Head of Public Affairs

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional membership body in London is seeking a Head of Public Affairs to drive stakeholder engagement and promote quality management's value. The role involves strategic planning, managing external relationships, and influencing public policy to support the Association's mission and objectives, with a competitive salary up to £60,000 and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• A strong and dynamic external affairs professional with a track record of successfully shaping communications.
• Proven track record of building and managing stakeholder networks across government and industry.
• Ideally well-connected and credible in public affairs.

Responsibilities

• Support the management team to plan external affairs strategy.
• Manage external environmental scanning process and deliver annual Council Meeting.
• Write compelling content tailored to specific stakeholders.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

External affairs

Relationship building

Job description

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Membership Bespoke

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Head of Public Affairs

Professional Membership Body

London Hybrid Working

Basic Salary Up to £60,000 dependant on experience plus excellent benefits

Full Time, Permanent

Our client a well-recognised professional membership body with over 20,000 members worldwide is currently seeking to appoint a Head of Public Affairs

The Key Responsibilities

The Head of Public Affairs is a new role designed to support the planning and delivery of the Membership Associations outreach to stakeholders of the quality profession and promote the social and commercial value of good quality management. This role is key to delivering our mission and strategy by developing relationships with allied quality bodies, industry bodies and allied professions, and influencing quality elements of industrial and public policy. The role is key to underlining core messages of the competitive value of good operational governance, assurance and improvement for organisations, sectors and economy.

Responsibilities

Planning:

Support the management team to plan the external affairs strategy to build our reputation and influence amongst target audiences, including decision-makers in government, employers, trade bodies, educational institutions, allied quality bodies and professional bodies.

Plan relevant elements of our sustainability strategy, especially supporting developing economies.

Delivery:

Manage our external environmental scanning process.

Deliver and follow up on the annual Council Meeting with CEO, Board Chair and Council Chair.

Lead our policy and external affairs plans to deliver objectives.

Develop and manage external relationships (quality bodies, industry bodies, partner bodies, associate partners, Council stakeholder members).

Write compelling content tailored to relevant objectives and stakeholders.

Act for the Membership Association at relevant industry, professional and quality infrastructure events and forum.

Provide briefing materials for our staff and volunteers involved in external representation.

Commission research in support of external affairs plans as required.

Monitoring

Advise CEO and senior management team on external environmental factors relevant to the Membership Association, quality management and the quality profession and identify opportunities and recommend responses.

Monitor and report on progress with external affairs and objectives, lesson learned and recommend future plans.

Candidate Profile

A strong understanding and commitment to our values, and the visions.

A strong and dynamic external affairs professional with a track record of successfully shaping and implementing compelling communications and external affairs.

Proven track record of building and managing stakeholder networks across government, education industry and industry.

A strong collaborator with a team-oriented, low ego and flexible approach, and capable of working and solving problems with a broad range of individuals

Ideally, well-connected and credible, able to build & strengthen strategic relationships with our policy and public affairs network.

To apply to this role please send your CV.

Due to the volume of applications we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 10 working days please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.