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TPR Grade & Pay Group: Grade 6 & R&O
Reporting to: Senior Media & Parliamentary Manager
Directorate: Strategy, Policy and Analysis
Starting Salary: Starting salary between £56,498 and £62,775 per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package
Contract: Permanent
Location: Brighton/hybrid (6 days per month in the office)
Closing date: 09 July 2025
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Family Network (Balance), Disability Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic Network, Mental Health Network, and Women’s Network which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
As a Senior Speechwriter, you’ll be passionate about crafting compelling, strategic, and high-impact speeches, briefings, and thought leadership content for the CEO and Board members. You’ll be confident working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are accustomed to going above and beyond to deliver excellence. You’ll be skilled at translating complex policy and regulatory content into accessible and engaging messaging tailored to diverse audiences and formats.
The purpose of this role is to shape TPR's engagement with key external stakeholders, including Ministers, government departments, UK and international regulators, parliamentarians, and industry bodies. This includes responsibility for ensuring TPR's voice remains persuasive, consistent, and aligned with our regulatory and corporate objectives.
In this role you will:
* Lead the drafting of speeches, talking points, position papers, editorial articles, and high-level briefings for the CEO, Board members, and senior executives.
* Collaborate closely with colleagues in Policy, Public Affairs, Communications, and Legal to ensure content accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.
* Proactively manage major external speaking opportunities, ensuring key messages are delivered with maximum impact.
* Advise senior leaders on tone, delivery, and key messaging opportunities, often on politically or reputationally sensitive issues.
* Develop content tailored to various audiences, formats, and platforms, including live speeches, op-eds, digital communications, and international events.
* Support the wider communications strategy by ensuring speeches and high-level communications products reinforce TPR’s public positioning and regulatory objectives.
* Develop and maintain strong working relationships across TPR and with external partners, including civil servants, regulators, and policy influencers.
Responsibilities
* As a Senior Speechwriter, you will be responsible for crafting compelling, strategic, and high-impact speeches, briefings, and thought leadership content for the CEO and Board members. You will lead the drafting of speeches, talking points, position papers, editorial articles, and high-level briefings tailored to high-profile external audiences. Collaborating closely with colleagues in Policy, Public Affairs, Communications, and Legal, you will ensure content accuracy and alignment with strategic goals. You will proactively manage major external speaking opportunities, ensuring key messages are delivered with maximum impact. Additionally, you will advise senior leaders on tone, delivery, and key messaging opportunities, often on politically or reputationally sensitive issues. Your role will involve developing content tailored to various audiences, formats, and platforms, including live speeches, op-eds, digital communications, and international events. You will source compelling facts, case studies, and evidence to strengthen messages and bring TPR’s work to life for audiences. You will work under pressure and at pace when required, including drafting for urgent briefings or reactive communications needs. Building and maintaining strong working relationships across TPR and with external partners, including civil servants, regulators, and policy influencers, will be key to your success in this role
* Drive personal development in line with TPR values and objectives.
Essential and Desirable Criteria
* Proven experience in speechwriting or high-level communications for senior leaders in government, regulation, public policy, or a similarly complex environment.
* Exceptional written communication skills, with a strong grasp of tone, structure, and storytelling for different audiences and formats.
* Strong understanding of UK policy-making and political processes, with the ability to tailor content to influence external stakeholders such as Ministers, civil servants, parliamentarians, and regulators.
* Knowledge of pensions policy, financial regulation, or public policy.
* Excellent judgement, with experience advising senior stakeholders and representing their voice authentically and persuasively.
* Demonstrated ability to absorb and translate complex or technical content quickly and accurately.
* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines without compromising quality.
* A collaborative working style and ability to build trusted relationships across functions and disciplines.
* Experience writing for or advising within a regulatory or financial services environment.
* Familiarity with the pensions landscape and wider regulatory ecosystem in the UK and internationally.
* Experience of integrating speechwriting with broader communications strategies.
* Experience supporting senior leaders in external engagements across a variety of formats (e.g. conferences, media appearances, stakeholder events).
* Understanding of audience insight and communications evaluation.
Person Specification
* Proactive and flexible
* Ability to prioritise and use initiative
* Creative problem solving and analytical skills
* Communication skills at all levels
Salary and benefits
As well as a starting salary between £56,498 and £62,775, we offer:
* Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
* discretionary bonus arrangements
* access to performance related pay progression
* 25 days annual leave provision
* flexible working arrangements
* enhanced parental leave arrangements
* a free employee assistance programme
* an excellent office location in Brighton.
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 229127 along with:
* a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
* a copy of your CV
* details of your notice period
Current TPR employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton. Candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
Whilst it is our aim to respond to all applicants, if you have not heard from us within 21 days of the advert closing, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Specific feedback will only be provided if you have attended an interview or assessment.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.
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