Do you want to change the world for vulnerable children?
The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies UK (CVAA) aims to improve adoption policy and practice across the UK for the benefit of children, challenging the adoption system to deliver for children and work in their best interests. Alongside advocating for system change, CVAA works to support our member voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) across the four nations of the UK, stimulating innovation and ensuring they stay at the leading edge of practice. The active engagement of members and the building of collaborative alliances with others who seek positive change for children are essential to the effectiveness of our work.
The Head of Policy is a vital member of the small CVAA team, working closely with the CEO and Board of Trustees to champion the voluntary adoption sector and put children at the heart of everything we do. Due to maternity leave we have an exceptional and unique opportunity for someone who shares our passion to change the world for children, to gain valuable experience working at national level with senior stakeholders to contribute to system change, advocating for the power of adoption to change lives.
You will need strong people skills, experience of developing policy in consultation with stakeholders and using data to transform services and strengthen lobbying work. Most of all you need a cast iron commitment to change the world for vulnerable children.
CVAA works to challenge discrimination and disadvantage and welcomes applications from all communities, particularly those who are underrepresented in our sector, which includes but is not limited to people from Global Majority backgrounds, adoptees, men and those who identify as LGBTQ.
Key information
- Maternity Cover 1 year from July 2026
- Location - remote contract with occasional travel
- £40 – 45K depending on experience
- An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
Applications
Please send a CV and letter of application, outlining your motivation for applying and the skills you offer, to Satwinder Sandhu (CEO) by 5pm on Friday 8th May 2026.
Both Satwinder (CEO) and Alice (Director of Strategy and Policy) are happy to have an informal chat about the role. Please email to arrange a convenient time to speak.
Initial online interviews via Microsoft Teams will be on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th May, with final in-person interviews scheduled for Thursday 28th May 2026 in London. Please let us know whether you cannot make any of these dates in your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting new opportunity to join Icebreaker One as a Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator
About Icebreaker One
We are a diverse collection of like minded people whose expertise spans policy and science, finance and engineering, data and systems—working together to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time. We need your help.
Our mission is to make data work harder to deliver net-zero outcomes.
The role
Contract: Permanent - ASAP
Location: Remote
Hours: Full time (Icebreaker One works a four-day week, Mon-Thurs)
Rate: Circa £28k
Core Responsibilities
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Support the Account Manager in maintaining and progressing a pipeline of stakeholder and client relationships, ensuring consistent and timely communication
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Attend client and partner meetings alongside (or on behalf of) the Account Manager; take live notes, capture actions and send clear follow-up summaries to stakeholders
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Track delivery of all agreed actions with the Account Manager, flagging delays or issues proactively
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Maintain and update IB1's CRM (Capsule) with accurate pipeline data, contact records, contract timelines and renewal deadlines and using it to prepare and update metrics as directed
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Conduct research into prospective partners, sector organisations and funding opportunities across priority sectors to develop the sales pipeline development
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Support the preparation of proposals, pitch materials, statements of work and contract documentation
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Support community engagement, assisting in developing relationships, and other engagements
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Assist in coordinating IB1's stakeholder engagement activities - including AGMs, webinars, roundtable events and community forums - in collaboration with the Membership and Communications teams
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Help map and maintain IB1's stakeholder landscape across priority sectors, identifying gaps, opportunities and relevant networks
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Socialise the IB1 Constellation among teams within strategic partner organisations, supporting wider awareness and participation in IB1's expert network
Supporting responsibilities
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Maintain and improve Standard Operating Procedures for stakeholder outreach, meeting management and pipeline administration
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Generate regular reports and pipeline summaries for the Account Manager and senior team
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Use insight from ongoing stakeholder engagement to feed back into and improve internal account management processes and documents
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Attend daily standups, Show & Tells and standing team meetings; contribute to a collaborative, open working culture
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Inputting and supporting into Bids & Grants where requested including but not limited to:
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Communicate potential bid opportunities with IB1 bids team
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Updating trackers
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Creation of bid document templates
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Knowledge, Skills, Experience
Demonstrable experience of:
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A minimum of 2 years demonstrable experience in a similar role
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Excellent communication and writing skills
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A proven track record of supporting communication with clients / key relationships
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Highly organised and capable of managing time and tasks effectively
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Engaging people one-to-one effectively online and in person
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Ability to summarise findings so that they can be understood by non-experts
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Bringing together groups and individuals and uniting them with a common cause—via a range of face-to-face and virtual events, get-togethers, social media and communication forums
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Using and applying Google Suite/Workspace, Slack, Zoom, social media and other tools for working remotely and in the open
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The ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Specifics, ideally some or all of the following:
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An understanding of net-zero business and policy landscape in our sector focuses (e.g. energy, ESG, finance, built world, transport, agriculture), and Net-zero standards, frameworks, methodologies
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An understanding of standards & licensing (e.g. Open, Shared, and Closed data)
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An understanding of governance, regulations, and approaches around data sharing (e.g. Smart Data, GDPR)
Apply today
Email a CV and cover letter/links to pages that show us what you have done, and can do, to help us achieve our mission.
Applications must be received by 0900 (GMT), 2026-04-20
As a team, we are committed to equality and creating an inclusive culture with diverse and balanced backgrounds. We actively encourage applications from everyone and will help to support you to reach your full potential and to be yourself in a working environment based on dignity, respect and mutual support. Before applying you will need to ensure you have the right to work in the UK and can provide documentary evidence of this. The role does require the applicant to be able to work within a UK time zone
If you have any queries or need any advice or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us
Full details and how to apply are available on our website
Our mission is to make data work harder to deliver net zero.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.