External Affairs Lead and Stakeholder Engagement Manager
1 day ago
Overview of UK Research and Innovation
We are a non-departmental public body responsible for allocating funding for research and innovation in the UK. Our mission is to ensure that UK research and innovation delivers economic growth, improves lives, and drives environmental sustainability.
Salary: £54,043 per annum
About the Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to join our External Affairs team as an External Affairs Lead and Stakeholder Engagement Manager. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering engagement strategies that build understanding and trust with the communities we fund and work with.
In this role, you will lead on building awareness and advocacy for UK Research and Innovation among external audiences. This includes identifying key collaborators across government and the wider civil service network, and delivering a campaign of engagement to raise awareness and understanding of our organisation as a delivery partner for publicly funded research and innovation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver engagement activity to progress corporate policy priorities.
About You:
To succeed in this role, you will need to have a high level of understanding of how Westminster and Whitehall work. Recent experience of working in or closely with Government and/or policy makers is also essential. You will need to demonstrate credibility with relevant external communities, based on public affairs or other stakeholder management experience from government, industry, education, or the third sector.
You will be able to work collaboratively across teams, councils, and communities, and possess demonstrable emotional intelligence and tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty.
Benefits:
- An excellent defined benefit pension scheme.
- 30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent).
- Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities.
- Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice.
- Flexible working options.
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