Public Affairs Manager – Corporate Communications

Business Unit:  Corporate Communications, Public Affairs
Salary range: circa £45,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location:  Remote, UK Flexible
Contract type: Permanent

Get ready to Live a Life More Virgin

Our Team

An exciting opportunity has become available within our Corporate Communications team, for a manager who can join us and make a real difference. ?

You’ll support the development and delivery of the Bank’s government, and other stakeholder engagement relations, communicating key messages to internal and external audiences and developing headline external campaigns for the bank.

What you’ll be doing

• Working with the Public Affairs team to build advocacy for Virgin Money in the external environment.
• Building and managing relationship with regional stakeholders and membership organisations.
• Representing Virgin Money at relevant political and policy focused events.
• Delivering comprehensive monitoring, research and analysis on the political environment and Government policy.
• Creating materials to help communicate Virgin Money’s vision to external audiences.
• Planning and delivery of events and meetings with political stakeholder’s trade bodies and consumer groups.

We need you to have

• Strong research and analysis skills, supported by excellent written and verbal communication.
• Networking skills to build and leverage relationships within the Bank.
• Experience working in government relations or communications.
• Proven strong numeracy / data skills, and PC literacy.
• The ability to work in a team – adaptable and responsive to the team and wider bank colleagues.
• Experience in working within small, focused, dynamic teams.
• Insatiable curiosity to seek opportunities to improve knowledge and skills, proactively take ownership for personal and professional development.
• An understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• HND or degree level qualification (science or mathematics coupled with a good amount of experience working in political offices) or relevant professional qualification (EG: humanity, arts).

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays – 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part–Time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And there’s no waiting around, you’ll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We’re all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We’re putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people’s lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money’, underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we’re committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you’re successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years’ worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we’ll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you’ll be subject to periodic employment checks.