Public Affairs Officer

About the role

We’re looking for a talented Public Affairs Officer to join our Brand and Communications team. This is a unique opportunity to combine political insight with creative communications skills — helping us shape the housing debate, influence decision-makers and tell our story with impact.

Reporting to the Head of Brand and Communications, you’ll work across the organisation to deliver a joined-up approach to public affairs and communications. From writing compelling briefings and responses to turning complex policy into engaging content, you’ll make sure our messages resonate with the people who matter most, supporting our growth ambitions and influencing change. 

What you’ll do

• Monitoring the political and policy landscape to identify risks and opportunities.
• Developing briefings, consultation responses, position papers and speeches for senior leaders.
• Translating complex housing issues into clear, accessible communications for different audiences.
• Working with the wider comms team to align public affairs with media, digital and stakeholder engagement activity.
• Building strong relationships with MPs, councillors, advisers and sector partners.
• Supporting colleagues and leaders to communicate confidently and persuasively.

What we’re looking for

You’ll bring a solid understanding of politics, policymaking, and parliamentary processes – ideally with experience in housing, regeneration, or social policy (though not essential). Equally important is your ability to communicate with clarity and creativity, ensuring our messages cut through in a crowded landscape.

We’re particularly interested in people who are:

• Politically aware, with strong networking and influencing skills.
• Excellent writers and communicators, able to adapt tone and style for different audiences.
• Skilled at joining the dots between public affairs and wider brand/communications activity.
• Proactive, organised, and comfortable managing a busy, fast-moving workload.
• Passionate about using public affairs and communications to deliver positive change for communities.
  

If you’re ready to use your public affairs and communication skills to help shape the future of housing, we’d love to hear from you.

For more details on what we’re looking for in this role, please see the Job Description below. 

For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact Sam Hagan, Head of Brand and Communication on 07826875262.

Working for Vico Homes

Want to work in a place that values you? Where you’re offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You’re in the right place!

We have a strong and inclusive culture and we’re always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.

Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:

• £42,272 starting salary
• Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Pension - generous employer pension contribution
• Flexible working - we’re happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
• Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
• Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
• Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

How to apply and what happens next

• Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
• Complete the supporting information form below with details of how you meet the person specification
• We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one
• Email your supporting information form, and CV if you have one, to [email protected] before the closing date. Applications close at midnight on the closing date specified
• You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
• We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview

If you have any questions about a career at Vico Homes, you can contact us by email on [email protected]