Regional Manager - South East

Job Title: Regional Manager - South East

Directorate: Electoral Administration and Regulation - Support and Improvement Team

Starting salary band :

• D1 grade: £52,420-£55,041 per annum per annum depending on skills, experience and qualification.
• Staff with the London Office as their work location will attract a London weighting allowance of £3,217 on top of their base salary.

Work Pattern: Full time & Permanent

Location: London based or homebased. If London based this role will be on a Hybrid basis requiring a minimum of 2 days office attendance (40%). Where the role is on a permanent homeworking basis regular travel to London and across the region will be required.

Working at the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission is the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and to ensure its integrity.

We offer excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working hours and the opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements, fantastic office space and endless opportunities for personal development opportunities and continuous learning.

The Electoral Administration and Regulation Directorate is responsible for the provision of guidance and support to Electoral administrators to enable them to provide excellent electoral and registration services. The English Regional Teams undertake this work across England.

The Role

The Regional Manager – South East is responsible for delivering the Commissions priorities in the English Regions, through the ongoing provision of advice, support and challenge to local authorities in the delivery of electoral and registration services.

The post-holder will be responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the nature of their regions and the challenges faced by the relevant local authorities. This will assist and enhance the risk based approach to performance monitoring and support against the performance standards and will enable the Commission to better challenge them to meet the standards. The Regional Manager – Southeast currently leads one Regional Liaison Officer who supports this work.

The successful candidate will need to develop and maintain effective relationships with key external stakeholders, including Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers and local authority chief executives.

The role will require regular travel within the regions.

Who we are looking for

You will have a strong understanding of how local government works across Great Britain alongside a knowledge of electoral administration within that context.

The successful candidate will need to have experience of working autonomously, be able to build and maintain working relationships and to influence a range of stakeholders on a regular basis.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• Experience of developing strong working relationships with a wide range of internal and external contacts and command the confidence of Electoral Administration professionals and candidates and agents
• Substantial experience of managing stakeholder relationships in a complex environment
• Experience of leading a team in developing and maintaining good relationships with external stakeholders

For a full list of competencies, please refer to the job description and person specification.

Pay Progression

The Commission is about to launch a new Pay Structure in July 2025 which introduces performance based pay progression depending on performance. Eligibility for the performance-based pay progression in April of the following year is dependent on having completed the required six months service at the progression rating date (31 January). The new structure allows the potential for pay progression on top of any inflationary increase for staff. The range below shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. The full width of the D1 Band starts at £52,420 and goes up to £69,893. Please note that the salary band for new staff is up to £55,041 and our default position is to appoint into the lower zone of the band unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Other Benefits

Alongside your salary based on £52,420, the Electoral Commission contributes £15,186.01 of your basic salary towards you being a member of the Civil Service Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides and the conditions involved.

The Electoral Commission offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as flexi scheme, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A working from home allowance of £312 per annum is paid as a tax-free working from home allowance.
• A minimum of 28 days of paid annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays increasing up to a maximum of 30 days after 4 years.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Eye care vouchers, Ride 2 Work and an opportunity to sell up to 5 days annual leave at the end of the annual leave period
• Unless permanent homeworking, a hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40% of their time in the office.

More information on how to apply

To remove bias from our recruitment process the Electoral Commission operates anonymous recruitment. Please apply by supplying an anonymous CV, without reference to your name, age, ethnicity or other identifiable information. Failure to supply anonymous CV and cover letter will result in your application being rejected.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people who are passionate about democracy. The more diverse our workforce, the better we can adapt to and reflect the needs of society. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and as a staff member you will become part of an inclusive culture, where you will have the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through learning and development.

Closing date is 29 June 2025 at 23:59. Although we reserve to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of interest so please don’t delay applying if interested.

Shortlisting will take place week commencing 30 June 2025

1st stage interviews will be held in the week commencing 7 July 2025

If successful- 2nd stage interviews will be held within a week of the first interview.

Interviews will be conducted via video conferencing. We will confirm details with shortlisted candidates.

If you are interested in applying for this role please download the job description before applying online.

If you have any further questions about the role please don’t hesitate to contact the hiring manager Mel Davidson, Head of Support and Improvement on [email protected] who will be happy to help.

No Agencies please.