About the CBI
Founded 60 years ago and representing some of the biggest names in business, household brands and globally traded corporations that employ people in all sectors and across every region and nation of the UK, the CBI is the voice of business. The CBI represents 850 members who themselves comprise 1,100 separate registered companies and 150,000 trade association members.
The CBI is committed to ensuring a safe, supportive and inclusive people-centric culture where our people can excel to achieve their full potential and be their best authentic selves in an environment where ethical values and respectful behaviours are at the very heart of who we are in our everyday interactions.
This is a permanent role, pay band 3, salary ranging £46,348 to £65,000.
To apply for the role, please send your CV and a short covering letter setting out your suitability for the role to by Friday, 5th June.
Role Summary
Our commitment – to both our people and our members is for the CBI to be the collective voice of business, driving sustainable growth. At their heart of that renewed purpose will be a clear mission statement – our northern star.
To speak for businesses of all sizes and sectors across the whole economy on issues of national importance. To be the bridge between industry and government, providing policy influence, insights and economic analysis to drive positive change. And for our work to focus on ensuring sustainable growth for the benefit of society.
To maximise our impact, we have established three principles to guide how the CBI will work with members. We will:
1. Be transparent in our decision-making, including the campaigns we choose to focus on, areas we submit policy consultation responses to, or issues we speak out on.
2. Be democratic in defining our positions, through how we gather member insights, feedback and consult. We will ensure all members have opportunities to have their voice heard and know the impact that their engagement has had.
3. Be evidence-led in our work, ensuring our advocacy is rigorous, factual and plays to our analytical strengths. Where there are nuances across the business community, we will surface these, working closely with our Trade Association network to ensure different perspectives are understood and communicated.
Our priorities are focused, relevant to all parts of the business ecosystem, and driven by the insights members shared with us about the big changes facing the UK economy in the journey to deliver lasting, sustainable growth. Those missions are:
- How to achieve an energy transition that improves resilience and affordability for the benefit of businesses and households?
- How to respond to the changing nature of the future of work and skills?
- How to manage the transformation being driven by the technological & innovation revolution?
- How to equip the UK – and its regions – to be an international competitive location for business?
For each of these areas, the CBI will run a programme of work: engaging and inspiring members, identifying key enabling actions required by the government and building the policy position to support those.
This vacancy is in the Future of Work and skills team. The successful candidate will design and deliver the CBI’s campaigns on education & skills as well as contributing to campaigns on wider labour market issues.
Key Responsibilities
Develop deep subject matter expertise on skills and other labour market policy issues and represent the CBI externally on this area:
- Build a high level of specific expertise around the topic and others’ activities in this area.
- Building credible and strong working relationships at a senior level across Government, the business community and with other organisations.
- Develop considered perspectives through member engagement, data gathering and informed political analysis that will inform CBI’s leadership position on the topic.
- Identify and deliver opportunities for the CBI’s view to be heard publicly on this area both through your own activities and by working with the CBI’s senior spokespeople
- Work with the CBI’s communications teams to raise the profile of the CBI’s labour market and skills agenda
Leading the creation and delivery of insight-led policy projects and campaigns
- Working alongside the Future of Work & Skills Director to set priorities for the CBI in this area.
- Develop intellectually rigorous perspectives and responses to support CBI views and perspectives, working with members and CBI colleagues.
- Ensure policy work is of high quality, evidence-based and sits within a broader CBI purpose for driving sustainable growth
- Liaise closely with the Devolved Nations policy leads to ensure coherence between campaigns across the UK.
- Ensure that CBI policy is informed by a representative cross-section of businesses.
Support member engagement and communications in key policy areas
- Ensure that CBI members are aware of the impact of our campaigns & projects through direct communication with our members and through keeping the CBI’s account managers informed of key developments.
- Contribute to the CBI’s commercial objectives through supporting meetings relating to the recruitment of new members and retention of existing members. Use policy insights and knowledge of market developments to identify commercial opportunities.
Knowledge & Experience
What an individual must know or understand to be able to fulfil the role’s requirements
- Professional understanding of how to influence UK policy development
- Good grasp of challenges and opportunities facing businesses operating in the UK
- Experience of senior policy development and influence
- Demonstrated intellectual interest and curiosity
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