You will be a leader in Engagement and Influence to build on and execute our current strategy. You will also work with other Wise Group teams to identify our value, insight, tell our stories and refine and amplify our unique voice and ambition to innovate. We want our stakeholders and colleagues alike to see value of what we do, and to be inspired to take
action to join our journey.

You will develop effective strategic and business planning and manage departmental resources, including the development and motivation of team members.

This role is part of the Leadership Team which leads the day-to-day delivery and continuous improvement of the enterprise’s activities.

• Building our reputation for being passionate and committed to inspiring deeper positive change within our enterprise and across society whilst being a socially conscious disruptor that drives innovation through research rooted in our social principles.
• Delivering a regular programme of insights that seeks to evidence our social, cultural and financial impact based upon our Theory of Change and which can be mobilised to secure future innovations
  and growth. Providing relevant political, economic, and social horizon scanning that impacts on the Wise Group and its strategic interests.
• Developing and implementing communication and brand strategies to ensure that the Wise Group’s key internal and external audiences understand more about our social, cultural, and financial impact. Ensure support for the Relational Mentoring framework so that a programme of activities, communications and content engages audiences and ensures our impact in society is recognised and celebrated. Measure work carried out against plans, developing new tactics based upon findings and results. Manage the Wise Group’s associated channels, including social media and website, to ensure consistent messaging and branding.
• Creating a colleague engagement plan at the heart of the enterprise to strengthen a growth mindset across our Enterprise, build strategic alignment and imbed our values whilst ensuring new colleagues feel like they’ve always belonged.
• Leading a talented Engagement and Influence team and working closely with other teams to position the Wise Group as the temperature check and solutions provider for civic challenges. Direct line management of 3 members of staff in a wider team of 6. Producing and monitoring key data and analytics to ensure the team contribution meets our E&I strategy. Develop and implement annual plans, meet annual targets, manage budgets, deliver against objectives and support change management. Develop clear measures of success for activities and continually monitor, evaluate and report on progress.
• Seeking continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility and recommending changes.
• Identifying opportunities to enhance, and risks to, the Wise Group’s reputation and to make recommendations for developing the Wise Group’s policy activity.
• Participating on behalf of the E&I director as directed at meetings and events and take part in media activity where senior representation is required.
• Participating actively in the Wise Group’s leadership group activities, to contribute to other relevant corporate initiatives, including the business planning and reporting processes.

• Able to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake this post.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of skills.
• At least 5 years’ experience in senior engagement or policy role and in a senior representational role.
• Demonstrable experience of leading a communications or engagement team in a fast-paced environment.
• Possession of an excellent news sense, proven media relations skills, and a strong network of media contacts.
• Politically astute, with sound judgement. Able to anticipate possible areas of concern and take action to mitigate risk across the UK and Scotland landscape.
• Experience of leading significant change projects.
• Excellent presentation, written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines, across a range of funders and partners with excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to successfully negotiate and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders, and at all levels. Good networker, able to broker partnerships and build strong relationships.
• Demonstrable experience in campaign evaluation and analysis.
• Ability to seek out, manage and influence opportunities for continuous improvement and change.

How we do things needs to be at the heart of what we do and how we go about doing it. Success is knowing our values and behaviours and using them to manage our decisions and actions. The behaviours most important to this role are:

• Customer Impact – Reflects the pursuit of driving enterprise decisions from our customers’ perspective.
• Communication – Reflects the ability to take responsibility for the tone, content, and impact of how you choose to communicate.
• Inspiring Others – Reflects the ability to support and encourage colleagues and teams so they can give of their best.
• Commercial Awareness – Reflects the ability to use commercial, financial, and understanding to improve the impact of the enterprise.
• Concern for Impact – Reflects the ability to select the appropriate behaviour to influence colleagues, customers, and stakeholders to achieve a specific outcome.
• Collaboration – Reflects the ability to pull colleagues, customers, and stakeholders together habitually to maximise the impact of the enterprise.
• Capability Management – Reflects the ability to set self and others’ objectives that directly contribute to the overall enterprise objectives and review these regularly within ‘My Contribution.’
• Equity and Diversity – Reflects the ability to support a diverse and inclusive workplace to achieve a competitive advantage.
• Integrity – Reflects the ability to work ethically and to share the enterprise value of honesty.