Senior Stakeholder Relations Officer

Job summary

Make a difference
Every role at CQC helps us improve health and social care for people across England. If you're looking for a role in communications and engagement that offers real purpose, this could be the opportunity for you.

As a Senior Stakeholder Relations Officer, you'll be part of our Stakeholder, Parliament and Government Team, helping to build strong relationships with national organisations and partners. Your work will support openness, collaboration and accountability, while ensuring CQC stays connected to the people and organisations that shape the health and social care landscape.
Picture this
In the last 12 months, as a Senior Stakeholder Relations Officer, you could have:
Worked closely with senior colleagues and their offices to understand their briefing and meeting requirements.
Worked with colleagues and external partners to strengthen how CQC listens to stakeholder views, helping ensure national organisations and the communities they represent have a voice in our work.
Led a national stakeholder forum ensuring we hear first hand views on our rebuilding and thematic work.
Gathered and analysed insight from stakeholder organisations to help CQC better understand emerging issues across health and social care and inform future regulatory approaches.
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You'll play a key role in the organisation by
Preparing briefing materials and providing engagement support for senior leaders attending external meetings and events.
Building and maintaining relationships with national stakeholder organisations across health, social care and partner sectors.
Sharing regulatory updates, key messages and organisational developments with stakeholder networks.
Monitoring developments across the external environment and keeping colleagues informed about issues that may affect CQC's work.
Measuring and reporting on stakeholder engagement activity to support continuous improvement and effective partnership working

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What we're looking for in your application

• Experience planning and delivering stakeholder engagement activities within a public sector, healthcare, public affairs or similarly regulated environment.
  
  
• Experience building productive relationships with external organisations and using those relationships to share information, gain insight or support organisational objectives.
  
  
• Experience turning complex information, policy updates or technical content into clear briefings, recommendations or messages for senior leaders and external audiences.
  
  
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and at a senior level.

Job description

JD is viewable within the advert on the Care Quality Commission careers page

Person specification

JD is viewable within the advert on the Care Quality Commission careers page

Benefits

• The Benefits
  We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

  • Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
  • Training and development opportunities.
  • Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
  • NHS pension scheme, with around 23.7% employer contribution.
  • Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

  Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

TBC

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Further information

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