Title: Public Affairs Executive Salary: £34,586 - £36,407 Location: Farringdon Perm/FTC: Permanent - Hybrid Working About Us: Metropolitan Thames Valley is a 58,000-home provider of affordable homes and care and support services in London, the South East, the East Midlands, and East Anglia. With a history spanning 70 years, we believe that everyone should have a home and the chance to live well. We are currently the Chair of the G15, the voice of London’s largest housing associations, collectively housing one in ten Londoners and building a quarter of the capital's new homes. This role: As the Public Affairs Executive you will play a central role within the fast-paced and multi-disciplined Corporate Affairs Team, working at the cross-section between politics, communications, and policy. You will plan and deliver insight and evidence-based activity, with political awareness at the forefront of your work, to make a difference on the issues that matter most to our residents and the people we work with, whilst generating external support for MTVH. As the next general election draw closer, we enter a critical time for our organisation as we seek to influence and play a leading role in issues ranging from tackling the housing crisis to addressing the climate emergency, alongside advocating for our communities across a range of issues, including the rights of migrants through our work leading the Migration Foundation. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Community Engagement & External Affairs, the successful candidate will work across MTVH’s directorates demonstrating a proactive and forward-thinking approach to stakeholder management. The role will also include working with MTVH colleagues to respond to media enquiries, as well as identifying opportunities to promote our work through proactive media output. What you'll need to succeed: You will have a strong political knowledge and an interest in the housing sector (experience of the housing or related sectors is desirable, but not essential). You will be an excellent communicator who is comfortable with developing content for a range of audiences and have experience engaging with and summarising complex topics to support decision-makers. Excellent planning, organisation, and prioritisation skills are essential, and you will ideally have experience of organising events/visits. You will enjoy working collaboratively at all levels to solve problems and develop solutions, appreciating a range of views and opinions as well as offering advice to suit varying situations and needs. Interview date(s): 6th & 9th of November If you are interested in this position, please take a look at our attached job description and apply with an updated version of your CV. Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship. What’s in it for you? Our benefits include:- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9% Life assurance cover 3 x your salary Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation About us Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document Our promise Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing. Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.