At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape policies that impact children's lives through research and collaboration.
- Company: A leading children's charity with over 60 years of experience.
- Benefits: 30 days annual leave, generous pension, flexible working, and employee support.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while developing your policy skills.
- Qualifications: Strong research and communication skills; passion for children's rights.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
For over 60 years this children's charity has been building a better childhood for all.
Contract: Permanent Full Time, 35 hours per week (1.0 FTE). The employer is open to flexible hours and working patterns, including accommodating part-time and compressed hours where possible.
Location: London Fields, E8. This employer promotes a hybrid, flexible way of working with 1 day working in the office.
The charity is currently recruiting two Policy and Public Affairs Officers. The Policy and Public Affairs Officer will play an important role in delivering this charity's policy and public affairs priorities. This role will develop evidence-based policy positions through analysis, research, and collaboration with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. It will advance these positions by producing high-quality policy papers, reports, consultation responses, and blogs.
The role will support the charity's engagement with key policy coalitions and decision-makers. Through collaboration with colleagues and external partners, it will ensure that the views of children, young people, and parents are represented in the employer's policy development and public affairs.
For more than 60 years, this charity has championed the rights and amplified the voice of children and young people in the UK. They interrogate policy and uncover evidence, blending in lived and learnt experience to shape future legislation and develop more effective ways of supporting children and families. Bringing people and organisations together is fundamental to how they improve the systems that babies, children, young people and their families rely on to thrive.
- 30 Days Annual Leave
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible Working
- Winter Holiday Closure & Break
- Employee Assistance Programme
They encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. This employer is actively seeking to broaden the diversity of their staff group and warmly welcome applications from candidates underrepresented in the charity sector, including those from Black and Global Majority communities, disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with lived experience of the issues the charity works on.
No agencies please.
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