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Mission Motorsport – Mission Community Armed Forces Engagement Lead
Based at: Hybrid working - ability to travel across UK and access our HQs at Wantage/Thruxton
The Role (Full time with Part time available)
The primary mission of the Mission Community Armed Forces Engagement Lead is to champion the Armed Forces in society by recognizing, celebrating, and demonstrating the value of every member of the Armed Forces to communities across the country. We are an advocacy body, a brand of the long-established Service charity Mission Motorsport, sharing administrative functions as one charity.
Our current focus is on communities within industry through our work with the Office for Veterans Affairs’ ‘Veterans Industry Engagement Programme’, funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCFT) grant. These initiatives involve our ‘Missions’, Sector Initiative campaigns, and collaborations with industry trade bodies, organizations, and companies. These are the main stakeholders our AFELs interact with daily.
This role is strategic and tactical, requiring an individual comfortable communicating with senior industry leaders, participating in events, hosting meetings, and delivering KPIs. This includes our National Transition Event at Silverstone, which annually hosts over 1,900 members of the Armed Forces community. Our team is small, independent, open, and inclusive, approaching projects collaboratively.
Job Purpose
* Develop and manage sector-level stakeholders across various industries such as Renewable, Automotive, Manufacturing, Defence, Land-based, Facilities, and Construction, to deliver outcomes for government.
* Offer consultancy services related to Armed Forces engagement, including social value reporting, Defence customer relations, and Armed Forces Champion training. Understand our products and explore opportunities for delivery, such as training courses.
* Manage commercial agreements with organizations delivering Armed Forces engagement outcomes, such as support for events or individual companies.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
* Maintain relationships with key industry, government, and third sector partners.
* Identify contacts and potential partners to foster collaboration.
* Share best practices regarding Armed Forces engagement.
* Understand client challenges related to Armed Forces engagement and identify solutions that meet their needs.
* Help deliver KPIs within the Government’s Veterans Industry Engagement Programme, focused on our Sector Initiative.
* Act as an ally of MoD, Office for Veterans’ Affairs, Career Transition Partnership, Defence Relationship Management, and Reserve Forces C Cadets Associations.
* Ensure accurate recording of engagement activities via reports and team updates.
* Contribute to the development of sector guides and other outputs with industry partners.
Essential Knowledge & Experience
* Proven ability to build relationships and market ideas within a business context, advocating for underrepresented groups.
* Experience managing high-level external relationships up to C-suite level.
* Empathy and understanding of the Armed Forces community; veterans, service families, and reservists are encouraged to apply, though not mandatory.
* Experience collaborating with companies on employment challenges and opportunities.
* Knowledge of the Defence employer engagement landscape in the UK, including DRM, RFCAs, CTP, and COBSEO.
* Understanding of industry sectors at a strategic level.
* Previous service or affiliation with the Armed Forces is desirable.
* Awareness of sector initiatives that could benefit from Armed Forces engagement.
* Confident communicator capable of delivering compelling briefs orally and in writing.
* Willing to research and develop knowledge in new sectors.
* Able to build rapport quickly and understand stakeholder needs.
* Ability to manage challenging situations calmly and professionally.
* High integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism.
* Flexible, adaptable, and able to prioritize competing demands.
* Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working in diverse environments.
Additional benefits include 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid working, and occasional UK weekend work with TOIL applicable. Salary: £41,200 full-time, with part-time options available for discussion.
Timelines: Closing date 25 July 2025. Interviews start w/c 28 July 2025.
Process: Includes initial screening, Teams interviews with peers, final interview with the executive team, and feedback via phone call. Support resources available following recent events in Afghanistan.
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