Regional Corporate Affairs Manager – London & South East

NatWest Group; London; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Regional Corporate Affairs Manager for London & South East. The role involves delivering a regional communications plan, managing stakeholder engagement, and collaborating across various functions. The ideal candidate should have strong political and media management skills, be detail-oriented, and have a data-driven approach. This position offers a remote-first working model with a 35-hour work week.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Regional Affairs to deliver a compelling regional communications plan.
• Ensure targeted communications and engagement with stakeholders.
• Build relationships with relevant CA functions.
• Collaborate across the Regional Affairs team to develop solutions.
• Utilise broader CA teams' resources for regional delivery.
• Build working relationships with local political and media stakeholders.
• Define and implement an effective communications plan.

Skills

Effective regional political and media stakeholder management

Project Management methodologies

Detail oriented and highly organised

Data analysis and reporting

Job description

Overview

Join us as a Regional Corporate Affairs Manager – London & South East

Responsibilities

• You’ll support the Head of Regional Affairs to deliver a compelling regional communications plan across London & South East, spanning media, political and other local stakeholders, aligned with our Group’s purpose and strategic ambition. You’ll identify local and regional issues that may impact our Group’s reputation and flag them to inform decision making.

• You’ll ensure targeted and relevant communications and engagement within each region through stakeholder mapping and manage local engagements with elected officials, media and our Group representatives. You’ll provide support to the relevant Regional Board and regional engagement lead in planning and execution.

• Build and utilise essential relationships with relevant CA functions including Internal Communications, Public Policy, Strategy and Planning, as well as adjacent functions such as Marketing, to develop fully integrated plans.

• Work in partnership with all areas across the CA function to support the delivery of the CA strategy.

• Collaborate across the Regional Affairs team to develop best-in-class solutions.

• Utilise the resources of the broader CA teams to deliver on a regional basis.

• Build working relationships with local political and media stakeholders and audiences to ensure the successful execution of the region’s plan.

• Define and implement an effective communications plan within the relevant region including measurement against agreed objectives.

Qualifications / Skills

• Effective regional political and media stakeholder management, with experience of managing constituency level engagement. Collaborative approach to working in a complex organisation with multiple stakeholders.

• The ability to apply Project Management methodologies to create, manage and track plans.

• Detail oriented and highly organised, with the ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced and changeable environment.

• Ability to use data analysis, reporting and insights to drive simplification and create efficiencies across systems, processes and budget.

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date: 15/09/2025

Ways of Working: Remote First