Sr Vice President​/Director, Public & Government Affairs

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Senior Vice President, Public & Government Affairs

Location:

London Reporting to:
President, UK, Public & Government Affairs

The Role Edelman is seeking a Senior Vice President to join its Public & Government Affairs team in London. This is a senior leadership role for an experienced public affairs, government or political practitioner who combines deep knowledge of the UK political and policy environment with excellent judgement, strong relationships and the ability to advise senior clients on complex business, political and reputational challenges.

The role offers the opportunity to advise major organisations at the intersection of business, politics, policy and reputation, while helping shape the continued growth of Edelman’s UK Public & Government Affairs offer. We are open to candidates from a range of backgrounds. You may have held a senior role in government, Parliament, party politics or built your career in public affairs consultancy, or worked in-house.

Whatever your route, you will bring strong political and policy instincts and the credibility, judgement and communication skills to become a trusted adviser to senior clients. As a Senior Vice President, you will lead significant client relationships and public affairs programmes, helping organisations anticipate and respond to political and policy change, manage complex issues and engage effectively with the stakeholders who matter to their business.

You will also play an important role in the leadership and growth of the UK Public & Government Affairs team – developing talent, strengthening existing client relationships, creating new opportunities and bringing the best of Edelman to clients.

• Provide trusted senior counsel
• Build strong relationships with senior clients, acting as a trusted adviser on political, policy, business and reputational issues.
• Provide clear, informed and actionable counsel that helps clients anticipate change, assess risk and opportunity, and make confident decisions.
• Bring strong political and policy judgement to complex and sensitive client challenges.
• Develop a deep understanding of clients’ businesses, sectors and priorities, ensuring our advice connects political and policy developments to the issues that matter most to them.
• Lead outstanding public affairs work Set the strategic direction for significant client engagements, from defining the challenge and approach through to execution and evaluation.
• Apply a sophisticated understanding of the UK political, policy and regulatory environment to develop relevant and effective public affairs strategies.
• Draw on strong knowledge of government, Parliament, political parties, regulators and the wider policy making process to inform client strategy and engagement.
• Bring together expertise from across Edelman to address clients’ wider business and reputational priorities.
• Set a consistently high standard for strategic thinking, client counsel, written work and programme delivery.
• Develop people and the practice Coach and mentor colleagues, helping them develop the judgement, confidence and skills to become outstanding public affairs practitioners.
• Provide clear direction and constructive…