Affinity Water is looking for a Stakeholder Engagement Lead to join our Water Resources Management Planning (WRMP) and Public Affairs team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of water security across our region.

For over 175 years, we’ve been committed to supplying high-quality drinking water to our communities. As part of our team, you’ll turn complex technical information from our WRMP and Drought Plan into clear, compelling communications for a wide range of audiences. You’ll also work closely with our Public Affairs team to help strengthen relationships with stakeholders and government, influencing policy and driving meaningful change in a critical area for our customers and the environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Translating technical water resources and drought planning information into engaging content for internal and external audiences.

• Working with government and stakeholders to help shape Affinity Water’s policy and regulatory positions.

• Managing customer consultations for the WRMP and Drought Plan.

• Producing and coordinating technical documents, consultation summaries, and supporting materials.

• Creating figures, tables, and visual assets for WRMP and Drought Plan publications.

• Developing communications materials including press releases, social media content, video scripts, podcasts, and website updates.

• Ensuring consistent messaging across channels and departments.

• Representing Affinity Water at regional groups such as Water Resources South East (WRSE) and Water Resources East (WRE).

• Supporting the delivery of our internal communications and engagement strategy.

What you’ll bring

• Strong communication skills with the ability to make complex information relatable and accessible.

• Confidence engaging with policy officials and understanding government policy frameworks.

• Experience creating high-quality written and visual content.

• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.

• A proactive, flexible approach and enthusiasm for taking on new challenges.

• Good working knowledge of Office 365.

Full Job Description available - Please email hayley.savory@affinitywater.co.uk

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.