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Salary A unique position is now available to work jointly across the techUK Telecoms and Climate Programmes, to look at how to deliver digital infrastructure rollout, as well as accelerate the adoption of ‘clean tech’.
techUK Overview
techUK is the trade association for the UK tech sector with over 1000 members. techUK creates a network for innovation and collaboration across business, government and stakeholders to provide a better future for people, society, the economy and the planet. Our main job is to help members understand emerging trends in the tech sector, represent their views to government and policy makers and to help them understand and overcome their challenges.
How does techUK work?
techUK is member led, with firms of all shapes and sizes setting our priorities. We divide our work into 20+ ‘programmes’, which range from specific use cases or markets for tech (such as healthcare, financial services, energy, and public sector), technologies themselves (AI, cyber, telecoms) through to broad themes like international trade, sustainability, and policy.
Overview of techUK’s Telecoms and Net Zero Programmes
Communications Infrastructure and Services
The Programme convenes the widest cross-section of the telecoms ecosystem in the UK, from major operators and platforms, to vendors, infrastructure builders and service providers. Our members are the collective voice for telecoms policy for the UK, and we seek to maximise the benefits of advanced connectivity in our economy and society, explore the future of Telecoms and the innovation shaping this critical infrastructure, and maintain confidence in the security and resilience of our networks.
techUK Climate, Environment and Sustainability Programme
The techUK Climate, Environment and Sustainability Programme exists to help the tech sector become more sustainable, and to help other sectors become more sustainable through the use of digital technology. Alongside our energy and infrastructure programme, we focus on the deployment of digital tech and seeks to identify/remove barriers to digitalisation in key sectors and systems such as energy, water, transport, and other heavy emitting sectors.
Role purpose
This role is split 50/50 between our Telecoms Programme and our Climate, Environment and Sustainability Programme.
Telecoms: Communications Infrastructure (50% of the time)
- Lead on telecoms infrastructure deployment and uptake. The role includes policy and regulatory development that aims to remove barriers to rollout and supports innovation opportunities, as well as market engagement. Works in collaboration with our Nations and Regions Programme.
- Stakeholder management with central and local government on telecoms infrastructure deployment and uptake.
- Horizon scanning key priority areas for telecoms infrastructure, including energy efficiency and climate resilience of networks, along with future innovation such as AI adoption.
Net zero and infrastructure (50% of the time)
- Support our work on climate policy, including how the tech sector is impacted by climate regulations and how policy and regulation can best help the UK benefit from digital technologies.
- Lead work on key pillars for a Net Zero economy; including the intersection between digital and green skills and Net Zero infrastructure (such as EV infrastructure), including power generation, transport, buildings, and industries that make up more than 60% of GHG emissions.
- Lead project on the use of digital tech to decarbonise heavy emitting sectors.
- Support the Climate Council focuses on green digital skills, resilience and adaptation to climate risk and the development of a Net Zero plan for the tech sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Convene member meetings and keeping them informed (in writing and in calls/webinars/workshops) of important government and policy announcements.
- Write reports, briefings and articles for external consumption on both programme policy areas.
- Providing secretariat support to working groups and cross-industry fora. This includes managing records of meetings, blog writing, database management and receiving and handling inbound queries from members and stakeholders.
- Leading on the response to government/parliamentary/regulator consultations and holding member roundtables with stakeholders to ensure members are heard on policy debates.
- Represent techUK and members at government and regulatory meetings and deputise for other techUK staff at external events.
- Inputting into wider techUK work (for example on international trade, skills, digital policy) across digital infrastructure and Net Zero.
- Supporting the recruitment and retention of members.
- Supporting the design and execution of campaigns /thought leadership.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Core Competencies
- This is an inherently collaborative role that sits across multiple programmes so would suit someone who is used to working flexibly across teams, securing buy-in and managing projects and relationships across different internal stakeholders.
- Self-starting and someone comfortable with raising their profile across the industry, Whitehall, and Parliament.
- A quick learner who can pick up and understand deeply complex policy and regulatory areas and make them understood by lay audiences.
- The ability to identify the key points in policy discussions and able to find ‘the angle’ when engaging external audiences.
- An individual with the confidence and experience in dealing with senior stakeholders in large businesses and stakeholders.
- Highly organised and effective manager of projects.
- A great communicator and consensus builder.
Essential Knowledge and Experience
- External / public affairs experience, ideally in tech, telecoms or infrastructure sectors such as energy, water, transport.
- An understanding of how politics and business inter-relate, and how policy can be shaped via trade associations.
- Experience in dealing with regulators and policy makers.
- Experience in managing events, meetings, and can help deliver external communications.
- Experience in writing high-impact reports and written communications to support public affairs and regulatory campaigns.
Desirable Knowledge and Experience
- Previous experience of influencing key policy areas impacting digital infrastructure members (broadband/mobile rollout, the energy transition, Net Zero, critical infrastructure).
- Experience in convening high profile meetings and managing high level stakeholders from private and public sector.
- An interest and passion for tech and telecoms.
- Experience in working in a trade association or public affairs agency or similar.
- Experience in public speaking and Networking with external stakeholders.
- Ability to use the tools and technologies techUK provides; including but not limited to Microsoft Office 365, CRM, mobile and home working software, web tools and social media.
- Business development experience.
Additional Information
This is a full time role based out of techUK’s London offices, however techUK operates a flexible working policy.
This role profile is a guide to the work that is required but does not form part of any contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.
The successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK prior to the commencement of employment.
The salary range for this role is £32,000-£44,000 per annum based upon experience plus discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits.
About techUK
techUK is a membership organisation that brings together people, companies and organisations to realise the positive outcomes of what digital technology can achieve in collaboration with our sister company TechSkills.org. We collaborate across business, government and stakeholders to fulfil the potential of technology to deliver a stronger society and more sustainable future. By providing expertise and insight, we support our members, partners and stakeholders as they prepare the UK for what comes next in a constantly changing world.
Department
Market Programmes
Employment Type
Permanent - Full Time
Location
London
Workplace type
Hybrid
Compensation
£32,000 - £44,000 / year
