Senior Political Affairs Advisor

Permanent Part home/Part office (London) based UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is an exciting opportunity to join The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Political Affairs Adviser. This unique role will lead the design, development and delivery of political influencing to secure positive change for our international advocacy goals. You will play a crucial role in building influential relationships with parliamentarians, building political networks and developing a strategic approach to political influencing at a critical time for children globally.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience in successfully influencing and engaging parliamentarians in the UK political context.
• Motivation to put children and their rights at the heart of UK Government decision making.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills to effectively deliver the role with colleagues across teams and with key external stakeholders.

In return, we offer:

• Excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools).
• Outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role.
• Impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
• An open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
• The opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world.

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process. We are gradually moving back to our offices on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and we anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children. UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences. We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights. If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care on 0300 330 5580 during office hours. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.