Assistant Director, External Relations

Job summary Are you a senior press and public affairs professional, able to communicate sensitive issues to achieve understanding and impact? Do you know how to successfully engage with stakeholders, government and the media to ensure an organisation''s position is well understood? Are you motivated by communicating complex, sensitive and high profile issues about a vital area of national life Can you lead a team to deliver joined up communications across media, political, stakeholders and events? Job Purpose: Reporting to the Director of Communications and Policy and a member of the Directorate''s senior leadership team, you will occupy this key leadership role for the Charity Commission as we build our wider visibility as an expert regulator that is fair, balanced and independent, to support the achievement of our strategic objectives. You will have diverse areas of responsibility - representing the organisation and influencing relationships across Parliament, key political stakeholders and the media, increasing the extent and quality of our engagement and proactively shaping and driving media coverage on often contentious and complex issues, to grow our impact and reputation and extend our reach. You will work directly with the Chair, CEO, Directors, Board and senior leaders across the organisation in order to project the Commission''s visibility and influence. You will develop and communicate our messages to ensure that we are clear and confident about our role, and ..... full job details .....