Talent Pool: Public Affairs Manager
TALENT POOL ADVERT — REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
If you can walk into a room of trustees, a Minister's office and a newsroom in the same week and hold your own in all three, we want to hear from you.
Westminster Search is building a talent pool of strong Public Affairs Managers for our clients across charities, membership bodies and agencies. We are not recruiting for one role — we are getting ahead of the next ten. Join the pool now, and we will match you to a live vacancy the moment it fits.
Why register with this talent pool
- You are matched to relevant roles before they are advertised publicly.
- One conversation with us saves you dozens of applications to individual employers.
- We know the public affairs market in detail, and we only put you forward for roles that suit your experience and ambitions.
- You hear about opportunities first, from a consultant who has placed public affairs professionals for years.
What you will be doing, in roles we place
- Setting the public affairs strategy for an organisation or a client account, and being accountable for its results.
- Leading engagement with Ministers, MPs, Peers, civil servants and special advisers on the issues that matter most.
- Managing and developing a small team or a portfolio of accounts.
- Advising senior leadership, trustees or clients on political risk and opportunity.
- Overseeing consultation responses, position papers and campaigns that shift opinion, not just record it.
What clients are looking for
- Proven experience managing public affairs work, whether in-house, in agency, in Parliament or in party politics.
- A track record of building relationships with senior political and official stakeholders, and using them to deliver outcomes.
- The judgement to manage risk, and the confidence to advise senior leaders under pressure.
- Strong people management skills, alongside excellent written and spoken English.
How the talent pool works
- Send your CV and a short note on the type of role you want.
- We will arrange a confidential call to understand your experience, motivations and salary expectations.
- We keep your details on file and contact you as soon as a suitable vacancy is instructed by a client.
- You are under no obligation, and we will never put your name forward without asking you first.
Register your interest
To join the Westminster Search talent pool for Public Affairs Manager roles, there are two ways to reach us — either works equally well.
Email your CV to Joseph Henry, telling us the salary, sector and type of organisation you are looking for.
Register your own details on our candidate portal