External Affairs Manager

We are looking for an External Affairs Manager with strong speechwriting skills to join the team in the Chief Executive’s Office at the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). This is a new permanent role to support our wider remit., You will manage and carry out activities that support RSH’s extensive programme of stakeholder engagement. This will include writing compelling speeches and speaking notes, collaborating with teams across RSH to develop effective briefing materials for stakeholder meetings and speaking engagements, supporting best practice in stakeholder engagement across RSH so that it delivers our objectives, and ensuring that feedback and insight is shared effectively across RSH at senior and working levels., We carry out anonymous shortlisting as part of our commitment to Equality and Diversity and ensuring a fair and consistent approach to recruitment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, as part of this commitment.
We encourage applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits of a diverse organisation.

You will have experience of stakeholder management and external affairs, preferably within a central government or social housing context. This should include experience of stakeholder mapping and analysis, building external relationships, planning and delivering activities, and collaborating across teams. You will need to use your insight and evaluation skills to ensure that our stakeholder engagement is effective.
You will need to have excellent writing skills including experience of writing speeches, together with the ability to quickly understand and explain social housing policy and regulation issues. You will need a strong grasp of the social housing stakeholder landscape and an interest in politics., Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Alongside your salary of £50,628, Regulator of Social Housing contributes £14,666 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Why work at RSH?
At RSH, we offer a range of excellent benefits including a 35 hour working week, 33 days annual leave and access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Our staff survey results consistently show that most staff think that the best thing about working at the RSH is the flexible and hybrid working and family friendly policies that support work life balance.
We also offer access to our staff discount scheme, cycle to work scheme, a Nuffield Health Screening; and a range of other well-being focussed benefits. Full information on this and our other fantastic benefits is available on our website.
Location
We operate a hybrid model of working with a mix of office and home working.
This role can be based out of any of RSH’s core offices in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol. Our Manchester office will be relocating during 2024/25, however will remain within the city centre. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements and staff can benefit from working from home for part of their hours. Most roles involve some travel within England between our offices, with some roles also involving onsite visits to social housing providers.
Benefits and Salary
At RSH, we offer a competitive salary and a range of excellent benefits; full information is available on our website.
The salary for this role is a spot salary within the given range, which will normally be the minimum of the range. There is no incremental progression through a pay scale. Annual salary reviews are determined by the government pay award. In addition, when the probation period is successfully completed, a performance related bonus may be awarded, based on appraisal ratings at the end of the qualifying appraisal year.
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