingdom.
- Represent PPL in engaging with parliamentarians and special advisers, including backbenchers, as well as supporting senior colleagues in engaging with members of the UK cabinet and shadow cabinet.
- Leads engagement with parliamentarians around local grant funding opportunities.
- Organisation and implementation of People’s Postcode Lottery’s presence at political party conferences, including exhibiting, fringe events and receptions.
- Organisation of People’s Postcode Lottery’s Annual Parliamentary Reception.

**Your qualities**:

- Experience and knowledge of politics, parliamentary procedure and government structures.
- Experience of dealing directly with civil servants and parliamentarians.
- Ability to think strategically, identify what needs to happen, who needs to be involved, and then delivering on this.
- Proven experience of building trust and developing internal and external networks.
- Strong understanding of the public policy environment and extensive knowledge of the UK political

**Benefits of working with us**:
You will receive a competitive salary, join an excellent pension scheme and benefit from private medical care.

We have a strong culture of learning and development. Our Lottery Academy offers an extensive range of training programmes and courses. There are also many career opportunities in the UK and abroad.

We enjoy working with one another. We regularly arrange social activities and organise our Christmas breakfast at the end of the year, a date that everyone looks forward to, where we look back proudly at what we’ve achieved together.

Your wellbeing is important to us. That’s why we offer a variety of options including an inhouse gym, with an optional weekly massage, and access to mental health support services.

You’re regularly involved in the work carried out by the charities thanks to the funds we raise for them. This includes volunteering, project visits, presentations in our seminar space, and an invite to the annual Gala event attended by the organisations we support.

**Your future department**:
Our Public Affairs team work tirelessly to ensure government regulations help, rather than hinder, our charitable fundraising. We are a busy department that thrives on engaging effectively with politicians and championing the work of People’s Postcode Lottery

**Your future employer**:
The Postcode Lottery Group is an international organisation with a social purpose. We set up and run lotteries to raise funds for a fairer, greener, healthier world.

Our players win prizes together with their neighbours and raise money for charity together - it’s a win-win

Postcode Lottery players have now raised over €12 billion for thousands of charities since 1989.

Every day, more than 1,500 team members in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway are helping to raise €2.3 million for charity partners.

People are at the heart of what we do. Whether it’s our team, our players or the thousands of good causes supported, our aim is to play our part in creating a fairer, more equal world. We are open to ideas and are committed to creating a culture that is inclusive, representative and celebrates diversity in everyone. But we are not perfect. We will always strive to do better - that’s just who we are.

**Join us**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid volunteer time
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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