About the role:
To deliver stakeholder engagement activities that help ensure the company’s meets its strategic objectives.
- Monitor, analyse and communicate intelligence on legislative, policy and political developments.
- In partnership with business units, prepare carefully-targeted engagement plans to advance the company’s position. Research and develop accurate, insightful and persuasive briefing and other materials for internal and external use.
- Deliver these engagement plans through a programme of meetings, briefings and other opportunities, including organising events.
- Develop strong relationships with influential stakeholders, improving the company’s reputation and its ability to influence policy and legislation. Represent the company in discussions with key stakeholders.
- Resolve stakeholder queries, including enquiries from MPs. Provide advice and guidance to colleagues across the business, acting as an advocate for stakeholders’ interests.
To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:
- Educated to degree level.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills essential, and a readiness and ability to challenge accepted views. Ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders from different disciplines and at all levels.
- Conscientious and proactive. Well organised with close attention to detail. Ability to balance a variety of competing deadlines and demands.
- Strong understanding of the company, its operations and its priorities, and the ability to articulate them simply and effectively.
- Excellent understanding of the environment in which the company operates.
- Significant experience of engagement with external opinion formers (or in a relevant communications role), and the ability to advise others in the business on how to engage, where necessary, with stakeholders.
- Familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and Outlook preferred.
What’s in it for you:
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our referral scheme, where you can receive £750 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community, offering everyone two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.
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About us:
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to millions of customers by supplying 2.7 billion litres of world-class water to around 10 million homes.
As our world changes, the need to take care of our most precious resource is greater than ever, both locally and globally. That’s why, at Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open. We’re passionate about providing world-class tap water, now and for the future.
We’re also turning waste into power, self-generating 20% of the energy we use and, in turn, doing our bit for the planet. We’re reducing plastic waste by celebrating our tap water and rolling out an ambitious water fountain project. We’re using our voice to lobby for change and partnering with WaterAid to provide clean water to the world’s poorest communities.
Together, we’re building a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader, welcoming individuals from all walks of life and leading the way with award-winning mental health and well-being strategy.
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