Senior External Affairs Manager

Senior External Affairs Manager

Contract Term: 6 Months     

Contracting Authority: The Home Office

Location: Hybrid - London

The first duty of Government is to protect the public. Since 1782, the Home Office has led work to keep the country safe from those who seek to do it harm; in doing so, we make a vital contribution to HM Government’s plan for a stronger, fairer, outward-looking and united Britain.

The Home Office covers three systems: Homeland Security, Public Safety and Borders, and Immigration and Citizenship. These systems work collaboratively to deliver our cross-cutting priorities, whilst providing increasingly efficient and secure services for the public. These are difficult areas that can rapidly change in the global environment we work in – this makes us one of the most exciting and stimulating government departments in which to work.

The Emergency Services Mobile Communication Programme is tasked with delivering the new critical communications system for Britain’s emergency services, known as the Emergency Services Network or ESN.   We require an SEO to lead and manage day to day parliamentary, correspondence and briefing arm and manage growing work volumes in this area to cover six months maternity leave. This is a critical role and will involve responsibility for core and parliamentary briefing requirements e.g., select committees and Ministerial correspondence. This role will involve working at the heart of a large complex programme and across a range of specialisms including engineering and telecommunications as well as civil servants, the emergency services, and delivery partners. 

As a Senior External Affairs manager your main responsibilities would be: 

• Act as first point of contact on day-to-day management of activities across the portfolio
• Establish and maintain a portal for the programme’s parliamentary, briefing and correspondence and other relevant items, using Microsoft applications
• Manage and maintain the programme’s core brief and keep it up to date
• Work with programme leads to draft programme’s Ministerial and official correspondence Lead on the programme’s briefing requirement for the PAC and HASC select committees
• Ensure correct processes are followed for Orals, WMS and PQs and co-ordinate Co-ordinate FOIs into the programme and ensure correct processes are followed
• Work with programme leads to draft briefing, facts and figures in response to official requests
• Advise programme colleagues and leaders on correct processes and timelines for parliamentary correspondence and briefing and maintain a smooth and timely service

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role
• Highly organised, able to prioritise, work to deadlines
• Working understanding of parliamentary processes including PQs, WMS, select committees official briefing and Ministerial correspondence
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to grasp complex information and convey it in clear, accessible English
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work with and influence diverse teams
• Confident user of Microsoft applications

If this Senior External Affairs Manager role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply and get in touch with claire.warner@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

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Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.