Inside Track is appointing a Head of Public Affairs.
This is not a conventional public affairs role.
Inside Track supports experienced people working inside powerful industries to contribute insight, often confidentially, on where industry norms, incentives and structures are shaping poor social and environmental outcomes.
The work is not about attacking individual companies. Inside Track’s insiders care about their sectors and want them to thrive. The aim is to help serious industry insight reach the people and institutions best placed to act.
In a nutshell
This is a rare opportunity for a senior public affairs leader who understands how policy, media, institutional power and campaigns work.
The Head of Public Affairs will help serve as a conduit between Inside Track’s work and the ministers, advisers, civil servants, regulators, policy makers, editors, journalists, civil society leaders and other senior stakeholders who can engage with or act on it.
The priority is delivery: mapping power, building trusted senior relationships, shaping stakeholder strategy and helping Inside Track decide who needs to hear what, when, and in what form.
This is a public-facing leadership role. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable being publicly associated with Inside Track’s work and representing it with clarity, judgement and discretion.
Media relations and PR experience would be useful, particularly where it supports public affairs objectives, but this is public affairs-led rather than PR-first.
Responsibilities
- develop and deliver a practical public affairs strategy;
- map political, policy, regulatory, civil society and media stakeholders;
- build relationships with ministers, advisers, civil servants, regulators, policy makers and parliamentary stakeholders;
- engage editors, journalists and media contacts where this supports public affairs objectives;
- advise on timing, framing and sequencing for public affairs and media engagement;
- help Inside Track decide when to use private engagement, public engagement or media-led routes;
- prepare briefings, meeting notes, stakeholder summaries and follow-up materials;
- represent Inside Track’s work in senior external conversations;
- help shape a simple, repeatable public affairs process from an early stage.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with strong public affairs judgement and the ability to operate credibly at leadership level.
Candidates are likely to bring experience from public affairs, government relations, policy, politics, campaigning, strategic communications, journalism, media relations or a related field.
You will need to bring:
- strong understanding of Parliament, Whitehall, regulators or public policy processes;
- credibility with senior external stakeholders;
- trusted relationships, or the ability to build them quickly, with policy and media stakeholders;
- strong judgement on power, timing, tone and risk;
- ability to engage ministers, advisers, civil servants, policy makers, editors and journalists;
- clear writing for senior, policy and media audiences;
- confidence representing an organisation publicly and privately;
- discretion when handling sensitive work;
- understanding of when and how media engagement creates value;
- ability to work independently in a small organisation with limited infrastructure;
- serious commitment to social and environmental change;
- ability to combine strategic judgement with practical delivery.
Useful experience
Experience in any of the following would be useful:
- public affairs or government relations;
- parliamentary, ministerial, adviser, regulator or civil service engagement;
- policy campaigning or public-interest advocacy;
- strategic communications;
- media relations, journalism or editorial relationship-building;
- climate, social justice, corporate accountability, technology, finance, food, advertising, insurance or other sectors relevant to Inside Track’s work;
- working with sensitive information or confidential stakeholder groups;
- building a function, campaign or system from an early stage.
Role: Head of Public Affairs
Organisation: Inside Track
Contract type: Part-time, initial 12-month contract
Working pattern: 2 days per week initially, with possible scope to increase
Location: UK-based, remote working, with regular time in London
Inside Track welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds. Selection will be based on the role criteria, the evidence candidates bring and their ability to deliver the brief.
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