Description:
The Advertising Association is looking to recruit a Policy Manager to join our busy public affairs and policy team. We are looking for someone with a strong political head, resilient, problem solver, a proactive can-do attitude, a willingness to challenge ideas, and strong drive to help achieve its policy objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitoring and responding to key policy developments impacting the UK advertising and marketing industry.
- Prepare high-quality briefings, letters, consultation responses and other communications for stakeholders.
- Building and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders, including policy makers, members, regulators, and other interested organisations and opinion-formers.
- Coordinate and attend member working groups to help build and drive the Advertising Association’s policy positions on relevant issues.
- Coordinating and assisting the Advertising Association’s EU public affairs activity, with the potential for periodic travel.
- Working closely with colleagues across the organisation to support the Advertising Association’s wider objectives.
- Attending relevant industry and political events.
Qualifications
- The role is well suited to someone who has a degree or advanced degree level qualification in a related field (politics, political science, public policy, economics, law etc). However, we will also be happy to consider previous experience in a similar role.
Essential skills / experience for the role
- A demonstrable understanding of UK politics, the Parliamentary and regulatory making process.
- An ability to analyse and synthesise complex information.
- An ability to think strategically and exercise sound judgement.
- An ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- An eye for detail.
- Able to meet tight deadlines.
- A proactive self-starter who enjoys working in a small, busy team.
- A right to work in the UK.
Desirable, but not essential
- A working knowledge of EU institutions and policy making.
- Experience of working in Westminster, government department, think tank or a trade body.
- An interest in digital and data policy.
- A demonstrated interest in your own professional development.