Political, Associate Consultant

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom Teneo Full time

**Political, Associate Consultant**

As an Associate Consultant in Teneo’s Political & Regulatory team you'll have a passion for politics and public policy, with at least a year’s demonstrable experience from Westminster, Whitehall, political parties, think tanks, businesses or campaigning organisations.

As part of Teneo, you’d work with integrated teams of specialists drawn from across our Strategy & Communications practice (including financial communications and campaigning), as well as colleagues from our management consulting and restructuring divisions. You’d work into and learn from our Consultants, Senior Consultants and Associate Directors.

Teneo is a stimulating, stretching and dynamic place to work. We provide opportunities for rapid progression, a high degree of responsibility and significant ambition for growth for our business and our people.

**Political Consulting at Teneo**

Political & Regulatory advisory is a central element of our offer to C-Suite clients. Our work encompasses public affairs and political campaigning; public policy influencing and advisory; and regulatory capabilities.

Reputational and political risk is one of the pre-eminent concerns of every board in Britain today. We help business leaders position themselves for success during times of opportunity, change and crisis.

We help clients navigate political uncertainty, engage constructively and productively with political stakeholders, and achieve business objectives by shaping a positive (or benign) political, policy and regulatory environment in the UK.

Our work includes advising senior clients on political and regulatory developments; helping clients to shape and respond to government policy proposals; developing communication strategies that showcase client best practice; supporting clients to communicate their positions to political stakeholders; identifying and tracking risks; commissioning original research on client areas of interest.

**Key attributes**
- Build good client relationships and provide strong coordination for client work and teams
- Stay well informed, with a passion for politics, policy and current affairs generally, and sharing knowledge with teams and clients
- Offer credible and relevant client counsel and advice, drawing from understanding of the client’s business model
- Understand the importance of managing deadlines and proactively communicate about progress against them, including upward management where required
- Reliable and responsive with a positive attitude and willingness to get involved without waiting to be asked
- Contribute to the team’s connectivity and insight by developing own external network within the political and policy sphere
- Identifying opportunities for new business and organic growth for existing clients
- Develop relationships with colleagues in London and around the world
- A positive, flexible and ambitious team player

**Skills and Experience**
- At least 12 months of experience in a political or policy role, or a communications role in a highly regulated sector with significant political or policy aspects to it
- Degree in Politics or related discipline
- Experience generating high quality political or communications research and analysis - including recommendations for action
- Desirable: Experience of policy development via experience with a think tank, civil service, a party political role, or in-house
- Excellent oral and written communications skills, tailoring style of communication to the intended audience
- Appetite to build their own skills and knowledge
- Enthusiasm about creativity and campaigning, including working with and across different communications disciplines to deliver maximum impact
- Proactively seek and develop new and better ways of delivering client work

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- 28 days holiday
- Discretionary bonus
- Annual salary review
- Pension (company contribution: 5% of annual salary)
- Extensive investment in personal development & learning
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
- Private medical insurance
- Group Income protection
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work schemes
- Season ticket loans
- Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

**About Teneo**

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and



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