Associate Director

Associate Director 
Leeds 

Permanent.  

Full time 37.5 hours. 

What we’re all about: 

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised as PRCA National Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year.? 

Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.?? 

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.? 

What you will get from us: 

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including: 

• A flexible, hybrid working model.? 

• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry?? 

• Industry leading allocation of paid time off?? 

• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices? 

• Private Medical Insurance? 

• Regular social and teambuilding events? 

• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity.?? 

What we are looking for: 

• A hunger to grow and shape your own team. 

• A proven ability to win new business and drive income growth. 

• A desire to work at pace, learn by osmosis from industry experts, and deliver consistently high-quality work.  

• An interest in current affairs and understanding of how local government works.  

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills  

• A creative mindset 

What you’ll need to do: 

• A senior business manager taking responsibility for its growth and development. Assisting the Director/BU Head with a number of key responsibilities; 

• Maintaining and growing a valuable portfolio of profitable and satisfied clients 

• Developing, leading and creating high performing teams 

• Securing the office’s future income through successful new business 

• Assisting in business planning and innovation to keep Cavendish at the forefront of the industry 

• Oversee the delivery of high-quality work for our clients 

• Represent Cavendish at senior level meetings with clients, stakeholders and business networks Design and implement proactive marketing campaigns for lead generation. 

? Equal Opportunities? 

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of 
qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.  

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.