Public Affairs Consultant
Milltown Partners
full-time
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Location: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Public affairs strategy: drawing on deep knowledge of channels and audiences to identify how best to position clients and tell their story to policymakers
- Work with client team leads to develop and set the strategy and priorities for client work
- Create integrated public affairs plans to guide the execution of the agreed strategy
- Apply an understanding of how to deliver client objectives using strategies and tactics to reach policymakers and stakeholders
- Design and interrogate client asks and design briefs that ensure all advice is underpinned by insights
- Tailor the style and content of advice to meet the needs and expectations of individual clients
- Confidently and transparently discuss AI-enhanced work with clients and explain value-add
- Advise in a variety of formats (written or verbal) and choose the most effective format for the client
- Produce compelling written content and drive the execution of significant public affairs moments (e.g. major announcements, executive visits, select committee hearings, ministerial visits)
- Read government consultations, research papers and broader news to understand client issues and inform advice
- Contribute to development of advocacy on issues including artificial intelligence, competition, data protection, and online safety
- Use research and AI tools (Factiva, Meltwater, Claude and Gemini) to conduct insight generation and support complex deliverables
- Develop project plans for client teams and ensure work is delivered in a timely and high quality manner
- Manage the work of junior colleagues and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring
- Apply knowledge of the commercial context to ensure advice furthers clients' business objectives and spot growth opportunities
- Experiment with and implement AI-powered workflows to improve team efficiency and share best practice
- Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive work environment, giving and receiving feedback and supporting team wellbeing
Requirements
- Excellent command of written and verbal English language
- At least 4 years of advisory experience with a focus on public affairs - ideally in consultancy, Parliament, Government, a regulator, a think tank or a policy team at a technology company
- Demonstrable ability to take a strategic approach to assessing public affairs challenges and opportunities
- Understanding of different audiences and channels that make up the political and policy landscape
- Experience building advisory relationships with different stakeholders in order to deliver strategic counsel and insight
- Experience developing public affairs strategies and interacting with stakeholders, from officials to parliamentary researchers, and MPs to regulators
- Experience of project management, including planning and delivering work against agreed goals, timetable and budget
- Experience managing a team and pushing work to the appropriate level
- Intellectual curiosity to develop subject matter expertise in new topics, and share that with colleagues
- A highly motivated team member who values collaboration and has a desire to seek out feedback in order to learn and develop
- Commitment to contributing to a supportive and inclusive culture
- Experience with the health industry e.g. health tech, pharmaceuticals, healthcare policy (desirable)
- Experience advising technology companies, or creating the rules that affect them (desirable)
- Experience using research and AI tools (including Factiva, Meltwater, Claude and Gemini) to conduct insight generation and support complex deliverables