HEAD OF POLICY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £60,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Creative UK |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We are looking for an experienced professional with an extremely strong public affairs, policy and research background – who is imaginative, innovative and bold, who can communicate complex ideas accurately, succinctly and clearly, and who can be persuasive. We have been able to grow an authentic voice which represents, promotes, and enhances the interests of the UK’s world-leading creative sector through high-profile public campaigning and representations to the UK Government and a wide range of national and regional governmental bodies on policy solutions.
The ideal successful candidate has a strong track record as a senior policy and public affairs practitioner with measurable evidence in positively influencing change in UK Government policy, ideally across the cultural and creative industries. You will have an established network, strong communications skills and the ability to take the lead in managing complex issues and external relationships. This postholder will lead the design of effective policy solutions with and for Creative UK’s membership across a range of cross-cutting areas.
LOCATION: Central London, MIN 2 days per week working from the Creative UK workspace.
STARTING SALARY: UP TO £60,000 + benefits including pension, private medical and life assurance
CONTRACT: Permanent
TO APPLY: Email your CV, cover letter and/or 1-2-minute video link* to jobs@wearecreative.uk by 10th May 2024 midday. Please complete our anonymous diversity and inclusion survey. First round interviews will take place virtually on 29th May 2024, second round interviews on 6th June in person London, immediate appointment preferred.
Please note we are not able to consider candidates based outside of the UK. Previous applicants need not apply, no agencies please
* Video link optional. Creative UK is an inclusive recruiter and happy to make adjustments to our selection process by request
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing
Required Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- Policy: demonstrably experienced in a public policy environment, with first-hand experience in the cultural and creative industries
- Convenor and influencer: the ability to command credibility in convening and leading policy discussions with political and policy stakeholders and Creative UK members
- Connected: holding strong working relationships with existing contacts across the policy landscape including Westminster and Whitehall
- Excellent interpersonal skills; an ability to deal with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Knowledge and understanding: across UK Government and devolved administrations policy (EU policy desirable), the cultural and creative industries and wider UK trade bodies.
- Tact and diplomacy: Ability to develop strong working partnerships, including navigating sensitive and challenging discussion to positive outcomes
- Driven and forward thinking: Autonomous working with excellent organisation skills
- Curiosity and strategic thinking: the ability to analyse and solve complex problems
- Systems and data: Office365 & Hubspot Customer Relationship Management (desirable), experience of research and evaluation including interpreting quantitative and qualitative data
- Equality Diversity and Inclusion: A strong commitment to equal opportunities and diversity reflected in positive action
Key performance indicators (KPI)s
This role will be central to achieving:
• Significant contribution to income and in-kind partnerships for policy, research and advocacy
• Highly impactful stakeholder engagement
• Policy solutions adopted
For a full job description, please refer to: https://www.wearecreative.uk/about/jobs/
The ideal successful candidate has a strong track record as a senior policy and public affairs practitioner with measurable evidence in positively influencing change in UK Government policy, ideally across the cultural and creative industries. You will have an established network, strong communications skills and the ability to take the lead in managing complex issues and external relationships. This postholder will lead the design of effective policy solutions with and for Creative UK’s membership across a range of cross-cutting areas.
LOCATION: Central London, MIN 2 days per week working from the Creative UK workspace.
STARTING SALARY: UP TO £60,000 + benefits including pension, private medical and life assurance
CONTRACT: Permanent
TO APPLY: Email your CV, cover letter and/or 1-2-minute video link* to jobs@wearecreative.uk by 10th May 2024 midday. Please complete our anonymous diversity and inclusion survey. First round interviews will take place virtually on 29th May 2024, second round interviews on 6th June in person London, immediate appointment preferred.
Please note we are not able to consider candidates based outside of the UK. Previous applicants need not apply, no agencies please
* Video link optional. Creative UK is an inclusive recruiter and happy to make adjustments to our selection process by request
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing
Required Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- Policy: demonstrably experienced in a public policy environment, with first-hand experience in the cultural and creative industries
- Convenor and influencer: the ability to command credibility in convening and leading policy discussions with political and policy stakeholders and Creative UK members
- Connected: holding strong working relationships with existing contacts across the policy landscape including Westminster and Whitehall
- Excellent interpersonal skills; an ability to deal with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Knowledge and understanding: across UK Government and devolved administrations policy (EU policy desirable), the cultural and creative industries and wider UK trade bodies.
- Tact and diplomacy: Ability to develop strong working partnerships, including navigating sensitive and challenging discussion to positive outcomes
- Driven and forward thinking: Autonomous working with excellent organisation skills
- Curiosity and strategic thinking: the ability to analyse and solve complex problems
- Systems and data: Office365 & Hubspot Customer Relationship Management (desirable), experience of research and evaluation including interpreting quantitative and qualitative data
- Equality Diversity and Inclusion: A strong commitment to equal opportunities and diversity reflected in positive action
Key performance indicators (KPI)s
This role will be central to achieving:
• Significant contribution to income and in-kind partnerships for policy, research and advocacy
• Highly impactful stakeholder engagement
• Policy solutions adopted
For a full job description, please refer to: https://www.wearecreative.uk/about/jobs/