N.B: Some domestic travel and less than 5% of the time spent on international travel.
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions - underpinned by the world's largest delivery network - Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders.
With approximately 800,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area and grow into internally focused s by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.
Job Summary:
Based in London you will be a member of Accenture's Government Relations team - which is part of the Legal function - your will be to support the delivery of our Government Relations activities in the UK and Ireland reporting to the UKI Government Relations Lead.
You will work with colleagues and leaders to develop and implement effective policy engagement strategies aligned to the objectives of the business.
You will establish and maintain strong organisational relationships with government officials, industry trade associations and industry government relations representatives to share Accenture's insights.
You will also provide insight on political and legislative developments that impact Accenture's business objectives and support business to build strategic relationships and manage reputation risks.
Key Responsibilities:
In your , you will work closely with the Government Relations lead and the business leadership in UKI to support the development of and help successfully deliver a comprehensive Government Relations strategy for the market that includes:
Identifying, shaping and delivering opportunities to build Accenture's relationships and positive standing with relevant policymakers and opinion-formers.
Staying ahead of key political and public policy developments, analysing potential impact to our business, our offerings and/or our market overall and advising our business accordingly
Supporting the delivery of a UKI-focused dimension to Government Relations initiatives being driven at the Europe and/or global level.
Supporting the execution of an engagement strategy in UK/Ireland to help deliver the company's priorities and support our thought leadership activity.
Building and managing our relationships with industry / trade associations, think tanks, industry stakeholders and with Government Relations counterparts at Accenture's clients and partners.
Working as part of a cross-functional internal teams to manage reputational risk issues as they arise.
Working with collaboratively with colleagues across the global government relations team to identify and create opportunities that advance shared priorities and objectives
Person Specification:
A strong understanding of the political environment and policymaking process in the UK and Ireland and the effective and appropriate ways for business to engage in it.
Outcome-focused with a proven ability to organise, manage and deliver projects on time and to budget;
Strong communicator - able to convey information effectively - both in writing and verbally - to audiences that have varying degrees of expertise on an issue.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team while keeping key stakeholders appropriately involved and informed on progress.
Experience in research and development of thought leadership and management of policy campaigns, across the range of media and platforms, an asset.
Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities to effectively position companies and their policy agenda i.e. speaking opportunities, partnerships, collaborations.
Strong network and track record of building relationships.
Sound business judgement, including a strong radar for opportunities and risks and when and how to effectively flag them.
Ability to support business objectives through effective public policy strategies.
Reputation for having the highest ethical standards and integrity.
Posting deadline: Ongoing
Accenture reserves the right to close the role , if a suitable candidate is found
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