Public Policy Consultant

A new role has arisen for a Public Policy Consultant to operate within the mobile technology space. The Public Policy team proactively leads the policy debate, representing the industry to governments and regulators, and delivering a regulatory environment that maximizes investment opportunities.

The Public Policy team focuses on a number of policy and regulatory issues including consumer protection and institutional relations. These areas are shaped and influenced heavily by international debates and they have a need for a highly capable and experienced policy professional, with significant experience in lobbying and engagement with international institutions.

The role will include:

• Identify and monitor global policy and regulatory issues and developments relating to 'cyber security' (security, spam, cop etc), and other issues as required.
• Review existing positions, messaging and advocacy and identify gaps and issues. Develop and deliver key positions and messages when relevant policy issues arise on the political agenda.
• Liaise with regional Government & Regulatory teams to identify relevant issues and support needs
• Assist in the development and promotion of industry policy positions within intergovernmental institutions.
• Support preparations for and lobbying at global conferences
• Input into development of industry strategy, particularly in relation to cyber security issues and their political implications.
• Attending and reporting back on regional preparatory meetings and lobbying of national governments and regional intergovernmental organisations
• As required, support on going engagement between relevant organisations' working groups and study groups.
• Contribute to the broader work of the consumer protection and public policy team

Required skills:

This role requires the ability to work on highly complex policy issues in a wide variety of circumstances. The right candidate will be able to draw on a solid foundation of policy expertise and industry knowledge and contacts, augmented by the ability to adapt to different cultures.

Specifically:

• Significant experience of working in communications policy and knowledge of cybersecurity issues
• Experience of engaging with regulators, legislators, policy makers and government representatives and very comfortable in influencing and quickly establishing relationships with a wide variety of senior stakeholders.
• Significant knowledge of international institutional organisations and international policy development processes.
• Excellent communicator, able to express complex policy, regulatory, political issues in plain language, without losing the important points
• Excellent relationship management and advocacy skills

• Excellent written skills, for producing public reports, policy documents blog posts and research

• Excellent facilitation skills, for facilitating roundtable events and discussions
• Proficiency in other languages is highly desirable
• Excellent cultural awareness and a team player, being able to effectively connect together a wide group of internal stakeholders
• Highly mobile and willing to travel internationally

Please apply if you are interested and have the required skills to take up this contract opportunity.

As we receive such a high volume of applications every day, regretfully, we are only able to respond to successful candidates who will be contacted within two working days.

We wish you the best of luck with your search.