Senior Public Affairs Officer - London, United Kingdom - cipd

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Senior Public Affairs Officer

Circa £32,000 + benefits

12 month fixed term contract

35 hours per week

Wimbledon (with hybrid & flexible working)
We're the CIPD — the professional body for HR and people development.

We are the voice of a worldwide community of nearly 160,000 members committed to championing better work and working lives.

We've been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years, helping members build their professional expertise and organisations build their HR and leadership capability.

There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us.

We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days' holiday with an option to buy and sell days, £125 personal development allowance, access to an award-winning pension scheme and a commitment to wellbeing including a cashback health scheme.


The role


As Senior Public Affairs Officer you will work as part of the CIPD Public Affairs team alongside the CIPD Public Policy team and colleagues internally to develop ways to maximize the external profile of the CIPD amongst important stakeholders in the world of work, including policy makers, politicians, civil servants, business leaders, senior CIPD members, think tanks and other influencers.


What you'll be doing

  • Supporting the delivery of our overall public affairs and stakeholder engagement strategy
  • Advocacy of the CIPD and HR/L&D profession to policy makers, politicians, civil servants and other audiences to influence wider debate around the world of work and to support better work and working lives
  • Working with colleagues to amplify CIPD's voice on key public policy issues and helping to formulate policy campaigns in line with strategic objectives
  • Daily political horizonscanning and parliamentary monitoring, identifying and tracking public policy developments to ensure CIPD capitalize on opportunities to further our public policy goals
  • Managing consultation and parliamentary inquiry responses with relevant policy advisers and seeking input from our members
  • Managing relationships with key member and employer stakeholder contacts to involve in collaborative policy and public affairs activities
  • This role will require occasional travel to events in the UK parliament with occasional travel to events or meetings outside of London.

What you'll need to be successful

  • Demonstrable experience and understanding of the public policy arena, preferably with some experience of developing public affairs campaigns
  • Experience of working in Whitehall or Westminster, in a political or parliamentary environment or in a public affairs role.
  • An interest and knowledge of current affairs, demonstrable political judgement and an understanding of how to engage with and influence policy
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to produce engaging content for public affairs audiences, using CIPD research and other relevant external sources.
  • An understanding of campaign planning, stakeholder mapping and best practice in engaging with key political and policy stakeholders
  • Excellent organisational skills and an ability to work to tight deadlines when needed

If this role describes you and your career aspirations, then click APPLY.




CIPD:
valuing everyone as an individual


The CIPD define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value all our employees, customers and clients as people.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where their talents are fully utilised and organisational and personal goals are met.


We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.


Job Type:
Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months


Salary:
£32,000.00-£34,000.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • London, SW19: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in London, SW19

Application deadline: 20/08/2023
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