Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Location: Bristol or London

Generous Civil Service defined benefit pension

Salary: £54,439 - £59,496 (plus London allowance of £3,566 where appropriate)

Who we are

The Office for Students (OfS) is the independent regulator of higher education in England - we regulate higher education on behalf of all students. Our mission is to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling higher education experience that enriches their life and career.

What we do

Sitting within the Strategy, Delivery and Communications (SDC) Directorate, the communications team drives the OfS's external and internal communications, including public affairs, media relations, digital publishing, stakeholder engagement, events and public information. Communications is essential for the organisation to drive progress towards our strategic goals.

What you'll do

We're looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills and a proven ability to drive stakeholder engagement to join our busy team.

Working with the Head of Stakeholder Engagement, you'll work to drive forward and co-ordinate stakeholder engagement around key strategic projects. As Stakeholder Engagement Manager, you will:

• Write briefings, speeches and talking points for a range of audiences, ranging from senior OfS staff to parliamentarians
• Work across policy, media, digital, strategic and internal communications colleagues to ensure stakeholder engagement is planned and delivered effectively
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans and advise on and implement stakeholder engagement for strategic communications plans and launches, track stakeholder engagement across OfS
• Undertake proactive political monitoring and manage timely internal updates and maintain the OfS stakeholder mapping process, ensuring it is up to date.

What you'll need

These are the skills you'll already have:

• Political acumen and interest in public affairs and the higher education landscape
• Ability to make sound judgements and give strategic advice
• Outstanding written communication skills, in particular the ability to present complex policy and technical information in a clear, accessible way tailored to specific audiences
• Strong networking and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted, effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including senior OfS leaders and parliamentarians

Benefits

• Our Total Reward Framework offers a range of benefits to suit your way of life:
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Comprehensive learning and development - we're invested in your future
• Generous Civil Service pension scheme
• Health-related benefits

Working for us

The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.

We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

To attract the widest possible field of qualified applicants, flexible working - for example job share and part time working - apply to this role.

Working arrangements

We love working flexibly because we know that it helps us all to do our best work. We've created a set of principles to shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This would usually mean working from the office for two to three days in a typical week.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 19 January 2025 at 23.55

Apply Link: Careers