Resilience Policy Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join the friendly, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) as our new Policy Manager. This is a key role within the CSA Centre, central to our ambition to raise awareness of the true scale and nature of sexual abuse and to drive evidence-informed improvements in policy and practice. The CSA Centre aims to reduce the impact of child sexual abuse through improved prevention and better response, and our work in influencing and shaping policy at local, regional and national level is key to that mission. As our Policy Manager, you will play an important role in developing and delivering the CSA Centre\’s policy influencing activities over the immediate and longer term, helping us to ensure that our evidence, learning and resources have the widest possible reach and impact at both local and national level. We are looking for a motivated person with strong skills and experience in policy roles, and the ability to manage an extensive and varied workload to deliver multiple objectives. Policy activity at the CSA Centre is extremely diverse; in any given week you might find yourself joining (or in many cases leading) discussions with other leading charities to agree a joint influencing plan for new government legislation, meeting with senior civil servants to discuss proposed changes to legislation or guidance, working with the Senior Management Team to develop new policy positions on emerging areas of concern, linking up with our specialist practice improvement advisers or research and evaluation team to consider the policy implications of new CSA Centre initiatives No two days are the same! As Policy Manager at the CSA Centre you will play a key role in tackling child sexual abuse, alongside the work of our colleagues across practice, research, communications and training. This is important work – the CSA Centre conservatively estimates that one in ten children will experience some form of child sexual abuse before age of 16, and our ambitious programme seeks to improve the knowledge, skills and confidence of professionals (social workers, teachers, social workers, nurses etc.) in identifying and responding to child sexual abuse. We have already made great progress, but there is much more to be done – and we need your help to do it! If you would be interested in joining the team and shaping change, please visit our website for more details: Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently until March 2026 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31.We are the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre). Our aim is to reduce the impact of child sexual abuse through improved prevention and better response. To tackle child sexual abuse we must better understand its causes, scope, scale and impact. First established in 2017, we are a multi-disciplinary team that is funded by the Home Office, hosted by Barnardo\’s and we work closely with key partners from academic institutions, local authorities, health, education, police and the voluntary sector. We\’re proudly independent and our team will challenge any barriers, assumptions, taboos and ways of working that prevent us from increasing our understanding and improving our approach to child sexual abuse. Collating and analysing existing research, policy, practice and the real experiences of those affected, and filling the gaps we identify with new research, insights and analysis; Using that evidence and insight to challenge and improve existing policy and practice, develop new approaches and increase everyone\’s knowledge and confidence to more effectively tackle the issue. This role is home based with regular travel required, usually to London. Salary: Please note that there is an expectation for candidates to start at the bottom of the grade unless there\’s a business reason for them to start on a different grade. The CSA Centre acknowledges that tackling child sexual abuse can feel challenging but is incredibly rewarding and positive when actively making change. We believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these. ~ Barnardo\’s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. ~ Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo\’s service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo\’s service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo\’s service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata ~ The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme ~ A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options ~ Service related sick pay from day 1 ~ Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo\’s. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution ~ Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension ~ Cycle2work scheme ~ Interest free season ticket loans ~ Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal ~20% discount at Barnardo\’s stores ~ Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc ~ Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support ~ T&C\’s apply based on contract We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with .