Xchangeteam has had a presence in the PR and communications recruitment market for almost ten years, during which time we have successfully handled briefs ranging from executive positions to Board level appointments across the agency, in-house, public and not-for-profit sectors. With our knowledge of public affairs and our recently expanded team, we are ideally placed to offer you intelligence-led solutions to your freelance, interim and permanent public affairs recruitment requirements – whether that be mainstream recruitment or added-value search and selection.

What can Xchangeteam offer you?

As well as having access to an enviable database of potential candidates Xchangeteam also has a vast network of contacts within the public affairs arena. This has enabled us to provide clients across the board with a hand-picked selection of candidates who have all been thoroughly vetted by former industry professionals and assessed against a range of criteria. We have worked with global pharmaceutical firms, major financial services regulators, healthcare regulators, transport, financial and energy trade associations, major insurers and of course, public and corporate affairs consultancies, in order to fulfil their public affairs recruitment needs.

Named clients include the FSA, the Airport Operations Authority, BAA Group, Aviva and Gardant Communications. For these, and others, we have found Policy Managers, Public Affairs Executives, Heads of Public Affairs, and Public Affairs Managers, across locations in Surrey, London and Edinburgh. Successful candidates have come from similar roles in transport, financial services trade associations, charity, public affairs agency, the research department of the Conservative party, and from Ministerial Special Advisor posts.

Why is Xchangeteam different?

Xchangeteam is award winning and is far from a typical recruitment company. We have led the industry on ethical practice and were instrumental in founding the MMC Code of Practice in association with the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, our trade body. Our vision is to constantly pioneer new ways for talented people to work. With a rising skills shortage in the communications sector, we aim to identify and secure talented individuals in response to our clients’ needs.

Why use Xchangeteam?

The public affairs team at Xchangeteam has nearly 20 years industry experience between them. This experience covers Parliament, agencies, local and central Government, trade associations and the not-for-profit sector. This enables us to provide an insight and develop an innate understanding of your recruitment and business requirements. In addition, the collegiate ethos of Xchangeteam means that you get several specialist teams for the price of one as the public affairs team works intimately with our other communications teams to ensure the maximum benefits for our clients.

Within public affairs, for every three and a half candidates interviewed by a client, one appointment has been made. This compares with an industry average of six interviews to one appointment made.

On the freelance side, this is even more impressive, since our clients have taken on one of the two candidates we have submitted (on occasion, taking on the only candidate we have submitted, such has been our belief in them).

This proves the efficiency of our vetting processes, and the effectiveness of having so much experience in the area in which we recruit. It also proves the benefit of meeting all our candidates face-to-face.

As well as pure public affairs roles, the team also manages briefs in the following disciplines:

• Corporate communications
• Strategic communications
• Stakeholder management
• Public policy
• Social policy
• Financial and EU policy
• Internal communications
• Relationship management

And...

• We are industry experts, many of our agents have worked in the industry themselves.
• We offer innovative, bespoke solutions to the current talent shortage - such as InterXchange and Next Generation.
• We offer both freelance, interim and permanent recruitment.
• We are pioneers in the recruitment marketplace, seeking out talent and creating new flexible work arrangements tailored to the needs of organisations. We work in collaborative partnership with our clients, defining and meeting their requirements to find the best people for their business.
• We have the most in-depth range of talented freelance consultants and permanent candidates with skills and expertise, at all levels and across all industries. They are attracted to Xchangeteam by our blue-chip client list, our specialist approach and the investment we make in supporting them.
• Our registration processes are thorough and ensure that we only provide the most appropriate freelance consultants and permanent candidates, who have all been thoroughly vetted, thereby not wasting your time.

For further information or for an informal discussion regarding your recruitment needs please contact:

Vance Duhaney, Senior Agent:
Tel: 020 7025 4445
Email: vduhaney@xchangeteam.com

Roger Majerski, Agent:
Tel: 020 7025 4414
Email:rmajerski@xchangeteam.com

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