Overview
External Affairs Assistant Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at ISBA
Title: External Affairs Assistant
Company: ISBA
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
London (hybrid working)
£28,000 – £30,000
About ISBA
ISBA is the body representing brand owners advertising in the UK. It provides a single voice for advertisers,
supports members through knowledge, network and advocacy, and plays a key role in shaping the development of the advertising industry, and upholding advertisers’ interests.
ISBA’s mission is to help members navigate, shape and succeed in a complex and fast-changing environment, with the strategic priorities of enabling trust & effectiveness, ensuring transparency and aiding future capability.
About the role
We’re looking for a proactive, organised early-career professional to join ISBA’s External Affairs team. This is a great opportunity to build hands-on experience in a team covering communications, public affairs and regulatory affairs, supporting colleagues to help deliver impactful comms and advocacy which adds real value for UK advertisers.
What you’ll be doing
- Supporting the External Affairs team with practical communications and content administration, coordination, production support and follow-through
- Assisting with social media scheduling, post prep, content creation, and platform & community management
- Helping to source, produce and organise content for member communications, newsletters, social media and other External Affairs output
- Maintaining trackers, content plans etc to keep projects running smoothly and deliver success
- Support public affairs colleagues through practical research, monitoring and stakeholder tracking
- Support the delivery of events, campaigns, briefings and industry engagement
- Working across teams to provide flexible support where it adds most value
What you’ll bring
- Around one year’s experience in public affairs, communications or regulation
- Strong organisation and attention to detail
- Confidence working with data and reporting
- Clear written communication and a collaborative approach
- Curiosity and a willingness to learn quickly
Why ISBA
- Work directly with senior marketers across major UK advertisers
- Build broad exposure to media and public affairs
- Be part of a team focused on helping members navigate a fast-changing landscape
- Develop your career in a high-quality, member-led environment
Benefits
- Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 remote)
- Holiday – 22 days plus 5 days office closure at Christmas. Ratchets up to 23 days after 3 years' service, 24 days after 5 years' service and 25 days after 10 years' service. Plus one day for birthday to be taken two weeks either side of birthday.
- Pension – employer and employee pay minimum percentage as set out in current legislation (currently 3% for employer and 5% for employee). After one year, Company contributes 10%. Employees can make individual contributions collected through salary sacrifice.
- Private Healthcare (BUPA) from after one year for the individual (excludes partners and dependents).
- Christmas bonus
- Health and wellbeing allowance – £53 a month
- Cycle to work scheme – through salary sacrifice for a bike with value up to £2,500.
- Salary Extras portal – access to savings at supermarkets, cinemas etc.
- Working from home allowance – tax free allowance in line with government limit of £26 a month.
(Ref: ISBA1002)
