East West Railway Company

Senior Local Government Relations Manager

East West Railway Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Milton Keynes • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Identify and manage relationships with local political stakeholders and organisations.
  • Develop and implement local political stakeholder engagement plans to support project goals including tracking and reporting.
  • Monitor local political stakeholder concerns and issues, providing timely and effective responses.
  • Coordinate and attend stakeholder meetings, briefings, and events.
  • Collaborate with internal teams, including Strategic Communications and Media, Stakeholder Engagement, and Community teams, to ensure consistent messaging and coordinated efforts.
  • Prepare stakeholder communications, including reports, presentations, and briefing materials.
  • Provide regular updates to the Head of Political Relations on stakeholder engagement activities and issues.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in stakeholder management, preferably within a large infrastructure project and with local political stakeholders.
  • Experience in developing and implementing stakeholder engagement plans.
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with a particular focus on political stakeholders, especially local councillors.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
Benefits
  • Competitive base salary
  • Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution
  • 36 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) + up to 2 days to buy
  • Life assurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Access to a range of benefits on the Perkbox platform
  • On-the-spot and annual awards
  • Advanced learning and development programmes
  • Great work-life balance and flexible working opportunities
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies
  • Exceptional IT tools
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Soft Skills
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