Public Affairs Officer

Senior Public Affairs Officer

£35,000 - £40,000 + benefits

Permanent

35 hours per week (with flexible and working)

Remote (travel across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)

We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.

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 a Public Affairs Officer, you will be part of our Public Policy team and you will develop ways to maximise the external profile of the CIPD amongst important stakeholders in Scotland, NI and Wales on issues affecting the world of work. These stakeholders include policy makers, politicians, civil servants, business leaders, senior CIPD members, think tanks and other influencers.

What you’ll be doing

• Devising and implementing engagement strategies on agreed priorities in Scotland, NI and Wales, focusing on government and civil servants, as well as other influencers and stakeholders.
• Engaging key policy contacts in Scotland, NI and Wales, working with teams across the business to map, analyse and develop relationships with key policy and campaign contacts.
• Working with key CIPD stakeholders and teams to monitor and, where appropriate, respond to key policy issues in Scotland, NI and Wales and project manage written submissions.
• Working alongside the Public Policy team, provide support to Engagement leads in the UK Markets team to engage policy stakeholders in the combined authorities in England.
• Proactively spotting opportunities to promote CIPD policy and influencing in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
• Developing and maintain thorough knowledge of the CIPD’s areas of policy expertise surrounding the world of work.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Demonstrable understanding of public affairs and public policy with experience working in a similar role, some experience of running public affairs campaigns.
• Experience producing extremely well-written and engaging content for public affairs audiences, using CIPD research and other relevant external sources identified through background research.
• Campaign planning, stakeholder mapping and excellent organisational skills, plus experience of project management.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

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CIPD: valuing everyone as an individual! The CIPD define diversity as the differences in colour, ethnicity, abilities, age, gender, beliefs, interests, socioeconomic status(class), marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, geographic, academic/professional backgrounds, opinions, backgrounds, thinking, experiences, and many other personal characteristics. There is a growing body of research that shows that diverse workforce can be beneficial for decision making, innovation and problem solving as people bring a diverse range of skills and lived experiences with them. 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 and equality of outcomes in employment through recognising of how differences of age, disability, gender, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, ethnicity, colour, religion, or belief and other protected (by equalities law) and personal characteristics can advantage or disadvantage a person.

Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge you to submit an application as soon as possible.