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Respect is at the heart of everything we do
Why SEC Newgate UK?
Here we hope you'll get a flavour of who we are, what we're about and also find opportunities to work with us. We are really proud of our culture. Our core value is respect and is at the heart of everything we do.
If you join our team you will be entitled to:
30 days annual leave, with the option to buy or sell some each year. Did we also mention an additional day off for your birthday?
A day off annually to be of service to a registered charity of your choice.
The option to work up to four weeks a year abroad as part of our remote work policy. You can even tag some holiday on too!
The option to work in a hybrid way – 60% in the office and 40% from home.
The ability to work flexibly with daily core hours between 10am and 4pm.
Support with your mental and physical health, with our Employee Assistance Programme, Private Medical Insurance and onsite mental health first aiders.
Our mentorship and learning and development programmes to set you up for success
Opportunities at SEC Newgate
If you like what you’ve read and would like to explore opportunities, then take a look at our list of current vacancies. Nothing matching your skillset? Please feel free to send us your CV and tell us a little about yourself and what you are looking for.
Account Executive
We are looking for a motivated Account Executive to join our Advocacy team at SEC Newgate UK. Based in Central London and starting in March 2025, this role offers the opportunity to work with high-profile clients in energy, infrastructure, and property, supporting stakeholder engagement strategies and delivering meaningful campaigns.
We are looking for someone with strong research and writing skills, a good grasp of politics and the media landscape, and a genuine interest in helping shape the transition to net zero.
Applications close 31st January 2025, but we may appoint sooner. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do and their experience at SEC Newgate is so important to us. Our ambition is to create a working environment where everyone can thrive. We meet the ambition and drive of our people with the opportunities and support to build a successful career.
We're serious about social and environmental impact.
SEC Newgate UK is signed up to the Better Business Act and listed in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. Our business is centred around respect for our clients and colleagues, the communities we work with and the planet we live on.
We have a Charity Committee responsible for driving forward the company’s not-for-profit activities and managing relationships with our third sector partners.
We are committed to being net zero by 2030. We track and measure our carbon footprint and have a plan and policies in place to drive sustainability, ‘green’ behaviours and purchasing decisions through our business.
Ambition '28
Ambition '28 is our high-ambition impact programme that drives positive social and environmental impact through our operations.
SEC Newgate is a Benefit Corporation and has changed our Articles of Association, to mandate us to ‘Act in the interests of all stakeholders, not just our shareholders’.
Our Ambition '28 programme includes the following pledges and goals:
- Maintain our legal status as a Benefit Corporation and be a supportive member of the Better Business Act coalition
- Maintain our current emissions status of net zero on scope 1-2 emissions
- Develop a SBTi aligned Scope 3 net zero plan to 2050 with independent advisors
- Maintain Sunday Times Best Places to Work (which we have held since 2023) including our commitments to DEI
- Meet the goals of being a 55 Redefined Age Inclusive Employer
- Develop an annual impact report outlining our goals and achievements on an annual basis
- Continue to drive proactive impact programmes through our social impact, ethics and environment committees
- Live our core value of Respect through our interaction with our people, clients, suppliers and communities
Working at SEC Newgate
At SEC Newgate we offer a career path, not just a job. We have some impressive tenure here and the success stories speak for themselves. We embrace entrepreneurial spirit and provide opportunities to build a successful career.
As a strategic communications and advocacy group with global reach and local expertise, you have the opportunity to work across the full communications spectrum. You will be working with a range of high-profile clients, operating at the heart of business, politics, communities, markets and media.
You will curate a diverse portfolio of client accounts and projects, contributing to those that benefit most from your knowledge and experience. In this way, you will develop your expertise and expand your repertoire, taking your career to the next level.
As well as industry-leading holiday entitlement and a day off for your birthday, we offer a comprehensive private medical insurance plan and benefits scheme, as well as hybrid and flexible working.
Our mentorship and learning and development programmes allow you to develop your skill set. Learn from the best with our calendar of in-house courses: from lunch and learns, where colleagues share best practice, to sessions with external facilitators, and inspirational talks from impressive individuals.
You can part in our cycle to work scheme, join our book club, or our LGBTQ+, ethics, or social committee or our mixed football team – or do it all! If you have your own ideas, then we want to hear them too and if you prefer a more relaxed approach to the extra curriculum activities then that’s fine too. Should you wish to live and work elsewhere in the UK, we have offices across the country and can facilitate a transfer. You could also take advantage of our remote working policy and work up to a month (each year) in a country of your choice.
Our offices
Our largest UK office is located in Farringdon, London. It's a light and collaborative space with each floor offering a unique working environment with an events space on the ground floor.
We also have offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester.
Our global footprint includes our HQ in Milan and 60+ offices throughout the US, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia.
