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Salary?Circa £50,000 - £55,000? per annum
??Full time/37 hrs a week/12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: ?Huntingdon & Home Working?
??Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be Lancaster House in Huntingdon. The nature of the role also means there will be frequent travel to London. ?
??Make every drop of your potential count. Join our team!?
??We have an exciting opportunity for a Public Affairs Manager to join the Anglian Water team on a Fixed term contract for 12 months starting in May 2024.
You will be managing the day-to-day delivery of the Public Affairs Strategy through cultivating relationships with key stakeholders to ensure the delivery of Anglian Water's policy influencing objectives. ?
As a valued employee you'll be entitled to:
??-Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
-Personal private health care
-Annual bonus scheme
-26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
-Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary
-Life Cover at 8x your salary
-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme
-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks
What you'll be doing:
??- Manage the delivery Anglian Water's Public Affairs strategy in parliament and policy-making circles, such as MPs, Government departments, all-party parliamentary groups, government policy forums and through think tanks and membership organisations we sponsor.
- Act as a company spokesperson to advocate for key policy messages with MPs, and other decision makers.
- Lead delivery of AW's external engagement programme of hosted or 3rd party conferences, briefing sessions and political conferences.
- Identify and secure influential speaking opportunities for business leaders and board members, ensuring individuals are fully briefed and equipped for each event
- Manage relationships with key political stakeholders and political intelligence gathering agencies to ensure the business receives accurate, relevant and timely public policy, legislative and political affairs information.
- Lead and maintain relationships with key stakeholders working on similar policy issues to us.
- Advise key project teams on our political activities to ensure messaging and communications are aligned with public policy priorities, maximising the chances of campaign success.
- Manage on-going relationships with 3rd party agencies and ensure our contracts remain fit-for-purpose and value for money.
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What does it take to be successful?
??- Highly experienced Public Affairs professional with knowledge in current affairs, politics and the parliamentary process gained through a variety of specialist roles
- Ability to write in a clear and concise manner
- Ability to communicate complex political and policy messages clearly and easily to a range of senior audiences
- Knowledge of the water sector, economic development and the environment including climate change
- Ability to engage with people at all levels including senior managers and key external senior stakeholders, and to win their respect
- Well organised approach to work with a very strong attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and adapt to changing political landscape and (sometimes very tight) deadlines
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Inclusion at Anglian Water:
??Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network. ?
Closing date: ?07/02/2024?
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