Your role will involve supporting client managers and directors in managing public affairs projects across multiple client accounts. The role would suit a highly organised and ambitious individual with experience or an interest in the healthcare/life sciences policy sector who aspires to make a difference to the lives of patients.
You will need to be highly self-motivated, happy to work from home in a fast-paced working environment, and educated to degree level with exceptional writing and verbal skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive key client projects, support project management, undertake research and develop client documents and materials;
- Be able to liaise effectively with clients and external stakeholders, including politicians, patient groups, clinicians, to providing support and advice across the agency’s functions;
- Be able to draft responses to parliamentary, government and other consultations/developments;
- Monitor the political and healthcare policy environment to feedback timely intelligence to all relevant internal staff and clients, including supporting the delivery of our weekly policy monitoring digest;
- Track the progress of parliamentary activity, such as debates and ministerial questions;
- Develop and manage stakeholder databases, assessing developments with stakeholder activity and acting on it where necessary;
- Be a point of contact for the offices of politicians and public officials, including parliamentarians, All-Party Parliamentary Groups, parliamentary committees, government departments and other stakeholder groups;
- Present information and updates to clients in regular online and face-to-face meetings.