Vacancies

Digital and Communications Officer/Manager

Location: London based, with flexible hybrid working

Salary: Competitive

Length of Contract: Permanent, full-time

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), the leading centre-right think tank, is looking for a hard-working and motivated person to lead on its digital and social media output; maintain its profile in the media and with key stakeholders; and to ensure that the impact of the organisation’s publications is maximised. The successful candidate will report into the External Affairs Director.

The role comprises three main duties:

Digital and Branding

  • Maintaining the CPS brand across all platforms, including branding for physical events
  • Leading on the CPS’s digital strategy, including running the CPS’s social media campaigns
  • Managing and updating the CPS website
  • Working with the research team to create engaging digital media content
  • Monitoring and aggregating media hits and producing regular performance reports

Press

  • Liaising directly with the press and handling media enquiries
  • Overseeing the distribution of all CPS publications: from scheduling and building networks of contacts, through to final delivery
  • Monitoring national and specialist media to identify news stories relevant to the CPS’ work
  • Drafting press releases, newsletters, and opinion pieces
  • Ensuring the regular release of newsletters and report briefings to our contacts

Events and Administration

  • Overseeing media activity at events, including filming, photography and live-tweeting
  • Liaising with external suppliers, including AV and production companies

Candidate profile

Essential:

  • Sympathy with the aims and objectives of the Centre for Policy Studies
  • Comfortable working independently and proactively to lead communications activity
  • Strong media relations skills, confident working with journalists and pitching articles
  • Good time management to balance multiple priorities
  • Strong written communication and eye for design
  • Highly capable running social media and online outreach campaigns
  • Experience using digital tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative suite

Desirable:

  • Experience working in a political or policy environment e.g. parliamentary office, political campaign, etc
  • Willingness to appear in print and on media as a spokesperson for the CPS
  • Familiarity with politics and policy debates on the centre-right
  • Familiarity with Hubspot or other CRMs

Application:
CV and one-page cover letter to [email protected]. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. Due to the volume of applications, we will  be unable to respond to unsuccessful applicants.

Closing Date: 26 February

Internships

Energy & Environment Intern

Location: London preferred; remote may be possible but some travel to London would be required

Salary:  National Living Wage

Hours: Negotiable but between 20 – 35 hours per week

Timing / duration: 812 weeks starting in February or early March

Job Details

The Centre for Policy Studies, the leading centre-right think tank, is looking for an intern for our Energy & Environment programme. The ideal candidate will be a recent graduate (or current student with the ability to work part time) who is passionate about decarbonisation, energy, transport, and/or the environment. The intern will work directly under our Head of Energy & Environment, Dillon Smith, primarily working on a longer-term policy programme building a more free market vision of decarbonisation policy in the UK. For someone interested in a career in Westminster, particularly in energy or decarbonisation policy, this is an excellent place to start building skills, a network, and policy knowledge.

 

Responsibilities will include:

  • Researching decarbonisation policies in the UK and around the world, helping to shape the CPS view on how they could be implemented in the UK – examples include private sector deployment of renewables via Power Purchase Agreements, expanding carbon pricing (beyond the current scope of our ETS) and consumer attitude research via polling or focus groups. This will include both desk-based research and interviews/roundtables with various stakeholders.
  • Helping to write CPS publications including shorter-form articles and longer reports
  • Administrative work to help prepare papers for publication
  • Some scope for original research and writing (eg via our CapX platform) so as long as it fits within the broader programme goals
  • Some ‘shadowing’ possible for meetings with MPs, civil servants and industry figures (to the extent desirable)

 

Required experience and skills: 

  • Strong educational background
  • Passion both for decarbonisation and the core values and aims of the CPS, including prosperity, free markets and opportunity
  • Ability to manage own time effectively and meet deadlines
  • Ability to write well and summarise policies and arguments effectively
  • A good eye for detail
  • A strong interest in UK politics

 

Desired experience and skills:

  • Experience with advanced academic (or private sector) research
  • Familiarity with decarbonisation policies in the UK would be a plus
  • Data analysis skills

Application: Send your CV and one-page cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to [email protected] 

Closing date: 14 February but we will be interviewing on a rolling basis. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we may not be able to respond to unsuccessful applicants.