Public Policy and Public Affairs Manager | S3 | Communications, Marketing and Responsible Business
Country: United Kingdom
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As a Public Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you’ll play a key role in helping Santander UK manage its relationships and engagement with political and policymaker audiences. You’ll get to work across a range of issues which impact the bank and its customers, helping to develop our policy positions and supporting senior leaders when engaging with external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Public Policy and Public Affairs Senior Manager, you’ll help Santander UK navigate the political landscape and help shape public policy so that the bank can best deliver for its customers. We work closely with colleagues across the business, and you will gain exposure to our Communications, Marketing and Regulatory teams in the UK and abroad.

The difference you’ll make:

• Supporting the Public Policy and Public Affairs team in delivering the bank’s policy and public affairs strategy
• Managing communications with MPs and other political stakeholders to develop a positive and productive dialogue, particularly around our work supporting the Santander Education programme
• Briefing senior stakeholders within the business ahead of external engagement
• Working closely with colleagues within the Communications, Marketing and Responsible Banking directorate to maximise our impact and grow the profile of the Public Policy and Public Affairs team within the business
• Identifying opportunities and risks for Santander UK within public policy debates, particularly following the recent UK General Election

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Excellent understanding of the UK political landscape and how to engage with the public policy landscape
• Extensive experience working in a public affairs or public policy role. This could be working for in Parliament, the civil service, for a corporate affairs agency or in-house
• Experience engaging with MPs and other political members, attending Parliament
• Ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, internally and to support policymaking

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Brilliant written and spoken communication skills
• Collaborative mindset and enthusiasm to support across a wide variety of policy areas
• An understanding of financial services and the key public policy issues for the sector

What else you need to know:

This permanent role is based in London.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion:

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.


How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

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What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.

You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.