Closing date: Tuesday 19 April 2022
We are seeking 4 people with experience of influencing a wide range of stakeholders to join the Learning and Skills team at the Institute of Physics on a permanent basis.
The Role
These exciting roles are integral to the IOP’s objectives of building influential relationships and partnerships in England with stakeholders across society, including the physics community, business and industry, local and regional policy makers, third sector charities, community groups, education and training providers.
The successful candidates will join an expanding team that is bolstering the IOP’s influencing and engagement capability, enabling the organisation to leverage new partnerships and deliver impact against its strategic aspirations.
The Influencing and Engagement Managers will work in a flexible and agile manner to support the successful delivery of the IOP’s strategy, Unlocking the Future, to drive the change required to achieve our ambitious aims on increasing diversity and inclusion, improving skills, unlocking capabilities and public dialogue, and improving access to high quality physics teaching. This will be achieved by raising the profile of the IOP and physics itself to diverse audiences across the North, Central and South areas of England, to engage with and influence key organisations and individuals. Within their target area (North, Central or South) specific activities will be delivered in line with the identified strategic need and desired impact. This will involve maintaining existing relationships and creating new ones to amplify the work of colleagues, members, and external partners, to drive measurable change for our campaigns, programmes, public dialogue and engagement work.
Employment Locations Available (Remote)
· 1 FTE to cover the North, including the North-west and North-east
· 2 FTE to cover the Central region from Sheffield down to Chelmsford
· 1 FTE to cover the South which includes London, Kent and the South-west
The Person
You will have outstanding relationship and stakeholder management skills and demonstrable experience of influencing external and internal stakeholders with often differing needs, interests, and motivations. You will have the ability to identify opportunities, make connections and facilitate collaboration between stakeholders with areas of mutual interest that may not appear immediately obvious.
An understanding of how to influence stakeholders’ policies and strategies in contexts related to any of the challenges and aspirations set out in our strategy would be particularly welcome. As would specialist skills in one of the following: campaigning, business engagement and community engagement. Specialist knowledge of one of the following: the school system, the FE system, the skills agenda, higher education or local government would also be particularly advantageous in this role.
Future of Work
The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer and our people are at the heart of our approach to delivery. Following the impact of COVID-19, we have developed a new, innovative and exciting trust-based model of flexible working. This empowers our staff to choose both individually and as a team how, when and where they work to deliver the goals of the organisation, acknowledging that there will be occasions where in-person meetings, collaborations and events will help generate greater impact.
The Future of Work initiative is based on the principles of collaboration, trust, flexibility and agility. You will be allocated a ‘base’ office which can also be a chosen place of work.
Application
Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a cover letter stating how you meet the person specification.
Why work with us?
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.
We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and you’ll play a part in helping us to deliver it. There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP - watch our new film to find out more about our work.
As well as a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.
Employment Type: Full time
Employment Basis: Permanent
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 19 April 2022
Interviews to be held: 26 and 27 April and 4 May 2022 Via Teams
https://iopjobs.org/current/vacancies/6055/apply/
