Senior Public Affairs Manager

Bite Back

London, Greater London (Hybrid)

£44,000 per year plus £2,000 office allowance

Full-time

Contract (12 months (with the intention to become permanent as funding allows))

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Job description

Join us as Senior Public Affairs Manager, leading our national public affairs activity, influencing the government to help deliver evidence-based policies that will make a real difference to children’s health. This is an exciting opportunity to work on the forefront of an urgent and politically significant policy area while also collaborating with young people to ensure their voices and lived experiences are heard by policymakers.

This is an exciting time to join Bite Back and take our public affairs strategy forward with the Government. We have already seen significant policy wins in the past year and have big ambitions to drive more progress in 2026. In 2024 and 2025 our youth activists gave evidence to the House of Lords, hosted parliamentary drop-in sessions and a mock inquiry, and made memorable appearances at party conference fringe sessions. This is an opportunity to build on that success and raise Bite Back’s profile even further amongst policymakers at a time when the Government is charting its new strategic approach to improving the food system as well as its 10 year plan to save the NHS. The Senior Public Affairs Manager will report to our Director of Advocacy & Strategy and be responsible for developing and implementing all our public affairs activity, ensuring alignment with our campaigns team and working closely with our partners in other organisations to bring about meaningful change. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for the chance to lead high profile public affairs activity at an organisation with growing impact.

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate would have the following:

Essential

A demonstrable track record of working in public affairs in an agency, in-house or in Parliament
Comfort and familiarity engaging with senior political stakeholders of all parties
Excellent knowledge of the UK political landscape including the working of Westminster, Whitehall and existing relationships with MPs and advisors
The ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and respond flexibly to adapt strategies to fit rapidly changing political landscapes
An action oriented, results driven, well organised approach
Strong writing and communication skills, with the ability to adapt messages and language to resonate with different audiences
A passion for young people’s health, nutrition and social justice
A commitment to Bite Back’s values: Fresh, Resilient, Respectful, Energetic, Real

Desirable

Experience in utilising online support to deliver off-line change; Bite Back has a dynamic and growing supporter base that we want to integrate into our wider influencing work
Knowledge of the Scottish political landscape

Please see our Job Description and application pack for more information on the role, key responsibilities and instructions on how to apply.

Application Instructions

Please apply with a CV and a statement answering the following three questions:

Give an example of a public affairs strategy you’ve built around a key moment for your organisation (report launch, event, campaign launch, polling, etc). (250 words max)

Give an example of how you’ve built a key relationship or relationships with policymakers which you have then used to advance the mission of your organisation. (250 words max)

Tell us how you would utilise the voices of our young activists to build relationships and consensus with politicians about food and nutrition policy. (250 words max)

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