H/Advisors Cicero offer internships and placements throughout the year to support and promote our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion aims and provide opportunities to people from underrepresented groups.

Specifically, we work with Taylor Bennett Foundation on their Summer Stars programme, The Talent Tap on their Summer Internship programme and host interns through HKX Platform.

From time to time, we may offer other internship opportunities which will be posted on this careers page.

All internships at H/Advisors Cicero are paid at London Living Wage. As part of our ongoing commitment to increasing the diversity of our team and access to opportunities, we do not offer unpaid internships, placements, or work experience.

H/Advisors Cicero are looking for an Associate to support our Public Policy Monitoring and Intelligence Service Cicero Pulse. The new staff member will be permanently based in London.

Main tasks will include the provision of detailed monitoring of UK and EU parliamentary activities (e.g. committee hearings, public hearings), conferences and think tank to our clients across various sectors.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Working experience in the UK or European Parliament / MPs office / MEPs office / government department / European Commission DG or similar is essential;
• Understanding of the UK and/or EU political landscape required;
• Background in financial services advantageous;
• Keen interest in political affairs;
• Excellent English writing and editing skills;
• Attention to detail and accuracy;
• Exceptional time management and the ability to work under pressure;
• Foreign language skills are advantageous, but not essential.

Equal opportunities

At H/Advisors Cicero, we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

We are open to discussing flexible working opportunities and the role will be hybrid in nature. More details will be provided in the interview.

Due to high volume of applications, only eligible or matching candidates will be contacted by us.

H/Advisors Cicero is looking for an Account Manager with experience in EU financial services and digital policy areas to join its EU Public Affairs team.

What your profile will look like:

· 3-5 years’ experience in a consultancy, European institution, trade association or equivalent organisation. Prior consultancy experience would be preferable.

· Demonstrated knowledge of the DSM, including topics such as platform regulation and content moderation policy, and files such as DSA, DMA, AI Act and P2B are strong assets.

· Experience in developing and executing full-fledged public affairs campaigns, including drafting consultation responses, position papers and amendments, setting up meeting programmes, and cultivating relationships with policymakers and other key stakeholders.

· Excellent project and time management skills and capability to manage multiple workstreams at once.

· Interest in developing leadership skills and in guiding and developing junior team members.

Responsibilities of the role:

· Being a knowledgeable, reliable and central day-to-day contact point for clients and policy stakeholders alike.

· Efficient and effective delivery of key outputs, ability to delegate and to manage both downwards and upwards as appropriate.

· Developing and executing public affairs campaigns from start to finish.

· Supporting the formulation of public affairs priorities.

· Helping to promote H/Advisors Cicero’s external presence including by writing blogs on topical political or policy issues, drafting briefings for public distribution, generating content for our website and our social media channels.

· Supporting new business acquisition, including working on pitches and responding to requests for pitch documents.

Key competencies:

· A “get up and go” attitude, ready to assist in a wide range of tasks, build networks and lead on specific projects, tasks or policy areas.

· Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English, other languages are a bonus.

· Planning and organisation.

· Accuracy and attention to detail.

Why H/Advisors Cicero

At H/Advisors Cicero we are famous for designing and delivering impactful, market leading, award-winning communications campaigns across all major business sectors. The successful candidate will have an immediate role in delivering these campaigns by working closely with the whole team and instantly have wide responsibilities for delivering across the life of projects.

Equal opportunities:

At H/Advisors Cicero we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

We are open to discussing flexible working opportunities. Salary will be competitive and commensurate to experience.

Due to high volume of applications, only eligible or matching candidates will be contacted by us.

Job Title: Senior Account Executive (Research and Campaigns)

Location: Kings Cross, London (Hybrid working with a split between the office/from home)

About the job

The research team at H/Advisors Cicero is recruiting a Senior Account Executive to join a growing team focused on delivering high quality, actionable insights and thought leadership campaigns to our clients.

H/Advisors Cicero is a full-service communications and market research agency. We design and deliver award-winning corporate, brand, political and regulatory campaigns across all major business sectors. H/Advisors Cicero part of one of the world’s largest communications groups, Havas.

The role

As a Senior Account Executive, you will support the delivery of primary quantitative and qualitative research and secondary research to support clients in their marketing and communications objectives. The role involves working with closely with clients, H/Advisors Cicero colleagues and suppliers to build relationships and deliver projects. As an agency, the work we do is engaging, fast-paced and offers exposure to a variety of businesses and sectors. We are looking for someone with a market research background, but who is passionate about using the insights that they collate to tell a story. The right candidate for the job will need to be confident, personable and have a natural interest in current affairs.

The role is based at King’s Cross / St Pancras in the Havas Village at 3 Pancras Square. Time will be time split 2-3 days in the office, and 2-3 days working from home.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting questionnaire and discussion guide development
• Coordinating fieldwork management and data collection with external suppliers
• Supporting qualitative interviews across a range of audiences from consumers to SME business leaders, senior politicians, civil servants, journalists, C-suite business leaders and opinion formers
• The development of client deliverables, specifically: data tables, presentation decks, written reports, articles, and op-eds
• Engagement and communication with clients

Skills required:

• Fully competent with the MS office suite – Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple workstreams at any given time
• Keen to work in client service and desire to exceed client expectations
• Excellent attention to detail
• A willingness to support the wider business wherever necessary
• The ability to interpret and visualise data
• Strong numeracy skills and confidence in interpreting data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The ideal candidate will have:

• Research or market research experience
• Experience in quantitative research (e.g., online or telephone surveys with a statistically significant sample size) and preferably also primary qualitative research (e.g., carrying out research interviews over the telephone and face-to-face)
• An interest in current affairs, politics, and the economy
• Experience of the financial services sector is preferable but not required
• A desire to become a consultant that ultimately advises clients on their communications strategy
• MRS certificate is a bonus though not required

Why H/Advisors Cicero?

At H/Advisors Cicero we are famous for delivering impactful, market leading, award-winning communications campaigns. The successful candidate will have an immediate role in delivering these campaigns by working closely the whole team and instantly have wide responsibilities for delivering across the life of projects.  At H/Advisors Cicero there are absolutely no limits to opportunity, and we will actively support your development to get to precisely where you want to go as you progress through your career.