Account Director

Account Director | Planning Communications

Birmingham or Nottingham

Permanent/Full time

Full time 37.5 hours

 

What we’re all about

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised as PRCA National Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year. 

Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.  

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities. 

What you will get from us

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:

• A flexible, hybrid working model
• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry  
• Industry leading allocation of paid time off  
• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices 
• Private Medical Insurance 
• Regular social and teambuilding events 
• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity

What we are looking for

• A hunger to learn, an enthusiastic attitude and an open mind
• A desire to work at pace, learn by osmosis from industry experts, and deliver consistently high-quality work
• An interest in current affairs and understanding of how local government works
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills 
• A creative mindset 

Knowledge and skills

• Strong and demonstrable interest in current affairs, politics and public engagement on major infrastructure
• An excellent understanding of the infrastructure and energy sectors and the challenges they face
• Strong working knowledge of the UK planning process and relevant consenting regimes (e.g. DCO, T&CPA, TWAOs)
• The ability to think strategically and develop new business proposals, tender responses and client strategies and engagement plans
• Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work across client and internal teams to develop strong and lasting relationships with clients and colleagues

What you’ll need to do

A lead relationship holder for your assigned clients. You are accountable for the effective and profitable delivery of projects and retainers for these clients. You are a key driver of income growth, taking responsibility for developing existing clients and winning new clients for Cavendish. Design and implement proactive marketing campaigns for lead generation.  Your specific duties will include:

• Working with multi-disciplinary teams to lead compliant communications campaigns in support of major I&E projects including DCOs, TWAOs and T&CPA schemes. This will include elements of strategy formulation as well as tactical delivery
• Supporting and leading the delivery of current I&E client work including strategy development, tactical delivery, community and media liaison, client meeting attendance, and compiling project documentation
• Helping drive research both in support of individual tenders and pitches and more general campaigns targeted at certain audiences within the I&E sector
• Working with the Directors to analyse the market, develop new offerings and products/services
• Working in a flexible way across projects and teams to provide support in line with client and new business demands

Equal Opportunities

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. 

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.

We are a disability confident employer.  If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email peopleteam@cavendishconsulting.com.