Stakeholder Engagement Manager (National Programmes)

Lead on government relations and policy engagement at NPL, an organisation with a unique role to play in the UK economy.

NPL operates a partnering agreement with BEIS and works at a strategic level with government to tackle challenges and realise opportunities for UK industry. You will take responsibility for leading, developing and reporting on government relations and policy engagement across NPL. This will give you a key role in ensuring we demonstrate NPL’s impact.  

The position is based within the Government Relations team of our Strategy Directorate and involves close collaboration with NPL economists and colleagues in PR and marketing. We want you to develop and manage a programme of government engagement activity that builds our profile of NPL, including political visits, meetings and events.

You’ll also identify and respond to appropriate policy consultations, select committee inquiries and policy announcements, in addition to managing and co-ordinating the scientific input into policy responses.

It will be vital to build positive and constructive relationships with government stakeholders and increasing NPL’s network of government contacts. You will also manage more junior colleagues in the policy team.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement science, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life in the UK. 

NPL and DSIT have strong commitments to diversity and equality of opportunity, and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or age, providing they meet the required criteria. Applications from women, disabled and black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in particular are encouraged. All disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. 

At NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our people. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we hold memberships and accreditations to ensure we’re creating an environment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome, please see our Diversity & Inclusion page.

 We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Flexible working and social activities are embedded in our culture to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success. 

To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we’re always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us.