Head of Stakeholder Engagement

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 374284**Salary**:

- £63,386 - £69,444- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- .**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford Filton Abbey Wood BRISTOL - Sanctuary Buildings 20 Great Smith Street LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Head of Stakeholder Engagement**

**Bristol or London**

**£63,386 - £69,444 Plus generous Civil Service defined benefit pension and London weighting if applicable**

The Office for Students is the independent regulator of higher education in England. We aim to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers. We’re looking for skilled, committed people who care about students and their experience of higher education.

We’re proud of our people, our culture and the benefits we offer. We care about supporting and developing our staff, working together to achieve more than each of us can do alone, and we want to create a welcoming and engaging working environment which is free from discrimination.

Join us and you’ll be part of an energetic, forward-looking organisation with high ambitions and big opportunities for our people.

**Job description**:
**About the job**

The OfS is at a pivotal time in its evolution as a regulator, and good communications and engagement is critical to its success. The Head of Stakeholder Engagement will be responsible for driving a range of stakeholder engagement work, and ensuring the OfS has the right relationships in place to help it achieve its strategic goals in the interests of students.

**Person specification**:
**About you**

You will be responsible for driving forward the OfS’s stakeholder engagement strategy and managing key stakeholder relationships, notably key sector groups, parliamentarians and policymakers.

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You will maintain and further develop our relationships with sector groups and representatives, lead our parliamentary and political engagement and increase visibility of OfS work and expertise across higher education, parliament and government.

You will have political acumen, excellent networking and influencing skills, and the ability to exercise good judgement under pressure.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £63,386, Office for Students contributes £18,362 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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**Selection process details**:
**Working for us**

The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
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- The Recruitment TeamTelephone:
- 0117 931 7444Recruitment team- **Further information**:

- Careers - Office for Students