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Director, Strategic Communications
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Strategic Communications professional to shape our ongoing success in Manchester and the North West, and to lead our established team.
Manchester
This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career within a vibrant and forward-thinking consultancy and work alongside clients as trusted independent advisors. We are looking for a Director level public affairs / corporate affair / social value and/or stakeholder engagement specialist to set and lead our Manchester and North strategy, securing new business and delivering political, community and media engagement, to achieve successful planning outcomes for our clients.
The role
From our Manchester office you will join and help to continue the development of our established Strategic Communications team across the UK and Ireland. Working with high profile clients, you will be able to grow the team’s position in the market within the context of one of the most respected brands in planning, place, and infrastructure, adding your skills and experience to our unique offer of planning communications, insight-led communications, and corporate affairs.
You will be winning your own work as well as working with the wider Strategic Communications team and the full range of Turley services to sell and deliver an offer which matches the market need. Examples of recent projects includes the redevelopment of the Patterson, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, multiple stadia and training ground projects with Liverpool Football Club, and major residential led redevelopment within Oldham Town Centre.
About you
We are seeking candidates with private sector experience, accomplished in business development and in promoting major property development and regeneration projects, as well as experience in engaging with clients, consultants and other stakeholders within the North West development market. If you have a track record of professional engagement on complex and controversial issues and have a passion for local politics, placemaking and property development, we want to hear from you.
Why work for Turley?
Andrea Kellegher leads our Strategic Communications team in the South West and Wales, and has developed in her career at Turley:
“For nine years at Turley, I've thrived with diverse challenges in my workload, supported by a talented team and unwavering company support. The range of responsibilities keeps me engaged, while collaborating with skilled co-owners means we can tackle any project and gain the best outcome for our clients. Turley's flexible approach allows me to achieve at work and maintain balance.”
We are trusted independent advisors with restless ambition to shape a more sustainable future.
We work collaboratively with our clients to deliver places and communities that thrive. We combine professional expertise with in-depth market knowledge and deploy our services — Business Cases and Funding, Design, Economics, EIA, Expert Witness, Heritage, Townscape and Landscape, Planning, Strategic Communications, and Sustainability and ESG — individually or collectively to meet client needs in the most effective way.
We offer excellent remuneration and a flexible benefits package including medical insurance, pension, flexible working allowance, ownership dividend and performance-related bonus.
Turley operates a blended flexible working model, allowing co-owners choice, freedom, and flexibility as to where, when and how they work, balancing personal, team and client requirements. While working across Monday to Friday is preferred for this role, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in more detail during the recruitment process.
We are committed to ensuring people, places and the planet can thrive.
We know that actions speak louder than words. As a business, and through our client work, we strive to make a meaningful impact. This is how we are shaping a more sustainable future.
We have been CarbonNeutral® certified since 2018; achieved Bronze Carbon Literate Organisation accreditation in 2023; and are working towards B Corp status.
Driven by our purpose, we believe in using business as a force for good, including generating value for our clients and profits for our co-owners.
Our aim is to be an even more diverse and inclusive company; we celebrate difference and we're actively building more diverse teams. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of background and personal circumstances who meet the criteria set out above. We would love for you to join an organisation that enables you to thrive. If you need any assistance during the recruitment process or we can put in any adjustments for you, please contact Turley’s People & Culture team (careers@turley.co.uk).
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If you think Turley could be the right move for you, please apply in confidence by following the “Apply Now” link below or by emailing careers@turley.co.uk, attaching your CV and a covering letter, along with details of your salary expectations.
No agency interest please.
The successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK by the start of their employment.
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