Public Affairs Officer

Opus People Solutions on behalf of Cambridge & Peterborough Combined Authority have an exciting opportunity for a Public Affairs Officer to join their team on a temporary basis.

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities:
  • Transport Summit
  • CPCA presence at conference season
  • Campaign for Better Transport fact finding day
  • MP briefings
  • Cllr briefings
• Produce briefings for:
  • NIC visit
  • Transport Summit (inc. speaker briefings)
  • Campaign for Better Transport fact finding day
  • Cllr briefings
  • MP briefings
• Business as usual tasks:
  • Updating CRM
  • Horizon scanning
  • Stakeholder mapping

EXPERIENCE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Experience in public affairs, PR, communications, event management
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to produce clear, accurate and engaging written content
• Be comfortable working to tight deadlines and monitoring the news and other media to provide proactive strategic advice
• Be comfortable creating content to suit a range of media, including print and online, social media, digital and other communications channels where necessary
• Experience of planning, undertaking and evaluating public affairs strategies and campaigns.

If you thrive to make a difference and have Public Affairs experience within the public sector and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.