Senior Stakeholder Relations Officer in London

Grade C: £34,890 (National) or £40,746 (London – for London office based or homebased workers within the boundary of the M25). There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £600 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles – please note this will be pro rata.

Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week or talk to us about compressed hours.

Contract Type: Fixed Term/ Secondment opportunity until 31/03/2027 (maternity cover).

Location: Home-based OR office-based opportunity, flexible location. You can also opt for hybrid working (3 office days and 2 days a week from home). CQC’s offices are in London, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham and Bristol.

Closing Date: Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11.59pm.

Make a difference: Every role at CQC helps us improve health and social care for people across England. If you're looking for a role in communications and engagement that offers real purpose, this could be the opportunity for you.

As a Senior Stakeholder Relations Officer, you'll be part of our Stakeholder, Parliament and Government Team, helping to build strong relationships with national organisations and partners. Your work will support openness, collaboration and accountability, while ensuring CQC stays connected to the people and organisations that shape the health and social care landscape.

Picture this: In the last 12 months, as a Senior Stakeholder Relations Officer, you could have:

• Worked closely with senior colleagues and their offices to understand their briefing and meeting requirements.
• Worked with colleagues and external partners to strengthen how CQC listens to stakeholder views, helping ensure national organisations and the communities they represent have a voice in our work.
• Led a national stakeholder forum ensuring we hear first hand views on our rebuilding and thematic work.
• Gathered and analysed insight from stakeholder organisations to help CQC better understand emerging issues across health and social care and inform future regulatory approaches.

You'll play a key role in the organisation by:

• Preparing briefing materials and providing engagement support for senior leaders attending external meetings and events.
• Building and maintaining relationships with national stakeholder organisations across health, social care and partner sectors.
• Sharing regulatory updates, key messages and organisational developments with stakeholder networks.
• Monitoring developments across the external environment and keeping colleagues informed about issues that may affect CQC's work.
• Measuring and reporting on stakeholder engagement activity to support continuous improvement and effective partnership working.

Show us what we're looking for in your application:

• Experience planning and delivering stakeholder engagement activities within a public sector, healthcare, public affairs or similarly regulated environment.
• Experience building productive relationships with external organisations and using those relationships to share information, gain insight or support organisational objectives.
• Experience turning complex information, policy updates or technical content into clear briefings, recommendations or messages for senior leaders and external audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and at a senior level.

Compliance: To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Without valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

The Benefits: We offer a wide range of benefits, including annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service.