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Senior Public Affairs Manager
Apply locations Worthing time type Full time posted on Posted Today job requisition id JR3185
Closing Date
2024-02-19
Senior Public Affairs Manager
Location: 3 days per week in Worthing – 2 days from home
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum, plus £400 monthly car allowance depending on skills and experience
Southern Water is at the heart of the transformation of Britain’s water industry. Our purpose is to provide water for life to enhance health and wellbeing, protect and improve the environment and sustain the economy. Under a CEO appointed in 2022 and a new leadership team, the company is delivering a high-profile turnaround plan over 2 years, investing heavily to improve infrastructure and services for customers. It has also submitted an ambitious plan to double investment to £7.8bn over the next regulatory period, 2025-30.
The water sector is facing huge challenges – from tackling water scarcity and flooding to keeping customer bills affordable. As a senior member of the public affairs team, you’ll play a critical role in the creation and delivery of the over-arching strategy to influence key policymakers and political stakeholders, communicating the company’s progress and helping to build and defend its reputation as transparent customer-focused business wholly committed to its turnaround and associated internal cultural change.
You will work closely with the rest of the function, especially the regional stakeholder engagement team which focuses on Hants/IoW, Sussex and Kent. Your role will require plenty of collaboration with Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, and with our customer function. You will have a high degree of visibility and frequent interaction with the CEO and members of the Exec Committee, guiding their proactive and reactive engagement with MPs, ministers, opposition parties, policymakers, government officials, trade bodies, think tanks and political influencers.
You will play a pivotal role in the development and execution of the public affairs strategy, prioritising our engagement with key stakeholders and deputising for the Head of Public Affairs when needed.
You will support the Head of Public Affairs in advising Southern Water’s leadership team on external matters to ensure the company is aware of changing political, regulatory and legislative environments and contribute proactively to plans to mitigate risks in our operating environment
Overseeing the internal forums and developing collaborative working practices you will ensure a co-ordinated company approach to working with government, regulators and Water UK
The successful candidate will play a critical role in enhancing Southern Water’s reputation with stakeholders, navigating a dynamic political landscape and positioning the company well in a sector which is at the centre of political, public, media and activist scrutiny.
Southern Water is an operational business; like other senior managers, you will occasionally be asked to support the company's response to operational incidents or crises. A driving licence and own car is required for occasional travel across the southern Water region.
If you have the experience of leading a public affairs team at a national and regional level in a regulated sector and have knowledge of the Water industry or other regulated business sectors please send your CV over for consideration today.
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Every Body Welcome
We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.
We succeed together
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Need flexibility in your work?
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
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