Strategic Engagement Manager
Job summary
Strategic Engagement Manager x 2
£62,000 per annum
Bedford
Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)
Hybrid Working
Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as our Strategic Engagement Manager. This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build better financial futures for everyone in need and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team.
As a Strategic Engagement Manager you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic engagement with decision makers, key stakeholders, and opinion formers. This is your opportunity to be at the heart of financial wellbeing in the UK—where your insights, communication skills, and stakeholder relationships will help transform lives.
we’d love to hear from you!
Job description
What You’ll Be Doing
The Strategic Engagement Manager will report directly to Head of Corporate Affairs and will be responsible for:
- Leading on the development and execution of the stakeholder engagement strategy and programme; coordinating stakeholder engagement across the organisation where appropriate
- Mapping the stakeholder landscape; and forging relationships with key stakeholders to help push forward the Money and Pensions agenda
- Supporting and working with others across the organisation to ensure quality and consistency of external facing engagement
- Writing speeches, producing presentations and supporting the briefing process for Executive Leadership Team and Chair
- Ensuring approaches and frameworks including our CRM system are in place and implemented effectively across the organisation to create and share knowledge in relation to stakeholders and key opinion formers
- Developing stakeholder messaging and channel management strategies that support our strategy and objectives
- Managing the strategic stakeholder engagement for specific programmes of delivery related to the Corporate Strategy and UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing.
- Leading on relevant stakeholder event selection and management
Person specification
What You’ll Bring
To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
- Expertise in developing and delivering successful corporate engagement strategies and plans
- Development of corporate narrative and messaging
- Reputation management
- Solid understanding of stakeholder engagement
- Strong partnership and stakeholder management abilities, with expertise in influencing senior level stakeholders
- Strong networking and presentation, written and verbal communication skills
Everything we do aligns with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles.
Benefits
About Us
MaPS is based in bright, modern offices in Bedford, and we’re here to help people across the UK feel more confident and informed about their money.
Our values guide how we work together:
- Caring – for colleagues and the communities we support
- Connecting – building supportive, positive relationships
- Transforming – creating impact that truly matters
We’re proud to foster an inclusive, welcoming culture. Our colleague networks include LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health and ethnicity groups — and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
What We Offer
- 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Contributions matched 2 to 1 (employer contribution up to 10% of your salary)
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme (up to £3,000)
- Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs
- Life assurance
- EAP Assist & Life
- Enhanced family and sick pay
- 2 paid volunteering days
- Recognition scheme
- Retail discounts portal
Flexible Working
We believe work should fit around life. This Bedford‑based role offers genuine flexibility so you can balance work, family, and personal commitments. We come together for purposeful team collaboration to stay connected and drive great results.
Career Development
We love supporting internal growth and progression, while continuing to follow fair and open Civil Service recruitment practices.
Important Information About Applying
- Please apply only via official MaPS links - we can’t accept applications via email or unauthorised sites.
- MaPS is unable to offer visa sponsorship.
Reserve List: If you're successful at interview, we may place you on a reserve list for up to 6 months. If a similar role becomes available, you may be offered it without the need for another assessment.
If you believe your application hasn’t followed the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles, you can contact resourcing@maps.org.uk. If unresolved, you may then contact the Civil Service Commission.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
Our Recruitment Process
We keep things simple, fair, and transparent:
Step 1: CV Submission
Applications open: 01st June 2026 I Closing date: 15th June 2026
- Please submit your most up-to-date CV outlining how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the job specification.
Step 2: Telephone Interview
Taking place between: 02nd June 2026 – 17th June 2026
- Candidates who meet the initial criteria will be invited to a friendly and informal telephone interview with the Reed team. This is an opportunity to discuss your experience in more detail and learn more about the role.
Step 3: Final Stage Interview
Scheduled for week commencing: 22nd June 2026
(Dates subject to change)
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a final interview via Microsoft Teams.
- Interviews will last 1 hour and will be conducted by a panel of three.
- The session will include a range of competency‑based questions to assess your skills, behaviours, and alignment with the role.
Everything we do aligns with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles.
Job Reference: MaPS01190
Close Date: 15/06/2026
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Sabreena
- Email : sabreena.chowdhury@reed.com
Recruitment team
- Email : sabreena.chowdhury@reed.com
Salary range
- £62,000 per year