Account Executive
Salary: £25,000
Location: London (hybrid, currently three days working from Westminster and two days working from home per week)
Length of contract: Permanent
Job Details
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The Connect Group is an award-winning communications agency ranked in the PR Week UK Top 10 for public affairs, winning the PRCA awards for Best Campaign and Best Planning Campaign in 2022. We have a fast-growing team of over 50 consultants, with offices in Westminster and Belfast. We work with a diverse range of clients, from FTSE 100 companies and leading trade bodies to coalitions and charities.
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We are committed to maintaining high professional and ethical standards. We are members of the PRCA and CIPR, adhering to all industry codes, and hold the Investors in People Gold Standard.
To support our continued growth, we are looking for candidates who are interested in working in public affairs, ready to start from day one and with potential to become excellent consultants. The most important quality we are looking for is a passion for politics and a desire to make a career in public affairs, as well as some work experience.
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You will be working with a cross-party, dynamic team with experience in Parliament, the political parties, trades unions, charities, local government and business across a range of policy areas. You will be working directly for our clients from day one, as a member of our monitoring team and as a consultant on client accounts.
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We give our recruits experience across the business including public affairs, corporate communications and the built environment over their first six months. You will also benefit from our own training arm, Connect Training, which offers a range of training courses both to external audiences and our in-house team.