Associate Director

Associate Director | Government Relations

Glasgow / Edinburgh / Aberdeen

Permanent.

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 at PRCA National Awards 2025 as Large Consultancy of the Year. 

Across our 12 strategically located UK and Ireland offices, 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 proven ability to win new business and drive income growth.
• A desire to work at pace, learn by osmosis from industry experts, and deliver consistently high-quality work.
• Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work across client and internal teams to develop strong and lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Providing in-depth intelligence and analysis documents on policy and political developments in Scotland.
• Strong and demonstratable interest in current affairs and politics, and a thorough understanding of how devolved and national government works.
• Maintaining and expanding a network of contacts in government and key stakeholder groups.
• A creative mindset.

What you’ll need to do

A senior business manager taking responsibility for the growth and development of Government Relations in Scotland. Assisting the Director/BU Head with a number of key responsibilities;

• Maintaining and growing a valuable portfolio of profitable and satisfied clients.
• Securing the office’s future income through successful new business.
• Assisting in business planning and innovation to keep Cavendish at the forefront of the industry.
• Working with the Directors to analyse the market, develop new offerings and products/services.
• Support Government Relations marketing activity.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality work for our clients.
• Represent Cavendish at senior level meetings with clients, stakeholders and business networks.
• Think strategically and develop new business proposals, tender responses and client strategies and engagement plans.

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 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.