Events Officer

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

- 239181**Salary**:

- £30,360 - £36,525- National: £30,360 - £32,275 London: £33,570 - 36,525 This role attracts a GCS Communications Allowance of £5,050**Grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- IO**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Chilton, South East England, OX11 0QR : Swindon, South West England, SN2 1SZ : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1H 0NBAbout the job

**Summary**:
**Background: The UK Space Agency**:
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and provides technical advice on the government’s space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government’s vision.

Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity’s horizons.

We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country.

Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sector’s interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes

We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.

More information about the Agency is available here

The UK Space Agency is an Executive Agency of BEIS and plays an important role in delivering the Department’s mission. To discover more please watch this film

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We have an inclusive culture to make UKSA a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

Please note that UKSA is currently undergoing a transformation programme and it is likely that some posts may be affected during this process which could lead to changes to the job description, team or line manager for this role as a result.

**Job description**:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional with diverse skills to join a dynamic team to promote the government’s vision for the UK space sector.

To support the rapidly growing interest across Government and help communicate the government’s vision for the UK space sector, the role of **Events Officer** (**External Affairs)** is to promote our activities and policies among key stakeholders and drive positive engagement and advocacy.

Through External Affairs, you will strive to raise the profile of the UK space sector and HMG’s work to deliver the National Space Strategy, encouraging participation in UKSA’s programmes and increasing investment in the UK.

You will achieve this by building trusted relationships, identifying, and sharing engaging content and listening and collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders.

You will promote a creative and insight-driven culture and through overseeing communications and engagement strategies, you will demonstrate clear and relatable communications techniques.

Led by the Agency’s Strategy Directorate within the Communications and Engagement team, the role is fundamental to raising awareness of our policies among the sector, while enhancing the Agency’s reputation.

This fantastic role would suit a confident self-starter with expertise in external affairs and wider communications, who is skilled in building excellent relationships and experienced in advising senior leaders.

**Responsibilities**:

- Shaping a strategy for UK Space Agency events, identifying priority platforms to help address the Agency’s goals and the right audiences to help achieve them.
- Coordinating UKSA’s involvement in events by providing expert advice to UK Space Agency colleagues and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
- Building close working relationships with key external stakeholders to share