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Engagement Lead

Brighton with Hybrid working
Engagement Lead


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Job details

Salary

Starting Salary: Salary starting from 70,988 per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package

Contractual hours

35

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Media / Communications / Marketing

Date posted

18/08/2025

Job reference

REQ000098




Job description

Role Title:

Engagement Lead- Business Lead - R&O Grade 5

Directorate:

Market Oversight

Starting Salary:

Salary starting from 70,988 per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package

Contract:

Permanant

Location:

Brighton/hybrid (6 days per month in the office)

Closing

date:

2nd September

About the Role:

We're looking for an experienced Engagement BusinessLead to build an external Engagement function within our Marketing and Engagement division. You will be responsible forleading a high performing team to deliver an engagement strategyand offer channels that provide best-in-class support for colleaguesacross the market oversight directorate.

The role criteria:

Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, public affairs, and communications within a regulatory, public sector, or financial services environment.


Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to provide constructive challenge and build trust and credibility at all levels.


Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


Strategic thinker with the ability to translate complex issues into clear engagement plans.


Experience managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.


Demonstratable experience in managing or overseeing event planning teams and external-facing event programmes.


Proven experience in managing budgets, ensuring effective allocation of resources and delivering optimum value for money.


Experience in developing and managing processes to capture and translate industry feedback into strategic recommendations for internal decision-making and policy development. Experience in overseeing or managing a stakeholder or relationship management system, with a focus on data quality, user adoption, and strategic reporting.

Benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Our culture

TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment.



Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government's workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section.



We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you'll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than 2trn of savings safe.



Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We're committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.



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Applications

To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.



Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.



We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

Selection and interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, we'll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.



As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the criteria outlined in the 'what you will bring' section will be offered an interview.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equality workplace where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported and represented in an environment where they can do their best work.



We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Further information

Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees.



If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.




Engagement Lead