United Kingdom · Public Relations Communications · Senior (5-8 years)

Senior Head of Public Affairs

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandSenior (5-8 years)
Direct reportsNo direct reports
Reports toDirector, Public Affairs
UK framework levelUsually a professional owning their own work, or leading a small team

Also advertised as Senior Public Affairs Analyst · Policy Lead · Senior Government Relations Specialist · Public Policy Advisor

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1What this role really is

This role is all about understanding the complex world of government and policy, then translating that into clear, actionable insights for our business. You'll be the expert who digs into proposed laws and regulations, figures out what they really mean for us, and helps shape our official stance. It's a blend of deep analysis, persuasive writing, and building relationships to make sure our voice is heard where it matters.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Quorum / FiscalNoteExpert

Building complex tracking dashboards for legislative activity, setting up custom alerts for keywords, and training junior staff on how to get the most out of the platform. You're the go-to person for this.

Capitol Canary (Phone2Action) / NationBuilderAdvanced

Designing multi-stage advocacy campaigns (e.g., email -> call -> social media), running A/B tests on messaging, and managing supporter segmentation to maximise impact. You'll be optimising our outreach.

Cision / MeltwaterAdvanced

Conducting advanced sentiment analysis on media coverage, identifying influential journalists and outlets, and building targeted media lists for proactive outreach on policy issues. You'll be shaping our media strategy.

Salesforce / MS Dynamics 365Intermediate

Building reports and dashboards to visualise our stakeholder network, mapping relationships, and tracking progress against our engagement goals. You'll ensure we have a clear view of our political capital.

PowerPoint / Google SlidesAdvanced

Creating detailed, persuasive presentations on policy issues for internal leadership, often pulling data and insights from various systems to tell a compelling story. Your decks will be top-notch.

Slack / MS Teams / AsanaAdvanced

Managing project boards for legislative campaigns, setting up automated workflows to streamline tasks, and using channels to coordinate rapid responses during fast-moving political events. You'll keep us organised.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Policy Position Drafting	Draft initial summaries for review by a Specialist.	Draft full policy positions, requiring manager review and approval.	Draft and finalise company policy positions, consulting with Legal and Director for sign-off.
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy	Suggest individuals to meet from a pre-defined list.	Propose engagement plans for specific policy issues, seeking manager approval.	Design and execute engagement strategies for key policy workstreams, consulting with Director on high-level contacts.
Campaign Messaging	Use approved messaging templates for basic communications.	Adapt core messages for different audiences, requiring manager review.	Develop tailored messaging and narrative frames for specific campaigns, consulting with Communications and Director.
Resource Allocation (Time/Budget)	Follow assigned task timelines; no budget authority.	Manage time for assigned projects; recommend small budget spends (e.g., £1K for research).	Allocate time across multiple workstreams; recommend project-specific budgets up to £10K for Director approval.
Mentorship & Training	Receive training and mentorship.	Provide informal guidance to new joiners.	Formally mentor 1-2 junior team members, guiding their development and reviewing their work.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Favourable Language Insertion

Number of instances where company-suggested language or amendments are successfully included in proposed legislation or regulation.

Target · 2-3 instances per year

Successfully had a key phrase defining 'digital service provider' amended in the Online Safety Bill to better reflect our business model, saving us an estimated £500K in compliance costs.

Advocacy Campaign Delivery

Percentage of assigned advocacy campaigns (e.g., on a specific bill or regulatory consultation) that are delivered on time and within budget.

Target · 90%+ on time and on budget

Our campaign to respond to the Treasury's consultation on digital payments was submitted a week early, under budget, and received positive feedback internally for its clarity.

Policy Briefing Accuracy & Clarity

Accuracy and comprehensibility of policy briefs and internal memos, as rated by senior internal stakeholders.

Target · Average internal rating of 4.5/5.0

The CEO specifically praised your briefing on the new data protection framework, saying it was the clearest explanation she'd seen and helped her make a quick decision.

Key Stakeholder Engagement

Number of meaningful engagements (meetings, consultations, presentations) with mid-level legislative staff, regulatory officials, and key trade association contacts.

Target · Minimum 8-10 engagements per month

You had 12 meetings last month, including a productive discussion with a senior advisor at DCMS about our concerns regarding upcoming AI regulation.

Policy Position Credibility

How often your drafted policy positions are accepted as authoritative and well-reasoned by internal and external audiences.

You're consistently asked to lead policy discussions
your documents are rarely challenged on their factual basis
external partners cite your analysis
internal teams trust your recommendations without extensive debate.

Internal Consultation & Foresight

Your ability to proactively identify emerging policy risks and opportunities, and how often internal teams seek your input before making strategic decisions.

You flag potential regulatory issues months before they become public
product teams bring you in during early development phases for policy review
you're invited to cross-functional strategy meetings as a matter of course.

Mentorship Effectiveness

The growth and development of junior team members you mentor, and their ability to take on more complex tasks.

Your mentees consistently meet their development goals
they seek your advice regularly
their work quality improves noticeably under your guidance
they express positive feedback about your mentorship.

Reputational Risk Mitigation

Your contribution to identifying and helping to mitigate potential reputational damage stemming from policy or political developments.

You flag a controversial policy proposal that could negatively impact our brand
you help craft a proactive communications strategy to address public concerns
your advice helps leadership avoid missteps in public statements.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Making a Real Impact

You get a buzz from knowing your analysis directly informs a senior leader's decision or helps shape a piece of legislation. You'll spend hours refining an argument because you know it could genuinely change an outcome.

Seeing your recommended amendment actually appear in a draft bill, or hearing the CEO reference your policy brief in a board meeting.

Solving Complex Puzzles

You thrive on dissecting dense legal texts, mapping out intricate stakeholder networks, and figuring out how to navigate seemingly impossible political situations. It's like a high-stakes game of chess, and you love the challenge.

Successfully identifying a loophole in a proposed regulation that no one else spotted, which saves the company millions.

Building Influence & Relationships

You genuinely enjoy meeting new people, understanding their perspectives, and building long-term, trusted relationships with policymakers and industry peers. You see every conversation as an opportunity to learn and connect.

A legislative staffer calls you directly for your input on a new policy idea because they trust your expertise and perspective.

What frustrates people

The 'Miracle Request': Being asked by the business to kill a 'bad bill' two days before the final vote, when the political concrete has been setting for six months. It's infuriating.
Internal Sabotage: The product team launches a feature with massive privacy implications without a peep to you, and you're left to manage the inevitable firestorm with regulators and Parliament. Happens more often than you'd think.
Pace Mismatch: The grinding, glacial pace of government ('we'll form a subcommittee to study the issue') clashing hard with the quarterly-results-driven urgency of the business. It's a constant source of tension.
Cost Centre Perception: Being viewed as an expensive insurance policy until a crisis hits, at which point you're suddenly the most important person in the company. Then the cycle repeats, and you're back to justifying your existence.
Explaining Nuance to Executives: Trying to make the C-suite understand that a legislative 'win' might mean watering down a bad bill from 'catastrophic' to merely 'terrible', which doesn't exactly feel like a victory to them.
The Relationship Treadmill: Spending years building a trusted connection with a key committee chair, only for them to retire or lose an election, forcing you to start again from zero with their replacement. It's exhausting.

What this role does not give you

A predictable 9-to-5 schedule – urgent policy developments don't care about your weekend plans.
Direct control over outcomes – you influence, you don't command.
Constant public recognition for your wins – a lot of the best work happens quietly behind the scenes.
A clear, linear path where every project you start gets completed and deployed.

6Who you work with

Your work directly influences our ability to operate smoothly, expand into new markets, and protect our reputation. By proactively identifying and addressing policy risks, you'll help us avoid significant financial and operational disruptions. You'll also play a key part in shaping public perception of our industry and company, which, let's be honest, is invaluable.

Inside the business

Director, Public Affairs
Legal Department (especially Regulatory Counsel)
Product & Business Unit Leads
Corporate Communications Team
Senior Leadership Team (for policy briefings)

Outside the business

Mid-level legislative staff (Parliament, local councils)
Regulatory agency officials (e.g., Ofcom, FCA)
Trade association representatives
Think tank researchers and academics
Industry coalition partners

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Proven experience in legislative or regulatory analysis, having successfully broken down complex policy documents.
Demonstrable experience in drafting clear, persuasive policy positions or responses to government consultations.
Experience representing an organisation in external meetings with government officials or trade associations.
A track record of managing specific workstreams or projects within a broader public affairs or advocacy campaign.
Experience in mentoring or guiding junior colleagues, even if informally.
Strong familiarity with at least two of the key digital tools listed (e.g., Quorum and Salesforce) at an advanced level.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Predictive Policy Analytics

Instead of just reacting to policy developments, we want to predict them. This means using our data from Quorum, Salesforce, and media monitoring to forecast the likelihood of certain legislative outcomes or regulatory actions.

Regression Analysis · Sentiment Scoring Models · Data Integration & Harmonisation

This week: Review existing reports from Quorum and Meltwater, looking for correlations you might have missed.
This month: Take an introductory course on basic statistical modelling or data science for non-programmers.
Month 2: Work with our data team (if we have one) to explore potential predictive models for a specific policy area.
Month 3: Present a 'predictive insight' to the Director, even if it's just a hypothesis based on your new understanding.

Quick win: Start looking for patterns in past legislative cycles. Did a certain type of bill always pass in an election year? That's basic predictive thinking.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attending industry conferences, webinars, and policy briefings to stay current on emerging issues.
Joining relevant professional associations (e.g., CIPR, Public Affairs Council) for networking and learning.
Subscribing to political intelligence services and think tank publications to deepen your understanding.
Seeking out opportunities to guest lecture or present on policy topics, building your personal brand and expertise.
Engaging in informal mentorship relationships with more senior public affairs professionals.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft policy summaries, meeting briefs, and even initial advocacy materials in minutes. Analysts who master this will outproduce their peers significantly. It's not about replacing you, it's about making you incredibly efficient.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft policy summaries, meeting briefs, and even initial advocacy materials in minutes. Analysts who master this will outproduce their peers significantly. It's not about replacing you, it's about making you incredibly efficient.

Context Windows & Token Limits
Temperature Settings
RAG Architectures
Output Validation & Hallucination Detection

Advanced Digital Storytelling & Visualisation

In a world saturated with information, cutting through the noise with dense policy papers is getting harder. We need to tell our story more effectively, using data visualisations, short-form video, and interactive content to engage policymakers and the public.

Data Visualisation Principles
Short-Form Video Content Strategy
Interactive Content Creation
Narrative Arc Development

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Legislative & Regulatory Analysis
Stakeholder Mapping & Influence Pathways
Coalition Building & Management
Policy Narrative & Message Framing
Political Risk Forecasting
Grassroots Mobilization

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Public Affairs Specialist (L2)
2-3 years
Skills to master
- Independent policy tracking, initial stakeholder relationship building, drafting basic policy summaries, managing specific issue areas.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently delivers accurate policy monitoring reports.
- Has successfully managed a specific policy issue from start to finish.
- Receives positive feedback on initial external engagements.
- Demonstrates a proactive approach to identifying emerging policy trends.
2
Legislative Assistant / Policy Advisor (Government)
3-5 years
Skills to master
- In-depth understanding of legislative processes, drafting parliamentary questions or speeches, direct engagement with constituents/stakeholders, political acumen.
You're ready to move on when
- Strong network within government departments or Parliament.
- Proven ability to influence legislative language or policy outcomes.
- Excellent understanding of political dynamics and decision-making.
- Can translate complex policy into clear, actionable advice.
3
Communications Specialist (Policy Focus)
4-6 years
Skills to master
- Media relations, crafting public narratives, crisis communications, translating policy into public-facing messages, digital advocacy.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully managed media campaigns around policy issues.
- Strong track record of crafting compelling public narratives.
- Understands the interplay between media, public opinion, and policy.
- Can effectively manage reputational risks related to policy.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey in public affairs here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a truly impactful career. We're looking for someone who wants to grow, learn, and genuinely shape the future of our business in a complex world. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Senior Head of Public Affairs is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Politics for JournalistsLevel 5

Applied to your work in Senior Head of Public Affairs

By completing this unit, learners will understand the UK's national and local political institutions and processes, enabling them to analyse news stories within their historical and political contexts and create journalistic copy.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Senior Head of Public Affairs

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Favourable Language InsertionNumber of instances where company-suggested language or amendments are successfully included in proposed legislation or regulation.Successfully had a key phrase defining 'digital service provider' amended in the Online Safety Bill to better reflect our business model, saving us an estimated £500K in compliance costs.2-3 instances per year
Advocacy Campaign DeliveryPercentage of assigned advocacy campaigns (e.g., on a specific bill or regulatory consultation) that are delivered on time and within budget.Our campaign to respond to the Treasury's consultation on digital payments was submitted a week early, under budget, and received positive feedback internally for its clarity.90%+ on time and on budget
Policy Briefing Accuracy & ClarityAccuracy and comprehensibility of policy briefs and internal memos, as rated by senior internal stakeholders.The CEO specifically praised your briefing on the new data protection framework, saying it was the clearest explanation she'd seen and helped her make a quick decision.Average internal rating of 4.5/5.0
Key Stakeholder EngagementNumber of meaningful engagements (meetings, consultations, presentations) with mid-level legislative staff, regulatory officials, and key trade association contacts.You had 12 meetings last month, including a productive discussion with a senior advisor at DCMS about our concerns regarding upcoming AI regulation.Minimum 8-10 engagements per month

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Senior Head of Public Affairs to Manager, Public Affairs (L4), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 4 · in progressAI Fluency→ Manager, Public Affairs (L4)→ your design

Where this takes you

Your journey in public affairs here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a truly impactful career. We're looking for someone who wants to grow, learn, and genuinely shape the future of our business in a complex world. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Senior Head of Public Affairs

Legislative & Regulatory Analysis
Stakeholder Mapping & Influence Pathways
Coalition Building & Management
Policy Narrative & Message Framing
Political Risk Forecasting
Grassroots Mobilization

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Senior Head of Public Affairs is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Manager, Public Affairs (L4)
3-5 years
You'll move from owning specific workstreams to designing and executing entire advocacy campaigns, often managing a small team or a significant budget for a particular region (e.g., Federal or EU Affairs). Your focus shifts to strategic campaign leadership and team development.
- Building and leading a small team of public affairs professionals.
- Managing a budget of £50K-£500K for advocacy campaigns.
- Defining strategy for a specific policy area or geographical region.
- Accountability for the success of multiple, concurrent campaigns.
- Influencing senior internal and external stakeholders (VPs, peer leads).

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, a lot of public affairs work is incredibly detailed and time-consuming. Imagine if you could cut down on the grunt work and spend more time on the strategic stuff—the conversations, the relationship building, the actual influencing. Well, AI is here to help with that.

We're building out a dedicated AI Productivity Hub to help our team work smarter, not just harder. For a Senior Head of Public Affairs, this means using intelligent tools to automate the tedious bits, giving you back precious hours to focus on what truly matters: deep analysis, strategic thinking, and high-value stakeholder engagement.

Legislative Summariser

Point an AI at a 1,000-page omnibus bill or a dense regulatory filing, and it'll spit out a concise, actionable summary. It highlights the sections most relevant to our business, based on keywords you define (think 'data localisation' or 'carbon tax'). No more slogging through endless legalese just to find the five pages that actually matter.

Stakeholder Sentiment Analyser

Feed an AI tool the social media feeds, press releases, and public statements of key policymakers and watch it analyse their sentiment. You'll spot shifts in their position on our core issues in near real-time, giving you an early heads-up on potential changes or opportunities. It's like having a digital spy, but totally legal.

'Digital Staffer' for Meeting Prep

Before a big meeting with an MP or a regulatory official, use AI to instantly generate a comprehensive pre-briefing. It'll pull their voting record on our key issues, recent media mentions, their constituency's major employers, and even biographical details to help you build rapport. Saves you hours of manual research for every single meeting.

First-Draft Advocacy Composer

Need to draft an email for a grassroots campaign, talking points for a Hill meeting, or a series of social media posts? Give the AI your core policy document, and it'll generate initial drafts tailored for different audiences. You'll still refine them, of course, but it cuts out the blank page problem and gets you 80% of the way there in minutes.

Common questions

How do you become a Senior Head of Public Affairs?

Common routes in include Public Affairs Specialist (L2) (2-3 years), Legislative Assistant / Policy Advisor (Government) (3-5 years) and Communications Specialist (Policy Focus) (4-6 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior Head of Public Affairs progress to?

This role can lead on to Manager, Public Affairs (L4) (3-5 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Senior Head of Public Affairs in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 4 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Senior Head of Public Affairs?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration and Advanced Digital Storytelling & Visualisation. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows Senior Head of Public Affairs, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 4 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Senior Head of Public Affairs: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan of nine units, ninety credits, each one an Ofqual-regulated unit the learner can tick or untick before starting. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

Start free No commitment. See your first steps free.

15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 4

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Public Relations Communications

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll develop in this role – policy analysis, strategic communication, stakeholder management, and political acumen – are highly transferable. You could move into roles in government (e.g., senior policy advisor, civil service), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), think tanks, or even into broader corporate strategy or legal roles where policy expertise is critical.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

You're not behind. You're right on time. The shift is only just beginning. Your role won't look the same in two years. Be the one who leads the change, not the one it happens to. Build my plan, free Here's the first ten minutes: a 2-minute confidence check → your personalised roadmap → meet the tutors matched to you. No card, cancel any time. No card. Build your plan, see your roadmap and meet the twelve tutors matched to you. All free. When you're ready to start learning, it's £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.

Senior Head of Public Affairs

What's rising in its place

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Advanced Digital Storytelling & Visualisation

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Public Affairs Specialist (L2)

Legislative Assistant / Policy Advisor (Government)

Communications Specialist (Policy Focus)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Your journey in public affairs here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a truly impactful career. We're looking for someone who wants to grow, learn, and genuinely shape the future of our business in a complex world. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Manager, Public Affairs (L4)

Where AI is starting to help

Legislative Summariser

Stakeholder Sentiment Analyser

'Digital Staffer' for Meeting Prep

First-Draft Advocacy Composer

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.