Public Affairs Manager

The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen at the heart of the Law Society\’s campaigning and political influencing activity. Managing a busy in-house team of public affairs professionals, this role will lead our day-to-day engagement and relationships with key political stakeholders, providing oversight of our activity and working closely with senior leadership to support our members. We lobby on a range of legislation in Parliament – from Bill\’s you might expect such as the Crime and Policing Bill or the Employment Rights Bill – but also on Bill\’s such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, the Terminally Ill Adults Bill or on recent trade legislation. The Law Society is the independent professional body for over 200,000 solicitors in England and Wales. Our members work across all areas of law – and the issues we work on are just as diverse. This is an exciting and varied role where your political expertise and knowledge will be used to great effect to make a real impact for our members. We have positive access and relationships to policymakers, parliamentarians and ministers, and an excellent reputation in Westminster. As we approach the end of the first year of the new Labour Government, there is huge opportunity to influence the political debate, driving our influencing on important issues such as access to justice, the rule of law and supporting a thriving legal business sector up the agenda and influence …