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SW9, London (Hybrid)
£39,960 per year
Full-time
Permanent

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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!

Job description

The Public Affairs Lead sits within our Policy and Advocacy Team, working to build support for The Food Foundation’s work amongst Parliamentarians and to influence the government to help deliver policies that will transform the food system. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small organisation delivering big impact on the political agenda around food.

The Public Affairs Manager reports to our Head of Policy and Advocacy and will be responsible for planning and delivering our public affairs activity. This includes: 

  • Political engagement: meeting MPs and Peers in parliament and building relationships with their teams with a view to identifying potential new supporters 
  • Policy and research: working closely with colleagues to share perspectives on which priorities it may be tactical to pursue and to understand what evidence is available to inform engagement.
  • Networking: working with public affairs professionals in other organisations to deliver joint programmes of engagement work which leverage respective organisational strengths.
  • Monitoring: You will have excellent political instincts and a strong interest in policy developments,
    monitoring closely what is going on in Parliament and in Government,in order to identify opportune moments to maximise political attention and to galvanise support for policy change.
  • Communicating: building compelling narratives targeted at different political stakeholders about the impacts of the food system on our diets, our health and our planet, and the need for evidence-based solutions. 
  • Developing briefing materials and reports for policy audiences and formulate responses on behalf of the organisation to policy development processes and Parliamentary inquiries.
  • Events: ensuring our messages and priorities are noticed and heard by policy-makers in a very crowded policy space, including by working closely with our events manager to deliver impactful parliamentary events.

You will bring a learning mindset to the role, assessing the impact of our policy engagement approaches in order to make continuous improvements.


A week in the job


Meeting with a Peer that is new to our work to brief them on evidence we have published and our current political priorities, completing a political stakeholder mapping exercise for a new campaign on sustainable diets to identify a shortlist of MPs to engage with, spending an afternoon in parliament to engage informally with passing MPs, pitching a new idea for a
parliamentary inquiry to parliamentary staff from the Health and Social Care Committee, drafting an MP briefing for an upcoming debate on the Government’ s obesity prevention priorities, reviewing next week’s parliamentary calendar to spot opportunities for engagement, attending a roundtable to share intelligence and discuss priorities for political party manifestos with other NGOs working on food issues, ringing round parliamentary offices to confirm attendance for
an upcoming parliamentary reception, meeting with an MP that is closely involved with The Food Foundation’s work to refine messaging for an upcoming campaign.

Your experience
You will have a strong knowledge of the UK political landscape and be comfortable and confident in engaging with stakeholders in Whitehall and in Parliament across the political spectrum. Ideally you would also have a knowledge of policy related to the food system, public health or the environmental crisis.

Your skills

  • Proven ability to influence decision makers
  • Strong knowledge and experience of the mechanics of the UK policy-making landscape
  • Ability to work diplomatically and professionally with external stakeholders
  • Significant experience working in a role with a major focus on external engagement in a policy/public affairs setting
  • A confident networker who enjoys building connections and relationships with new people.
  • Strong written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex and highly nuanced subject matter in plain English.
  • Confidence in working as part of a team, with experience of working collaboratively with colleagues to share ideas, find solutions and help ensure the successful delivery of projects.
  • Proactive and independent worker with strong organisational and project management skills and demonstrable experience of delivering on competing priorities within a timepressured environment.
  • Close attention to detail and ability to accurately monitor policy developments, stakeholder views and engagement activity.
  • You have a commitment to building equitable, diverse and inclusive policy.
  • An existing network of relationships with MPs, Peers, advisors and policy officials.
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Food Foundation CIO View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 21 - 50

Our vision is a sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all.

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Refreshed on: 05 December 2025
Closing date: 31 December 2025 at 12:21
Tags: Policy, Food / Nutrition, Politics, Public Affairs

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