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Global Counsel is seeking an Associate to join its UK Politics & Policy practice. The team helps organisations across various sectors to overcome policy challenges and maximise opportunity. These include tech, food & drink, financial services, and retail.
The successful candidate will have a background in public affairs or a political institution, and as such, have existing knowledge about how the UK political system operates. Specific experience in either Westminster and Whitehall or a UK-focused political consultancy would be an asset, but neither are essential.
Role and responsibilities
- Support the monitoring and analysis of key policy announcements and regulatory trends in the UK.
- Support the delivery of advocacy strategies through carrying out stakeholder mapping and providing informed insight on the UK political landscape.
- Work with colleagues to develop and deliver clients’ strategies as they seek to shape or comply with new legislation and/or build their political brand.
- Provide day-to-day contact for clients, building positive client relationships and delivering actions and projects to meet clients’ needs and deadlines.
- Support business development by identifying potential clients, researching their interests, and producing tailored outreach.
- Support the development of events and content as part of the team’s broader marketing campaigns and efforts to contribute to policy debate and discussion.
Act as an active ambassador for Global Counsel at relevant industry and policy events, and invest in developing the skills, expertise and reputation of yourself and others.
Skills and profile
- Knowledge of the policymaking architecture in the UK (Westminster & Whitehall).
- The ability to make inferences and draw conclusions about how politics and regulations affect businesses and understand how that knowledge may be applied to Global Counsel’s business development.
- Clear, objective and engaging written communication, including the ability to write on sensitive and technical subjects, often synthesising complex material.
- The ability to take the initiative on work, and to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Self-awareness and a strong commitment to professional and personal development.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills in English. Any other language skills are an advantage, but non-essential.
Why join
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An opportunity to work with world-class advisers and political experts in a fast-growing firm, alongside a strong professional development program including a personal training budget.
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A competitive salary and bonus structure, a robust benefits package and opportunities to work from our offices across the world.
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A commitment to work-life balance, with flexible working, 25 days holiday allowance plus public holidays, enhanced parental leave, discretionary winter holiday office closures, and sabbaticals.
Our commitment to diversity
We are committed to equal opportunities, respect and wellbeing for all staff and applicants for employment. We are committed to building a team that genuinely reflects the diversity of the places we work. We are committed to achieving a culture where there is regard for all and there is no place for discrimination and harassment of any type.
Our aim is for GC to be a company where all our colleagues have the opportunity to grow, develop, succeed and be their authentic selves whatever their sex, race, colour, class, religion, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, redundancy, leaves of absence, salary and training.
About Global Counsel
Global Counsel brings together a team with diverse experience across the public and private sectors. Since our establishment in 2010 we have developed a wide range of services and capabilities for corporates and investors.
Global Counsel helps companies and investors across sectors to anticipate the ways in which politics, regulation and public policymaking create both risk and opportunity, and to develop and implement strategies to meet these challenges. We provide them with due diligence support to build compelling, evidence-based campaigns to engage in policy debates.
Our work is supported by high quality analytical content and collateral that is politically and economically informed and which builds quickly into executable strategy.
Our team is led by former public policymakers and political advisors with experience at the highest level of government. We have offices in London, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore and Doha and are supported by a network of partners in other key markets.
To apply for this job please visit careers.global-counsel.com.