Senior External Affairs Manager
IOSH
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Leicester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £45,000 - £50,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead IOSH’s external affairs strategy and maximise our influence and impact globally.
- Shape and deliver IOSH’s external affairs strategy, ensuring clear and impactful messaging and advocacy that is evidence-led.
- Develop our messaging framework and oversee our stakeholder and partnership management and PR and media relations.
- Engage with a variety of stakeholders including, governments, policymakers, regulators, NGO’s, partners, and industry bodies.
- Lead reputation and crisis management strategies, safeguarding IOSH’s standing and credibility.
- Representing IOSH at high-level meetings, committees, and conferences as a trusted voice and ambassador.
Requirements
- Proven experience in external affairs, PR, and reputation management within a complex, global organisation.
- Strong knowledge of public affairs, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
- Exceptional communication skills, including confident public speaking and high-quality written outputs.
- Ability to design and deliver integrated external affairs strategies and leverage digital platforms for advocacy.
- Experience in managing teams and delivering measurable outcomes.
- A degree or equivalent in public affairs, PR, communications, or a related field, plus commitment to CPD (e.g., CIPR membership).
Benefits
- Hybrid working and flexibility to ensure a positive work-life balance
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service, with the option to buy more
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan covered by IOSH
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme, minimum of 3% employee contribution whilst IOSH contribute 5%
- Individual performance related pay scheme
- Up to five paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your dependent's wellbeing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
external affairspublic relationsreputation managementstakeholder engagementadvocacy strategiescommunication strategiescrisis managementdigital platforms for advocacyteam managementmeasurable outcomes
Soft skills
exceptional communicationpublic speakingwritten communicationstrategic thinkinginfluencingrelationship managementleadershipcollaborationnegotiationproblem-solving
Certifications
CIPR membership