The Role

The work of the Political & Regulatory practice area includes advising senior clients on political developments; helping clients to shape and respond to government policy proposals; developing communication strategies that showcase client best practice; supporting clients to communicate their positions to political stakeholders; identifying and tracking political risks; commissioning original research on client areas of interest; and working to ensure political issues are considered in broader communications campaigns.

A Consultant is the lynch-pin for account co-ordination and brings a strong approach to project and time management. You’d be responsible for staying ahead of political and policy developments from key stakeholders, and for applying strong client-focused insight. You would ensure that all client reporting is completed and shared in a timely manner.

Consultants work into and learn from our Senior Consultants, Associate Directors, Directors and Managing Directors, with the structure of each team varying across clients, based on the scope and client need. Consultants are role models for junior colleagues.

Teneo is a stimulating, stretching and dynamic place to work. We provide opportunities for rapid progression, a high degree of responsibility and significant ambition for growth for our business and our pople.

We are looking for exceptional candidates with wide-ranging perspectives who are intellectually curious, creative, collaborative and eager to learn.

Political Consulting at Teneo

Political & Regulatory advisory is a central element of our offer to C-Suite clients. Our work encompasses public affairs and political campaigning; public policy influencing and advisory; and regulatory capabilities.

Reputational and political risk is one of the pre-eminent concerns of every board in Britain today. We help business leaders position themselves for success during times of opportunity, change and crisis.

We help clients navigate political uncertainty, engage constructively and productively with political stakeholders, and achieve business objectives by shaping a positive (or benign) political, policy and regulatory environment in the UK.

Our work includes advising senior clients on political and regulatory developments; helping clients to shape and respond to government policy proposals; developing communication strategies that showcase client best practice; supporting clients to communicate their positions to political stakeholders; identifying and tracking risks; commissioning original research on client areas of interest.

Based in Teneo’s multi-disciplinary London office, we regularly work alongside colleagues from our financial communications, management consulting and financial advisory teams. 

Key attributes

• Build good client relationships and provide strong coordination for client work and teams
• Stay well informed, with a passion for politics, policy and current affairs generally, and sharing knowledge with teams and clients
• Offer credible and relevant client counsel and advice, drawing from understanding of the client’s business model
• Understand the importance of managing deadlines and proactively communicate about progress against them, including upward management where required
• Reliable and responsive with a positive attitude and willingness to get involved without waiting to be asked
• Contribute to the team’s connectivity and insight by developing own external network within the political and policy sphere
• Identifying opportunities for new business and organic growth for existing clients
• Develop relationships with colleagues in London and around the world; comfortable working in multi-disciplinary teams
• A positive, flexible and ambitious team player

Skills and Experience

• At least three years’ experience in a political or policy role, or a communications role with significant political or policy aspects to it
• Experience generating high quality political or communications research and analysis – including recommendations for action – in a useable and engaging way
• Desirable: experience of policy development via experience with a think tank, civil service, a party-political role, or similar in-house position
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, tailoring style of communication to the intended audience
• Ability to build and sustain good client relationships
• Appetite to build their own skills and knowledge
• Enthusiasm about creativity and campaigning, including working with and across different communications disciplines to deliver maximum impact
• Proactively seek and develop new and better ways of delivering client work
• Work well under pressure, problem solving independently of senior team when required

Benefits

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• 28 days holiday 
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual salary review
• Pension (company contribution: 5% of annual salary)
• Extensive investment in personal development & learning
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
• Private medical insurance
• Group Income protection
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Season ticket loans
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,500 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.