Job Description

H/Advisors Cicero is looking for a Consultant (Account Manager level equivalent) to join our award-winning UK Public Affairs team, specialising in Health and Social Care.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and enhancing client relationships, overseeing the overall direction and delivery of client activity including support on health and care policy, legislation and regulation. The successful will also have the opportunity to gain experience in new business development.

This role requires a strong grasp of UK politics and health policy as well as an interest in European and Global health policy (experience in these latter areas is desirable but not essential).

The successful candidate will need the ability to motivate and drive account teams to deliver outstanding performance and service to clients. This is an ideal opportunity for an aspiring consultant or in-house professional keen to advance their career.

Why join H/Advisors Cicero?

Working at Cicero, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the world’s most influential companies on some of the sector’s most pressing issues. Cicero boasts an industry-leading roster of clients in the healthcare sector including leading life sciences and medtech businesses. We deliver integrated creative campaigns across a range of interesting therapeutic areas and broader healthcare issues.

H/Advisors Cicero is an integrated communications agency based in London and Brussels and is part of one of the world’s largest communications groups, Havas.

We offer competitive salary and benefits including private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, companywide bonus and reward schemes, hybrid working, additional flexible working initiatives, professional development programmes, overseas secondment opportunities, cycle to work scheme, wellbeing programmes, season ticket loans, enhanced parental leave packages, subsidised café, 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, home working equipment package and many more perks at our central state-of-the-art Havas London Village building!

Role Responsibilities:

Account Management:

Developing and delivering day-to-day client activity.
Quality control of account deliverables.
Working with account colleagues on resource management.
Maintain overview of account, and proactively advise client on new issues/external environment and contribute to strategic planning meetings with client.

Client liaison:

Maintaining excellent relations with clients.
Identifying opportunities to expand Cicero’s service offerings and delivering this where appropriate.
Support client marketing and retention.
Organise regular and timely meetings with colleagues to ensure service levels are maintained.

Business development:

Help develop opportunities for growing existing business.
Assist with development and presentation of new business opportunities.

Professional relations:

Building and maintaining key relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including Government officials, Parliamentarians, regulators and sector practitioners.
Demonstrate innovation and creativity in presenting new ideas.
Managing junior team members on accounts.

The ideal candidate will have:

Experience in healthcare public affairs is a must have whether in agency, an in-house role or the charity sector.
A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a related role.
An understanding of the UK political system is essential and an interest in European and Global health policy desirable.
Interpersonal and communication skills – ability to communicate effectively with team members, key audiences and clients in written and verbal formats.
A client and commercial focus.
Highly competent in all written communications.
Highly competent in verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to research and analyse.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Organisation and prioritisation.
Ability and desire to continuously learn new areas of policy.
Alignment to our cultural values; courage, innovation, collaboration, expertise, respect, and openness.

Equal opportunities

We pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job. We are open to discussing flexible working opportunities and operate a hybrid working model of home and office working.

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