Stakeholder Engagement Manager

We are looking for a Stakeholder Engagement Manager to be based at any of our office locations: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, York, Glasgow. At ORR we have adopted hybrid working and are currently expected to work from a workplace location for a minimum of two days per week or 40%. 

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is the independent economic and safety regulator for Britain’s railways and monitor of performance on England’s strategic road network.  

This is an exciting time to join ORR, we are delivering a significant transformation programme to create a consistently agile and enabling organisation, with the right capability and a strong, inclusive culture that reflects our talented people. This will ensure we continue to operate as an independent, expert regulator, fit for the future and equipped with the capabilities and ways of working required to support sector-wide rail reform, while contributing to the government’s broader agenda on regulatory reform and economic growth. Further detail on our future role is set out here. 

The ORR External Engagement team manages our parliamentary and stakeholder activity, ensuring parliamentarians and stakeholders are engaged with our activity.

This role plays a central part in the ORR’s strategic and stakeholder engagement at a key time of change during rail reform, with responsibility for ensuring good stakeholder knowledge and intelligence; coordinating non parliamentary stakeholder activity across the organisation and building the new relationships necessary, and supporting our corporate messaging and wider communications objectives including drafting copy and assisting with preparation of external presentations and briefings.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder intelligence network
  • Coordinate cross-organisational stakeholder activities, ensuring cohesive messaging and engagement
  • Craft compelling corporate messages and draft high-quality content for external communications
  • Support the planning and execution of external presentations, events, and briefings
  • Manage projects related to stakeholder engagement and communications initiatives
  • Utilise IT systems to track, analyse, and report on stakeholder interactions and outcomes
  • Coordinate international visit requests

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Job Information Pack for further details.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers at Our people | Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).  

Stakeholder Engagement Manager
£41,424 to £49,875 per year London £45,728 – £49,875 Regional £41,424 – £45,595
Permanent - Full-time
Posted 9 days ago
Closing date: 23/04/2026
Job reference: RA1544823LonSEM
Documents
Job Description - Stakeholder Engagement Manager.pdf
ORR Job Information Pack.pdf