Engagement Business Lead

The Pensions Regulator; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Inclusive environment

Hybrid working

Employee networks

Job summary

The Pensions Regulator is seeking an Engagement Business Lead in Brighton, hybrid with in-office presence. You will lead stakeholder engagement, shaping engagement with the pensions industry to deliver outcomes for savers and influence policy in a changing regulatory landscape.

You will manage a specialist team, work across Marketing and Engagement, Public Affairs and the wider organisation, and ensure insight informs strategic decision making during significant reform.

Qualifications

• Significant senior-level experience in corporate stakeholder engagement within a complex, high-stakes environment.
• Experience of working with very senior stakeholders and collaborating within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to influence, challenge constructively and negotiate priorities and trade-offs.
• Leadership experience with the judgement to provide direction and clarity through ambiguity and change.
• Ability to understand and navigate complex organisational, regulatory or reform environments.
• Experience of translating organisational objectives into clear engagement strategies and delivery plans.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to tailor messages for different audiences and explain complex issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead our stakeholder engagement function and ensure activity aligns with strategic priorities.
• Shape how we engage with the pensions industry during reform and change.
• Build relationships across the market and inform decision-making with stakeholder insight.
• Oversee a specialist team and deliver engagement strategies that improve saver outcomes.

Skills

Senior stakeholder engagement

Leadership & people management

Influence & negotiation

Stakeholder engagement strategy

Job description

Role title: Engagement Business Lead

TPR grade & pay group: Core – Grade 5

Directorate: Market Oversight

Salary: £75,099 Per Annum

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton/hybrid 6 days per month in the office

The Role and Responsibilities

As Engagement Lead, you will play a key role in helping The Pensions Regulator deliver its corporate strategy and support a pensions system that is resilient, sustainable and focused on member outcomes. Working closely with colleagues across Marketing and Engagement, Public Affairs and the wider organisation, you will shape how we engage with the pensions industry at a time of significant reform and change. You will lead our stakeholder engagement function, ensuring engagement activity is focused on the areas where it can make the greatest difference and supports TPR's strategic priorities. The role brings together stakeholder engagement, communications and insight, creating opportunities for meaningful dialogue with industry partners and helping us better understand the needs and perspectives of our audiences. Through leadership of a specialist team, you will build strong relationships across the market, develop effective engagement approaches and ensure stakeholder insight informs decision-making. Your work will contribute directly to improved outcomes for pension savers and help shape how TPR works with the industry to deliver positive change.

This Role Is Ideal For Someone Who

• Enjoys building productive relationships and bringing people together around shared goals.
• Is motivated by contributing to positive outcomes for pension savers and the wider pensions landscape.
• Likes working collaboratively across different teams, disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Values using evidence, insight and feedback to improve decision-making and delivery.
• Enjoys leading others, developing capability and creating clarity during periods of change.

The Role Criteria

• Significant senior-level experience in corporate stakeholder engagement within a complex, high-stakes environment.
• Experience of working with very senior stakeholders and collaborating within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to influence, challenge constructively and negotiate priorities and trade-offs.
• Leadership experience with the judgement to provide direction and clarity through ambiguity and change.
• Ability to understand and navigate complex organisational, regulatory or reform environments.
• Experience of translating organisational objectives into clear engagement strategies and delivery plans.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to tailor messages for different audiences and explain complex issues clearly.
• Ability to build alignment and effective working relationships with senior stakeholders, including where there is no direct reporting relationship

The Team

The Marketing & Engagement team plays a central role in helping The Pensions Regulator achieve its strategic objectives through integrated communications, stakeholder engagement, audience insight and behaviourally informed campaigns. Bringing together specialists across communications, engagement, planning, content, marketing, digital channels and insight, and working to deliver TPR’s cross-cutting strategic priorities, we work as one team to ensure our activity is audience-led, evidence-based and focused on delivering impact.

TPR Offers

• Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
• A values-led, inclusive environment.
• Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
• A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Mental Health, Women’s).

Reward And Benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Our Culture

TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment. Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section. We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Please note that TPR is unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must already hold Right to Work in the UK for the duration of their employment. For more information on Right to Work, please visit Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK.