.Head of UK Government Relations & Public Policy - FTCFull-timeOffice: LondonWe are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.Great journeys start with TrainlineNow Europe's number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be.Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh, Berlin, Madrid, and Brussels. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.As Head of UK Government Relations and Public Policy, you'll be responsible for strengthening Trainline's voice and reputation in support of our growth plans. Reporting to our Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, you will be responsible for moving perception with key government, political and public policy audiences. The role will be fixed term contract for 9 months to cover a period of maternity leave.In a period of major change in UK rail and the technology underpinning it, your team will be supported by our award-winning Legal, Comms and Industry Relations functions to influence debates and unlock commercial opportunities. You will deliver counsel at senior levels of the business and help drive our external public policy agenda, strengthening our relationship with cabinet ministers.Key responsibilities include:Developing an advocacy strategy for Trainline across key stakeholder audiences. Working closely with Industry Relations team to support on industry audience engagement.Building a distinctive position on key public policy issues as they relate to Trainline's commercial interests.Providing senior counsel on political and policy issues and integrating counsel through the organisation at appropriate levels.Growing and developing the Government Relations team within the Corporate Affairs function which also includes our Industry and Communications teams.Developing an alliance-based model with sector and broader industry to jointly campaign on areas of common interest.Identifying and establishing a network of political and wider policy making community supporters for Trainline.Providing internal counsel to Brand, Product, Tech and Data teams on interaction with government, political and policy community.This is a career defining role for someone passionate about policy, public affairs and technology and the difference transport tech can make to customers, industry and the wider green agenda
