Policy & Public Affairs Officer

National Residential Landlords Association - NRLA; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Annual leave 25–28 days plus birthday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health plan and EAP

Sick pay

Cycle loans and travel loans

NRLA membership

Bonus scheme (non-contractual)

Enhanced parental pay

Résumé du poste

NRLA is the UK's largest membership organisation for private residential landlords, supporting over 100,000 members across England and Wales. The role focuses on delivering policy and public affairs strategy, building relationships with government stakeholders, and promoting the NRLA's vision for a responsible private rented sector.

The post involves briefing senior managers, coordinating policy projects, and working with external agencies to shape NRLA’s influence in Parliament and at regional

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical and able to interpret diverse information.
• Numerate and data friendly.
• IT literate: Microsoft Office, internet and email.

Responsabilités

• Develops policy to support a responsible private rented sector.
• Lead on policy areas; brief senior managers as required.
• Manage projects from initiation to evaluation; report on progress.
• Horizon scan policy developments and alert senior staff with insights.
• Draft consultation responses, discussion papers and reports.
• Collaborate with communications on policy content.

Connaissances

Written and verbal communication

Analytical thinking

Numeracy

IT literacy

Formation

Politics/public policy degree or equivalent experience

Outils

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

The UK's largest membership organisation for private residential landlords, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) supports and represents more than 100,000 members across England and Wales.

The NRLA is a trusted ally, on hand to guide members through the complex regulatory environment, with all the essential documents and guidance needed to run a successful and fully compliant business.

A truly member-first organisation, innovation is at the heart of what we do and have invested in and developed new proptech solutions for members, including the acquisition of property safety certification firm Safe2 and the development of property management system Portfolio.

The NRLA package:

25 days annual leave increasing to 26 days with three years’ service, 27 days with five years’ service and 28 days with seven years’ service

Additional annual day off for your birthday

Salary exchange Pension scheme

Life assurance

Cash plan health and wellbeing benefit including Employee Assistance Programme and counselling service

Sick pay

Cycle purchase loans, season tickets loans and interest free staff loans

Complimentary NRLA membership

Non contractual annual performance-related bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Main Purpose And Scope Of Job:

• To contribute to and deliver the NRLA’s policy and public affairs strategy and objectives.
• To develop impactful policy which will support a responsible private rented sector.
• To build and maintain relationships with key national and devolved government stakeholders and relevant sector organisations to advocate for NRLA’s vision and mission.

Duties & Key Responsibilities

Develop policies which support a responsible private rented sector:

• Support the development and implementation of the NRLA policy and public affairs strategy, ensuring our work represents, supports and leads NRLA members.
• As agreed with line manager, lead on specific policy areas internally and externally, including briefing senior managers as required.
• Lead on projects as agreed with line manager, from initiation to evaluation. This includes project managing and reporting.
• Horizon scan and keep up to date with policy and legislative developments, proactively identifying opportunities to further our objectives, and updating senior staff and the wider team on intelligence as appropriate.
• Draft consultation responses, discussion papers, reports and other policy-related materials, making use of the NRLA’s research and other resources.
• Work with communications colleagues to provide support on policy and public affairs-related content.

Promote the NRLA’s work through:

• Engage with political stakeholders to promote the NRLA’s policy objectives, including providing written and verbal briefings.

Engagement with political and sector stakeholders:

• Build and sustain productive working relationships with a range of government and sector stakeholders. This will include seeking to collaborate and build consensus with sector stakeholders, and ensuring the NRLA is meeting regularly with key stakeholders.
• Work together with the NRLA’s external agencies and consultants.
• Support the organisation of any political or parliamentary events, including briefings, report launches, engagement at party conferences.
• Attend any relevant meetings or events, as required, and on occasion deputising for others.

Ensure NRLA members and staff are up-to date and engaged on policy and public affairs activity:

• Research and draft briefings, speeches and presentations for senior management where required.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure policy and public affairs activity is integrated with the organisation’s work and aligned with its objectives.
• Similarly, where required, provide expertise to other departments to ensure that policy and public affairs considerations are integrated into project and activity planning.
• Take responsibility for updating team systems, logs and project management tools, as required.Support the team to communicate our policy and public affairs work internally.
• Support member communications e.g. monitor team email inboxes and respond to queries, provide content for the NRLA communications channels, and present at events.
• Ensure the NRLA’s messaging reaches not just members, but also non-member landlords and the wider public, working with colleagues across the organisation.
• Analyse analytics data for our website, newsletter and social media to monitor the effectiveness of our content and identify suggestions to improve performance.

Other:

• Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required within the scope of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• Degree in politics, public policy or similar discipline; or equivalent experience

Skills & Abilities:

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical and able to interpret diverse information
• Numerate
• IT literate: Microsoft Office, internet and email

Experience

• At least one year’s experience of working with and/ influencing policymakers, politicians and/or stakeholders
• Flexible, with demonstrable ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Project management
• Experience of the housing sector
• Experience of the key campaign areas relevant to the role

Knowledge

• Understanding of UK politics, the private rented sector, and the role of trade associations
• Understanding of the role of national and local governments and how to interact with governmental stakeholders

Personal Attributes and other requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Commitment to the NRLA’s objectives
• Willingness to travel and/or work out of office hours on occasion (e.g. for meetings and engaging with NRLA members – on average once a month)