Stakeholder Executive

**BUSINESS FUNCTION**: Programmes

**GRADE**: ML1/SB1

**SALARY**: £34,060 to £40,508 per annum

**ROLE TYPE**: Hybrid

**HOURS**: 37 per week

**Is relationship building ‘Your Thing’?**
- We are looking for an excellent communicator to join the Programmes team as the Stateholder Executive, to support the delivery of Northern’s stakeholder engagement and public affairs strategy to deliver communications and develop trusted relationships with stakeholders.

Connecting millions of people and communities across the North is our mission. With 2,500 trains a day, we connect people to jobs, friends, family, and the wonders of the North.
- We're improving rail travel, enhancing the experience on board and at stations. Customers are at the heart of our business as we improve performance and create a better way to go.
- We're driving economic value and sustainable growth for the North and its people. Our commitment to the environment means reducing our impact and enhancing the world around us.
- Make a difference. Make it last. Make it yours. Make it easy. Make it happen. These are our values.
- Ready to make them yours? Join us on this journey.

**About the role**:

- As the Stakeholder Executive, you will be supporting Northern’s reputation with stakeholders by helping our teams to maintain and build strong stakeholder relationships.
- Reporting in to the Corporate Stakeholder Manager, you will be helping to create high quality stakeholder communications and briefing materials including online, print and events. You’ll also help to gather and share stakeholder insight to help with our understanding of stakeholder sentiment and priorities.
- There will be an opportunity to work from home but you will also be travelling across the Network to support our teams in local projects and to help them build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

If this sounds like your thing, we’d love to hear from you.

**Key responsibilities**:

- As the Stakeholder Executive, you can expect a role which is varied and challenging. Here is a taste of what your day-to-day activities could include:

- Writing newsletters and stakeholder bulletins or content for our website aimed at keeping stakeholders up-to-date with our work and key issues
- Analysing stakeholder and parliamentary commentary and providing briefings to our internal teams on key issues and topics to help with key messages and stakeholder plans
- Working with our Communications Team and other areas of the business to ensure that stakeholder communications are delivered as part of an integrated communications and engagement approach
- Planning and delivering stakeholder engagement events such as conferences and online briefing sessions

**About you**:

- We’re also looking for the following:

- Knowledge of national and local government structures and wider political awareness
- Self-starter with ability to work on own or as part of team
- The ability to manage multiple projects at once and bring others together to work towards a a common goal
- Strong interpersonal skills applied to managing a range of different stakeholders

**Our Benefits**:

- Because we value our people and reward hard work, we’ve created a benefits package that we think you’ll love. So, you’ll be able to make the most of:

- Opportunities to progress and grow - including comprehensive training schemes and a range of online learning courses.
- Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
- 75% discount with other Train Operating Companies - after 2 years with us, you’ll also get discounted travel on many other rail services in the UK and Europe.
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you’ll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
- Maternity and Paternity Benefits - we go above and beyond the standard, and mums can enjoy 9 months’ maternity leave on full pay while dads can make the most of 2 weeks’ paternity leave on full pay.
- Employee Assistance Programme - advice, support and useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on everything from family issues to lifestyle matters.
- Exclusive benefits with Northern Perks - enjoy retail discounts, instant vouchers, cashback, wellbeing support and much more.

You can find out more here.
- We also have Disability Confident status, which means we’re committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace._