Engagement and Partnerships Manager

Requirements of the role

We’re looking for an experienced manager to lead and provide strategic oversight of our engagement with key pensions industry stakeholders, government partners, trade and professional bodies and communications partners. You will manage a small team playing a central role in promoting understanding and support of TPR’s regulatory approach, building advocacy and consensus among external stakeholders and sharing information and campaign messages, in order to influence behaviour and reduce the need for TPR to take compliance action.

You will work closely with TPR’s Executive Team providing them with advice and support with their external engagement. You will work with colleagues to make sure that knowledge and insight from our external engagement is captured to maintain a joined-up approach across the organisation. You will also drive forward the work of TPR’s strategic stakeholder panels to ensure that the voice of employers, trustees, industry professionals and savers is heard within the organisation.

Responsibilities

You will:

• lead the strategic design and coordination of our external engagement with stakeholders in order to understand and influence their positions, increase awareness and support for TPR’s regulatory activity, and support the delivery of TPR’s priorities set out in our corporate plan
• drive a programme of senior-level strategic engagement with our stakeholders, providing advice and support to the Executive Team and senior leaders, ensuring that engagement plans are in place and progress with relationships is tracked
• build communications partnerships with a range of stakeholder representative bodies in order to share and promote TPR’s messages through their channels and positively influence the behaviour of their members
• lead and manage the Engagement and Partnerships team, ensuring work is planned and delivered to a high standard and team members are motivated and developed in line with TPR’s People strategy
• as a senior communications manager, play a leading role on TPR communications working groups and cross-functional teams, supporting the development and delivery of TPR’s communications strategy and multi-channel communications plans.

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