Interim Head of External Affairs
1 day ago
About the role
We are seeking an experienced External Affairs professional to provide fixed-term cover from April to December. This is a full-time vacancy with two days a week based in our central London office.
As External Affairs Lead, you will work closely with the Director of Strategy and Policy to implement and shape our external affairs strategy in this crucial election year. You will be responsible for a small in-house team of external affairs professionals, guiding their work to enhance our external profile and reputation through strategic stakeholder engagement, horizon scanning, and intelligence sharing.
You will be a confident communicator with a strong understanding of influencing. You will be skilled at building relationships with key stakeholders, including MPs and local authorities. Your knowledge of housing policy will enable you to produce effective, evidence-based consultation responses and briefings.
Your key responsibilities will include managing environmental and horizon scanning activities, ensuring short, medium, and long-term strategic challenges are anticipated and relevant colleagues are engaged and informed. You will represent us at external events and help influence policy outcomes for social housing.
What we're looking for
We are looking for a highly self-motivated individual with the rigour to pursue goals. You will be a confident collaborator, networker, and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. You will be an excellent, engaging leader of your team.
You will be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
- Strong understanding and experience of influencing and lobbying in the British local and national political system.
- Confident collaborator and networker with excellent working relationships.
- Highly self-motivated and able to pursue goals with rigour and good judgement.
- Proven ability to 'hit the ground running' or previous experience of interim practice.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills for creating impactful reports, letters, briefings, consultation responses, and presentations.
- Confidence in delivering strategy and effective influencing.
- Leading and managing a team to deliver results and ensure strong engagement.
- Ability to deliver a varied programme of work with a range of deadlines and audiences.
- Commitment to our Behaviours.
Desirable:
- Understanding of the role of customer voice in external policy and influencing work.
- Knowledge of housing policy, particularly those areas most relevant to social landlords.
- Experience of undertaking or managing research projects that enhance business understanding of key issues.
Essential qualifications:
- Educated to Level 6 (degree or equivalent).
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