Stakeholder Engagement Manager - Office for Students

We’re looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills and a proven ability to drive stakeholder engagement to join our busy team.
Working with the Head of Stakeholder Engagement, you’ll work to drive forward and co-ordinate stakeholder engagement around key strategic projects. As Stakeholder Engagement Manager, you will:
+ Write briefings, speeches and talking points for a range of audiences, ranging from senior OfS staff to parliamentarians
+ Work across policy, media, digital, strategic and internal communications colleagues to ensure stakeholder engagement is planned and delivered effectively
+ Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans and advise on and implement stakeholder engagement for strategic communications plans and launches, track stakeholder engagement across OfS
+ Undertake proactive political monitoring and manage timely internal updates and maintain the OfS stakeholder mapping process, ensuring it is up to date
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+ Political acumen and interest in public affairs and the higher education landscape
+ Ability to make sound judgements and give strategic advice
+ Outstanding written communication skills, in particular the ability to present complex policy and technical information in a clear, accessible way tailored to specific audiences
+ Strong networking and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted, effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including senior OfS leaders and parliamentarians

The Office for Students (OfS) is the independent regulator of higher education in England – we regulate higher education on behalf of all students. Our mission is to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling higher education experience that enriches their life and career.

Our Total Reward Framework offers a range of benefits to suit your way of life:
+ 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
+ Comprehensive learning and development – we’re invested in your future
+ Generous Civil Service pension scheme
+ Health-related benefits, Alongside your salary of £54,439, Office for Students contributes £15,770 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, We love working flexibly because we know that it helps us all to do our best work. We’ve created a set of principles to shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This would usually mean working from the office for two to three days in a typical week.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 19 January 2025 at 23.55
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.