Senior Political Intelligence Consultant (Business, Culture, and Technology), and Team Leader

About the role

If you’re passionate about policy and politics, you’ll fit right in to our enthusiastic and vibrant team.

This position is for the portfolio of Business, Culture, and Technology which covers the department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and overlapping areas across government policy. Applications should refer to the role and detail any relevant policy expertise in these areas.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a highly-respected political intelligence team, providing market-leading intelligence services to ensure our clients stay ahead of political developments. We provide fast, focused, and comprehensive information and insight on the activities of legislatures, government, and a variety of stakeholders to clients across a wide range of sectors. In a time of political turmoil, keeping our clients constantly informed is a dynamic challenge.

You’ll be part of a team of fellow consultants, each of whom are experts in their respective policy areas, and will be providing finger-on-the-pulse analysis to your clients on a daily basis.

You will also have responsibility for managing a small team, providing day-to-day guidance and support, coordinating workloads and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, timely political intelligence to clients. We are looking for evidence of previous management experience in your application.

You will work towards becoming a respected authority within the industry on all issues relating to your specialist policy area and key stakeholders, with the potential opportunity to write articles for media publications and participate in broadcasting and panel discussions.

This role is based at our London office in Borough. Colleagues spend some of their working week in the office and some days working from home (usually 2-3 days in the office per week).

What are we looking for?

Our ideal candidate will have:

- A strong grasp of the key issues within the portfolio and the ability to develop a thorough, in-depth understanding of its priorities,

- An excellent understanding of parliamentary procedure, government policy and the UK political landscape.

- A keen interest in politics and policy, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Some relevant client-facing experience.

- Demonstrable experience of managing or supporting a small team, with the ability to provide guidance, coordinate workloads and support colleagues to deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.

- Experience of giving feedback, setting objectives or supporting the development of colleagues.

- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, while working quickly and to tight deadlines.

- The ability to analyse large amounts of information at pace in a rapidly changing political environment.

- The ability to prioritise multiple tasks and manage workloads.

- A proactive approach, with the confidence to hit the ground running.

- A professional attitude, enjoyment of working with both clients and colleagues, and the ability to show initiative and commercial awareness.

- The ability to work well within a team but also take initiative when required.

- IT literacy and confidence in using online applications to support your work.

- A relevant degree-level qualification or relevant professional experience.

Key responsibilities

You will:

- Provide a first-rate political intelligence service to your own portfolio of clients, including timely, high-quality political insight and research.

- Contribute to the development of our business through the delivery of successful trial periods with prospective clients.

- Manage a small team of consultants, providing day-to-day guidance and support, overseeing workloads and ensuring the consistent delivery of timely, accurate and high-quality political intelligence to clients.

- Hold regular one-to-ones with your team, set clear objectives and review performance against them, recognising good work and raising problems early.

- Coach and develop team members, supporting their policy expertise, client skills and career progression.

- Set and maintain standards for the accuracy, timeliness and quality of your team’s work, and check that they are met.

- Make sure work across the team has clear ownership and deadlines, including cover when colleagues are out of the office.

- Pass client feedback, renewal risks and new opportunities on to the Account Management and commercial teams.

- Lead by example in the quality of your own client work.

What’s it like to work with us?

At Dods we focus on our 3C’s: Collaboration, Continuous improvement, and Customers. We live these values by offering employees opportunities to further their skills through learning and development and training, plenty of opportunities to connect across teams to network, socialise and volunteer, and by always keeping the customer at the forefront. Our inclusive culture means there are always room for new ideas, opportunities to be creative and continuous improvement.

Situated in the heart of London, the office working environment is collaborative, bright and airy with everyone together in one space. There’s always a bit of a buzz and conversation going on, and people like to chat and help each other. The office is small enough that everyone knows everyone’s name, so colleagues work across teams on shared projects.

We prize initiative and creativity in how you best provide intelligence to your hugely diverse range of clients. We invest in our consultant’s expertise and will support you in gaining new skills with dedicated funding for your learning and development.

We’ve provided political intelligence for 190 years, and while we’re looking into how to leverage artificial intelligence, we know that it’s still our people and how we support our customers personally that makes us different. Work can be fast-paced – there’s an expectation that a customer can get straight through to their Consultant or Account Manager to ask a question and get a quick answer. This means that if a colleague is out-of-office, we cover for each other. It’s a very engaging environment to work in, and while it can be busy, you know that there are always great colleagues around to support you.

About Dods Group Ltd

Dods is a leading political intelligence business covering Westminster and the UK’s devolved parliaments. Organisations have been turning to us for pertinent information on what’s going on in Government since we first published the Dods Parliamentary Companion way back in 1832. We provide clients across the corporate, government and charity sectors with insight, intelligence and impact through our comprehensive suite of policy tools.

- Intelligence - Dods Monitoring (https://www.dodspoliticalintelligence.com/) – our platform offers real-time alerts, diaries and legislative trackers, inhouse parliamentary coverage, and a powerful historical search function of policy information.

- Insight - Dods Consultancy (https://www.dodspoliticalintelligence.com/our-consultants/) – our sector-specialist consultants provide analysis, bespoke research, and impartial guidance on the latest policy developments and trends.

- Impact - Dods People (https://www.dodspoliticalintelligence.com/what-we-do/dods-people/) – our constantly updated database of biographical and contact information for UK parliamentarians, the digital version of the original who’s who in politics established in 1832, enables you to identify and address the right policymaking audience.

For further information, please visit:  www.dodsgroup.com

Why choose Dods?

We are proud of the inclusive culture we have built at Dods. Our team are passionate about what they do, and we are passionate about supporting them to be their best. We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a flexible, hybrid working environment so you can choose how and where to work. Celebrating diversity and inclusion is also an important aspect of our culture and we often have social events to bring everyone together. Here’s some more information on our benefits and ways of working:

Employee Benefits

- 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off, with the option to buy an additional 5 days holiday per year.

- Our approach to work is agile and the team currently spend some of their working week at home and in our office in Borough. We also offer the option to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks a year.

- Flexible working, including 4pm finish on Fridays and early finish throughout the summer holiday period so you can spend more time with your family and friends.

- Opportunities to connect across teams and locations to network, socialise and volunteer.

- Our inclusive culture means there are always room for new ideas, opportunities to be creative and continuous improvement.

- Continuous learning and development opportunities throughout your journey with us.

- Life assurance: we hope you will never need this, but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries.

- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave options.

- Company Pension Scheme.

- Discounted Gym Membership.

- Cycle to work and season ticket travel loan scheme.

- In-year employee bonus scheme.

- Employee assistance programme.

How to apply

If you are interested in the role, please submit a copy of your CV and Cover Letter setting out why you are a good fit for the role through our Company Careers Page Careers | Dods Group Ltd . The closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 6th November 2026 with interviews to be held week commencing 16th and 23rd November . Please note that if we receive a high number of applications, we may interview on a rolling basis or close the vacancy early, so please do apply as soon as possible.

Ideal start date: December 2026, but we will allow a later start date for the right candidate.

We recognise that many candidates now use AI tools to support their applications, and we are comfortable with this where used appropriately. However, we kindly ask that you do not rely heavily on AI-generated responses. We are genuinely keen to hear your authentic voice, experience and skills, and to understand what you would bring to the role.

As part of your application, you will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.