My client, an innovative FTSE 250 professional services company, is looking to add a Public Affairs Manager to its external communications team.

The role is on a six month FTC initially. The genuine hope is this becomes a permanent position in due course, but that can't be guaranteed through the door.

This is a newly created role, on the back of significant growth in public affairs activity, and will be based in stunning central London offices (3 days in, 2 days out).

The team is looking for someone whose core expertise sits in public affairs: government relations, running consultations and big ministerial events, submissions, managing major engagement programmes, and keeping abreast of policy that impacts the business and how it lobbies for change. As such it requires someone who knows their way round Westminster.

As you'll work closely with the PR team, any additional comms and media experience would be welcomed, but isn't essential.

This is a particularly interesting opportunity as the company has an offering that spans a remarkable breadth of sector activity. Current focus areas include decarbonisation & net zero, employment rights, industrial strategy, technology and AI, and skills apprenticeships. Other services it offers include risk assessment, real estate, catering and environmental. Indeed it manages and maintains some of the nation's most recognised landmarks, high street buildings, retail outlets and even homes in the community.

One vital ingredient that applies to all hires the business makes is a positive attitude. This is genuinely a business that rewards proactivity, and one where you can make a difference beyond the confines of external relations.