Parliamentary and Government Relations Manager, at GMCA

Job Description

Job title: Parliamentary and Government Relations Manager, at GMCA

Company: GMCA

Job description: Job Title: Parliamentary and Government Relations Manager

Salary: £41418 – £45441 (Indicative salary subject to job evaluation)

Hours: Full time – 36.25 hours, flexible options would be considered

Contract: Permanent

Location: Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Tootal Building, 54 Oxford Road, Manchester

Advert closing date: 14th January 2023 at 23:59

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Your role:

The GMCA Strategy Team provides core day-to-day support to the Mayor, GMCA leaders and the wider organisation including with advice, briefing, government engagement and parliamentary engagement.

This is an exciting role within the Strategy Team leading on building and maintaining relationships with Greater Manchester’s MPs and Lords to enhance Greater Manchester’s position at the forefront of English devolution. This will include ensuring parliamentarians and their staff are regularly briefed on GMCA activity, and monitoring and reporting back to senior GMCA officials on key parliamentary activity.

This post will also support the Public Affairs Principal by supporting engagement with Government Ministers and Senior Civil Servants.

About you:

You should have excellent knowledge and understanding of how parliament and Whitehall works, and experience of working with MPs and Lords. You should be enthusiastic about building strong relationships with key stakeholders to enhance Greater Manchester’s position at the forefront of devolution.

You should be passionate about the role devolution can play in building a greener, fairer and more prosperous Greater Manchester.

You should be able to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner, and you should have excellent self-motivation with the ability to work under your own initiative.

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people’s age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

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Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:

Mandatory Information:

Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK – if in doubt please visit the following link . Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

Hybrid working

This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.

Politically restricted

This post is classified as politically restricted, as in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, as the post holder will be required to regularly advise the GMCA, it’s Committees, or communicate with the media on behalf of the GMCA.

salary from

£41,418

contract

permanent

working hours

full time

application deadline

11 59 pm

14th Jan 2024

Expected salary: £41418 – 45441 per year

Location: Manchester

Job date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 07:42:10 GMT

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