H/Advisors Cicero is looking for an Associate to join our award-winning UK Public Affairs team, specialising in Health and Social Care. The successful candidate will oversee most of the day to day account execution and administration reporting to a Senior Associate or Consultant as appropriate. They should be a confident operator with a good, but still developing, understanding of UK public affairs.

The role requires a strong interest in UK politics and health policy.

As a member of our client account teams, main duties will include assisting with client work and delivery, research, monitoring and writing briefings. 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with some of the world’s most influential companies on some of the sector’s most pressing issues including working with leading life sciences and medtech clients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Organising meetings and client calls, being actively prepared to participate in meetings.
• Writing and circulating client and internal meeting agendas 
• Keeping minutes during meetings and circulating important actions
• Contributing to client briefings and documents
• All administration on accounts to ensure smooth running of delivery
• Presenting to clients in meetings as directed
• Keeping up to date with political and current affairs and flagging important client related points to the team
• Written communications, such as letters, blogs, memo’s and emails 
• Undertaking media and desk research for new business pitches and current client programmes 
• Understand the client’s business and their needs

Working with colleagues:

• Working proactively as part of a team
• Talking to members of the team and asking for help or guidance 
• Following up with team to ensure client actions are completed
• Assist with developing and mentoring interns 

General:

• Aptitude and ability to learn about policy and regulation with direction from managers and seniors.
• High attention to detail
• Basic IT skills – Microsoft Office, basic excel and Microsoft word
• Developing organisation skills to work across multiple accounts under time pressure