External Relations Manager

Public Sector Relationship Manager/External Relations Manager/Communications Manager wanted.

Skills needed: Public Sector Relationship Manager/External Relations Manager/Communications Manager experience, stakeholder engagement, government/public sector/central government experience

My London based client is looking for a Public Sector Relationship Manager/External Relations Manager/Communications Manager for a project that will run o March 2014.

The Public Sector Relationship Manager/External Relations Manager/Communications Manager will have primary responsibility for the client's stakeholder relations strategy, business engagement and corporate publications (Annual Plan and Annual Report). They will also lead on support to the client's senior team, developing a meetings and engagement strategy for the Chairman and Chief Executive, with lead responsibility for speech writing.

The Public Sector Relationship Manager/External Relations Manager/Communications Manager will work closely with another G7 External Relations Manager whose focus is on our relationships with Parliament, other Government Departments and regulatory authorities. In addition to responsibility for delivery strategic and corporate external relations activities, both teams will share responsibility for ongoing external relations advice to teams across the client on a project by project basis.

The role:
*To implement, monitor and continuously improve the client's stakeholder engagement strategy, supporting the embedding of effective stakeholder management practice and capability throughout the organisation.
*To provide advice to colleagues across the client on stakeholder engagement strategies appropriate to their work or project
*Development and maintenance of key messages and other core narrative documents to support consistent external engagement across the Office.
*Advice to the Chairman and Chief Executive on a meetings and engagement strategy, supporting the maintenance of critical organisational relationships, extending the client's reputation and visibility with key influencers and opinion-formers, and supporting the effective delivery of key organisational priorities.
*To identify opportunities for key external speeches, and to lead on their writing, preparation and effective dissemination.

Skills needed:
*Broad communications skill set, in particular, experience of effective stakeholder engagement and strategic stakeholder relationship management in a complex policy environment: internally, across Government and externally
*Experience of delivering outcomes efficiently and proactively, managing competing priorities and remaining focused on the key issues
*Experience of strategic communications and change communications in the context of large organisational change programmes

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