Communications and External Affairs Manager

ROLE TITLE: Communications and External Affairs Manager   (Inside IR35) 

Contract Term: Until January 2024

Contracting Authority: The Home Office

Location: Hybrid- 2 days in the office which can either be London or Bristol and the remainder working from home

We are currently recruiting for an upcoming opportunity for a Communications and External Affairs Manager on behalf of our client the Home Office.

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.

As a Communications and External Affairs Manager your main responsibilities would be: 

• Manage the profile and reputation of ESN with government, Ministers, parliament, MPs and local and devolved administrations.
• Seek opportunities to engage and communicate with the above and non-statutory bodies and third parties with an interest in ESN; identify potential advocates.
• Build capability to inform strategic planning and engagement and undertake strategic stakeholder mapping, segmentation and prioritisation to establish a programme-wide perspective.
• With parliamentary senior manager develop and maintain a forward planning and tracking tool to provide a programme-wide view of stakeholder engagement and activity.
• Press office liaison including drafting lines to take media and socials monitoring for ESN or stakeholder-related interest.
• Draft communications to support engagement, including for Ministers; apply plain English rules; ensure consistency in messaging.
• Stakeholder engagement for the Programme’s mast-building programme and manage interests of ESN and the Programme.
• Work closely with parliamentary, briefing and correspondence senior manager to share insights and ensure a joined-up approach and with communications colleagues and programme leads to identify and support live and emerging issues.

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• A leading role in External Affairs Proven written and oral communication skills for different audiences
• Working with ministers
• Good understand of government
• Telecommunications experience is essential
• Good understanding of technology and infrastructure is essential
• Supplier relationships

Essential Requirements

• SC/CTC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role

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

In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

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