Principal Purpose of the post:

To service clients within the ukactive Consultancy Service whilst growing the overall value of the service, and contributing to the wider External Affairs objectives of ukactive.

Key Responsibilities:

Management of the ukactive Consultancy Service:

• Provide strategic, policy, business development and communications advice to clients, both the clients you directly manage and others
• Design a clear portfolio of consultancy services provided by ukactive
• Establish and nurture a strong working relationship with client representatives and to develop and maintain an understanding of clients' commercial and policy objectives
• Help clients achieve their objectives through the development of effective strategic public affairs programmes
• Develop pro-active solutions to clients' objectives
• Manage your own time to achieve levels of chargeable hours as agreed with the Public Affairs Director
• Contribute to the identification of development needs for more junior staff, and where appropriate assist in staff development. Dependent on scale of work this could include the recruitment and subsequent management of further Account Executive Posts
• Provide regular briefings to junior colleagues on clients requirements and provide them with constructive feedback on the tasks they undertake
• Hosting issue focused roundtables and networking events for clients which provide insight on key issues
• Grow the ukactive Consultancy Service
• Contribute to the wider work of the ukactive External Affairs Team

Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrable knowledge of ukactive key policy areas such as Public Heath, Commissioning, and Sports Policy
• Understanding of the activity, fitness and leisure sector
• Experience in managing clients proven preferably through a client facing role
• Excellent communications skills with a commercial ability to generate additional business
• Excellent written skills
• Excellent organisational skills, and an ability to multi-task, plan and work to timetables
• Confidence in steering the direction of a programme and influencing stakeholders to achieve programme objectives
• Demonstrable business development and commercial experience

For further detail please visit: http://www.ukactive.com/about-us/ukactives-team/work-for-ukactive.