Associate Director

Associate Director/Account Director 

Manchester

Permanent

Full time 37.5 hours

What we’re all about:

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to lead and deliver integrated advocacy, campaigns, and community engagement on some of the UK’s largest and most important built environment projects.

Our teams are at the heart of some of the most vital infrastructure and energy projects, helping the UK strive towards Net Zero and supporting the necessary infrastructure to drive economic, environmental, and social change. From solar and wind, to nuclear, hydrogen, utilities, roads, rail, and airports, Cavendish is operating in the sectors meeting the biggest challenges of our time.

We work alongside some of the UK’s biggest property companies, delivering best in class communications and community engagement for major residential, commercial, FMCG and logistics projects.

We are an award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised as PRCA National Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year.

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 we are looking for:

• An exceptional communications professional, with an excellent understanding of communications across local government, digital, and community engagement
• A proven ability to win new business and drive income growth
• Desired experience in advising clients on major infrastructure and energy projects with an understanding of the DCO planning process
• A proven track record in providing strategic communications advice to clients on major projects in the built environment
• Ability to develop and lead high performing teams
• A desire to take responsibility for leading complex and high-profile projects
• A desire to work at pace and deliver consistently high-quality work
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

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

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 from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.