Policy jobs

• As a Policy and Public Affairs Officer, you’ll support the British Heart Foundation’s policy and public affairs work across Scotland, helping to influence decision-makers and advance our priorities. Working within the Devolved Nations Policy and Public Affairs team, you’ll engage with the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, charity sector and clinical community to help deliver BHF’s objectives.

  You’ll contribute to influencing plans, monitor political and policy developments, prepare high-quality briefings and consultation responses, and identify opportunities to raise awareness of issues affecting people with heart and circulatory diseases. You’ll also help organise events, build relationships with key stakeholders and represent BHF at meetings, conferences and parliamentary events.

  Working collaboratively across the organisation, you’ll help ensure BHF’s policy positions are evidence-based, relevant to Scotland and effectively communicated to a range of audiences.

  About you

  As our ideal candidate, you’ll have:

  • Knowledge of the political environment and devolved government in Scotland.
  • A strong interest in policy and public affairs, with relevant experience desirable.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly.
  • Experience producing high-quality written content for a variety of audiences.
  • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
  • Effective interpersonal and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage a range of stakeholders.
  • The ability to work independently whilst contributing positively as part of a team.
  • Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office, and a willingness to learn Microsoft 365 Copilot.

  If you’re a proactive and collaborative individual with an interest in policy and public affairs, and you're looking to make a meaningful impact in the fight against heart and circulatory disease, we’d love to hear from you.

  Belonging at BHF

  By embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment, we strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of saving and improving lives, ensuring our work reflects and serves the needs of every community across the UK. 

  To hear from our people, check out  Belonging at BHF. 

  Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world where everyone has a healthier heart for longer.

  Working arrangements

  This is an 18 month fixed term contract to cover an internal secondment.

  This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our Edinburgh Office. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.

  Benefits and development 

  At BHF, we offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support our colleagues’ wellbeing and professional growth.

  To find out more about our benefits you can download the Benefits document at the bottom of this page or check out our Benefits and Development pages.

  Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.

  Interview process

  The interview process may take place in-person or virtually via MS Teams.

  How to apply

  It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you’ll need is an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria. 

  Our recruitment processes are fair, accessible, and inclusive. BHF use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey. 

  We support responsible use of AI to help shape your application. By applying for a role at BHF, you confirm that your application is authentic and reflects your own skills and experience, to ensure everyone is assessed fairly.

  Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Are you an experienced public affairs professional who wants to help shape policy that improves the lives of seriously ill children and their families?

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is building a new policy and advocacy function, and we're looking for a Senior Public Affairs Manager to play a central role in its development.

Working alongside our recently appointed Head of Policy, you'll help establish how we influence government, Parliament and the wider health system building relationships, shaping campaigns and ensuring the voices of children, young people and families are heard where it matters most. 

This is a unique opportunity to help define a new role within an evolving team. You'll have the freedom to shape our approach, influence organisational priorities and build strong partnerships across Westminster, government, the health sector and the charity community. If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely make your mark, we'd love to hear from you.
 

Salary

The salary for this role is £50,534 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.
 

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead GOSH Charity's parliamentary affairs activity, building trusted relationships with MPs, Peers, APPGs and parliamentary committees to progress our policy priorities.
• Develop and deliver public affairs strategies that influence policy and improve outcomes for seriously ill children and their families. 
• Build productive relationships with senior stakeholders across government, arm's-length bodies, charities and the health sector. 
• Lead the development of high-quality parliamentary briefings, consultation responses and policy engagement materials.
• Work across fundraising, communications and marketing teams to deliver campaigns that engage supporters and strengthen our policy influence. 
• Represent GOSH Charity externally, building our profile and ensuring our voice is heard in key policy discussions. 
• Help shape and develop our new policy function, identifying opportunities to strengthen our influencing approach as the team grows. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Significant experience delivering successful public affairs or parliamentary engagement programmes.
• Strong understanding of how Parliament, government and policy-making processes work, with experience influencing at different stages of policy development. 
• Experience developing policy campaigns and engaging supporters or external stakeholders to influence change. 
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work with senior political, governmental and sector stakeholders. 
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including producing high-quality briefings for senior audiences. 
• Strong strategic thinking and political judgement, with the ability to identify opportunities and navigate complex stakeholder environments. 
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to influence across teams and bring people together around shared objectives.

Job Description

As the compliance lead and subject matter expert within Fair for You, the Head of Compliance is responsible for designing, establishing and controlling the compliance universe within Fair for You.  In doing so, the Head of Compliance is expected to write and implement policies and procedures to ensure that Fair for You is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations and to be able to detect and prevent / correct non-compliance.  The successful candidate will inherit an established and well-functioning compliance process, with the focus of the role being on maintaining high standards, providing strategic oversight, supporting the wider business and ensuring our compliance function continues to evolve in line with regulatory expectations.  

Roles, Duties and Responsibilities

Please note that this is an autonomous and strategic role, working 3 days per week (0.6 FTE).  The Head of Compliance will be expected to assume the SMF16 and the SMF17 role within Fair for You and report directly to the Deputy CEO.  This role assumes direct line manager responsibility for the Risk & Compliance Manager and the Customer Satisfaction Manager, who will assist in the completion of operational duties within this role and provide cover for time-critical matters on the Head of Compliance’s non-working days, escalating as required; people management skills are therefore required.

Strategic Compliance Oversight

With Consumer Duty at the heart of what we do, the Head of Compliance is responsible for creating and overseeing Fair for You’s strategic compliance with regulators and the regulatory system, specifically:

· Ensuring Fair for You’s policies are effective and sufficient to ensure compliance with Fair for You’s regulatory obligations;

· Implementation, maintenance and monitoring of those key policies, this includes the complaints register, conflict of interest register etc;

· Ensuring Fair for You’s controls are effective at countering counter the economic and financial crime risk that Fair for You might be subject to; and

· Preparing and presenting clear and concise compliance reports to the Board and key stakeholders (investors, regulators) including on the impact of the Consumer Duty. 

Operational Duties

The Head of Compliance is responsible for the successful implementation of operational activities to ensure regulatory compliance, specifically:

· ensuring that all compliance procedures, systems and controls and customer documentation are fit for purpose, up-to-date, compliant and effective across the business;

· ownership of Fair for You’s responsibilities under the Consumer Duty and SM&CR;

· maintaining the compliance manual, and all compliance procedure documentation;

· ensuring appropriate consumer outcomes to complaints and other issues arising from supervisory activities; clear analysis of complaints reporting and provision of insight to DCEO, CEO and Board;

· ensuring all notification and reporting requirements are met through completion of accurate reporting to regulators; and

· maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues throughout the business.

Advisory

The Head of Compliance is responsible for regulatory horizon-scanning in order to ensure the business maintains a pro-active approach on all appropriate compliance issues, specifically:

· developing and maintaining effective interaction with regulators to proactively keep Fair for You ahead of, and well prepared for, regulatory change;

· maintaining an up-to-date and in-depth understanding of relevant regulatory requirements, as well as consideration of prospective regulatory changes;

· providing strategic advice and guidance to CEO, DCEO, the Chair, the Board and the risk committees for both Fair for You CIC and its charity owner, the Fair Credit Charity, enabling them to assess the effectiveness of compliance policies and procedures;

· overseeing employee training on compliance matters, including internal policies and procedures, the application of standards and guidelines, and relevant laws and regulatory requirements; and

· promoting and enhancing a strong compliance culture – to include presentations at staff meetings, delivering and writing training materials and sharing subject matter expertise.

Business Risk Assessment

The Head of Compliance is also responsible for the strategic oversight of the business risk assessment process ensuring that business risks are appropriately identified and assessed, specifically:

· contributing (with other members of the Fair for You team) to identify effective and appropriate business risk mitigation activities;

· maintenance of the Risk Registers for Fair for You and the Fair Credit Charity; and

· administration (scheduling meetings, setting agenda and minute-taking in consultation with the Chairs) for Fair for You’s Risk & Compliance Committee and the Fair Credit Charity’s Oversight and Risk Committee; with support available from the Office Manager.

Details

Working pattern: 3 days per week (0.6 FTE) – specific days by agreement

Salary: £50k (a premium to reflect the SMF16/SMF17 licensing burden not reducing with hours; equivalent to circa £83k FTE)

Hybrid role (currently operating on circa 5 days a month in the office, pro-rated from 8 days a month for FTE)

Line Manager responsibility for Risk & Compliance Manager and Customer Satisfaction Manager.

Job title: Chief Executive

Organisation: ILPA

Contract Type: 5 days per week/ permanent

Salary: Market rate

Location: Hybrid (London, Remote)

Application Deadline: 9.00am, Monday 10 August 2026

About the role and how to apply:

Overview:

The Chief Executive is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, management, and sustainability of ILPA. They will: 

• Develop and deliver ILPA’s organisational and project strategies with the Committee of Trustees.

• Lead and support the staff team, fostering a values-based, high-performing culture.

• Oversee ILPA’s day-to-day operations and financial sustainability.

• Ensure accountability to and engagement with ILPA’s members.

• Support the Committee of Trustees in fulfilling its governance responsibilities.

• Work collaboratively with the Director of Policy and Advocacy and their legal team to improve immigration, asylum, and nationality law, policy, and practice. 

How to apply:

For futher details on how to apply, please see the job pack attached. 

Applications from individuals only – no agencies. Please do not use artificial intelligence in writing your supporting statement.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring 

ILPA is committed to promoting equality and diversity. To help us raise awareness and support a culture that is diverse and recognises and develops the potential of all, we need to appreciate the profile of candidates who apply for positions. We would therefore be most grateful if you would complete the equality monitoring survey attached and return with your application. This information will be treated confidentially and anonymously. The information provided does not form part of the decision-making process and will not affect your application.

For more information about this role and detailed specifications, please see the job pack attached.

Starting Salary: £44,766 - £48,225 (including London weighting) 

Contract: Permanent 

Location: UK, Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the London Office

Job Profile

This role will lead CAFOD’s policy and advocacy work aimed at building a fairer global financial system. The post holder will have a solid understanding of contemporary global economic issues, including the global debt crisis, development finance and the workings of international multilateral organisations. Working closely with CAFOD’s overseas partners and within UK and global networks, this role will hold policy expertise on behalf of the organisation. This will involve developing policy positions and representing the organisation externally. The role will work closely with CAFOD’s government relations and campaigns colleagues to lobby decision-makers and mobilise supporters as part of our economic justice work. Sitting within the Advocacy, Policy & Campaigns team, the role is managed by the head of department.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of CAFOD’s global economic justice advocacy strategy 

• Working in partnership with UK and global organisations to develop evidence‑based policy positions 

• Influencing UK, regional and global policy debates on the global debt crisis, and other economic justice issues 

• Representing CAFOD in coalitions, to decision makers, in church networks and at international forums 

• Writing policy briefings, reports and communication outputs 

• Building relationships with external stakeholders and decision makers and UK and global levels 

• Ensuring advocacy is grounded in strong analysis, partner experience and a commitment to social and environmental justice 

• Supporting advocacy work of partners and global networks on debt cancellation and financial system reform 

• Providing strategic and technical advice across the organisation 

• Any other relevant duties reasonably required

Safeguarding  

All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.   

Job Specific Competencies 

1. Strong background working in international economic policy and/or international development policy 
2. Excellent analytic and research skills and an understanding of how to form strategic policy positions
3. Experience of developing strategic advocacy plans 
4. Experience of lobbying decision makers 
5. Background working with partners and coalitions, both in the UK and overseas 
6. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported. 

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults 

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures. 

About Us

We are an environmental charity with science at our heart. We help people to take action to protect the nature around them; by connecting them with it and giving them the tools they need to do so. We passionately believe in citizen science and are leaders in it. Our current focus areas include helping to create nature-friendly urban spaces, growing the impact of internationally known citizen science programmes such as Freshwater Watch, developing early career scientists and sharing learning internationally, and working with partners to advance the science, tools and thinking behind citizen science.

What we are looking for

Earthwatch Europe is recruiting a Director of Science and Impact. We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of the pressures facing our natural world and how citizen science and community action can help address these challenges, using high quality data, knowledge and practical demonstration to influence governments and corporations.

You will have a background in citizen science and an in depth understanding of current and future environmental policy trends and priorities.  You will be an experienced leader with excellent interpersonal skills and a track record of successful relationship and partnership development at all levels. You will have strong project and budget management experience, and you will be an exceptional strategic thinker with the ability to create and deliver effective strategies and action plans

Please see the full job description attached.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; Earthwatch is unable to support visa applications. 

Earthwatch is committed to making any adjustments we can for short-listed candidates, to facilitate participation in our interview process. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check and other due diligence checks, given the nature of this position within the charity.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

We are seeking an exceptional advocate with a policy, legal or related digital rights campaigning background to work with us furthering privacy and civil liberties in the UK at one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs. Initially, this role will be principally challenging facial recognition surveillance and scrutinising police surveillance/AI powers.

The right Senior Advocacy Officer will help us to lobby UK Parliament to further privacy and wider rights at a critical time – when a legal framework on police use of facial recognition is very soon to be introduced, and police are expanding their use of AI and new surveillance technologies. You’ll build on your strong experience to be a credible and proactive lobbyist in Parliament, write expert briefings and be confident meeting parliamentarians, take a leading role liaising with policy stakeholders, advise on strategic litigation, be a leading advocate in the press and the public forum, develop policy positions on key issues, and help drive our public campaigns for change.

About you

You’ll have 3+ years experience in a legal or policy capacity, or in a comparable advocacy environment that relied on your expertise on technology and rights issues – ideally involving facial recognition. You’ll have a strong track record of advocacy success.

You’ll be familiar with key litigation and policy issues in the area. You’ll also have excellent knowledge of British politics and UK parliamentary procedures and strong political contacts to match.

You’ll be at ease working on a strictly non-partisan, cross-party basis and grounding policy analysis in human rights and liberal principles.

You’ll be proactive in pitching policy, litigation and campaign ideas for the organisation to pursue within our work streams.

You’ll be an experienced spokesperson, confident undertaking live and recorded TV and radio interviews, talking to a variety of audiences and representing the organisation and our campaigns.

If you’re committed to Big Brother Watch’s mission, we’d like to hear from you.

Senior Advocacy Officer job description

Policy

• Produce policy analysis, research, briefings and reports for dissemination

• Develop strategic policy recommendations informed by expertise

• Identify and explore new and emerging policy issues in our key work areas

• Communicate complex policy issues to varied audiences, whether Parliament, the press or the public

• Build strong relationships with parliamentarians and advisors across all parties

• Identify opportunities to further our strategic aims in Parliament, through committees, parliamentary questions and other activities; as well as regional assemblies and on occasion local government

• Work with stakeholders and pursue collaborative campaigns/coalitions on key issues

• Develop Big Brother Watch’s relationships with allies across Government, legislative bodies, international organisations, and NGOs

• Draft formal correspondence, blog posts, presentations, and other documents articulating Big Brother Watch’s policy positions

Advocacy

• Identify campaigns and advocacy opportunities, and feed into campaign plans and materials

• Write articles and give quotes to press

• Give pre-recorded and live interviews for TV and radio

• Uphold Big Brother Watch’s reputational excellence in public fora

• Help manage media enquiries (our 24/7 media phone is handled on a staff rota system)

Legal

• Help co-ordinate Big Brother Watch’s strategic litigation where appropriate, liaising with external lawyers

• Manage relationships with external counsel & build strong relationships with partners

• Produce legal and policy analysis and identify strategic litigation opportunities

Person specification

Essential

• Min. 3+ years experience in a similar role

• Familiarity/expertise with domestic policy matters relating to privacy, surveillance and/or free expression

• Strong legal and/or policy research skills

• Excellent and persuasive communications skills

• Demonstrable experience in privacy, freedom of expression, and other rights and technology areas

• Aptitude for managing and building relationships with partner organisations, parliamentarians and other stakeholders

• Proven ability to produce high quality work under pressure

• Creativity and energy in approaching a workload consisting of large long-term projects

• Willingness to work in non-partisan environment, and ability to recruit support of MPs across all parties

Desirable

• A track record of successful advocacy experience

• Experience of involvement in litigation, either in a legal or campaigns capacity

• Experience working with parliamentarians and/or producing policy briefings

• Project management experience

• Familiarity with relevant UK surveillance laws, human rights frameworks, and relevant case law

Big Brother Watch

Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. We’re determined to reclaim our privacy and defend freedoms at this time of enormous technological change. And we fight to win.

We’re a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers who work to roll back the surveillance state and protect rights in Parliament, the media or the courts if we have to. We publish unique investigations and pursue powerful public campaigns to pursue real change. We work relentlessly to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend our civil liberties and protect freedoms for the future.

We’re a small, dedicated and highly effective team of 8 staff and 7 volunteers.

Are you passionate about translating complex scientific and medical information into clear, accessible content for non-specialist audiences? Could you create engaging narratives that showcase the impact of our work and inspire more people to support our mission to end the devastation caused by dementia?

About the role
We are recruiting for a Research Communications Manager to join on a full-time, permanent contract working 35 hours per week. This is a home-based role, with occasional travel required for conferences, events and in-person stakeholder or team meetings.

As Research Communications Manager you will champion our research. By making complex science accessible, engaging and meaningful you will ensure breakthroughs are widely understood and effectively communicated. You will translate evidence into inspiring stories, positioning Alzheimer’s Society as a trusted leader in dementia research and motivating more people to join us in driving change.

In this role, you will develop and implement creative, innovative and sustained communications plans relating to our key research activity and its outcomes for a range of external stakeholders. You will manage a team, creating an environment where people feel supported, empowered and able to contribute their best work.

You will own communications channels and work closely with other communications teams across the organisation such as media, social media, influencing and campaigns to support them to use research communications to achieve our organisational goals.

About you
Joining us, you’ll be a natural communicator able to work collaboratively with others effectively, with a genuine enthusiasm for scientific research. You will be able to translate complex scientific and medical information into clear, accessible content for a range of audiences, and you’ll be skilled at creating engaging narratives that engage and inspire people.

Crucially, you’ll have experience of leading, planning delivering and evaluating large scale communications campaigns. You’ll have experience line managing and developing a team, in addition to the possessing the skills required to lead and work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

What you’ll focus on:

- Co-ordinating and directing the management, delivery and evaluation of communications relating to research related organisation-wide strategic projects and initiatives.
- Developing and delivering communications plans to support our research objectives defined by our research strategy.
- Overseeing the development, delivery and evaluation of regular research content for priority audiences across channels and capturing impact of our communications supporting our research and organisational strategy
- Raising the profile of our research and its impact in the scientific and research community including highlighting our funding opportunities, research programmes and projects and their impact.
- Working in partnership with multiple external stakeholders (for instance, UK Dementia Research Institute, NIHR Dementia Researcher, a range of research institutes and initiatives etc) to deliver effective and collaborative communications plans.
- Leading in developing Alzheimer’s Society comment and reactive statements to research stories in the press and media.
- Ensuring that Alzheimer’s Society research programme is portrayed accurately across the organisation in its brand and high-level public facing messaging.

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.

Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? we know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart.

Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.

Help build meaningful relationships with communities most impacted by the criminal legal system and ensure their voices inform research, policy and advocacy.

We're looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator to join UNJUST and support the development and delivery of community engagement activities that amplify lived experience, build trust, raise awareness and contribute to our research, policy and advocacy aims.

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you'll build and maintain relationships with community groups, grassroots organisations and individuals with lived experience of the criminal justice system. You'll design and deliver engagement events, facilitate workshops and listening sessions, promote opportunities for community members to get involved in UNJUST's work and help develop creative, ethical ways of gathering and sharing lived experience stories.

The role also includes co-creating programmes and materials with communities, supporting content creation for social media, recruiting interns and volunteers from impacted communities, and representing UNJUST in relevant forums, networks and coalitions.

We're looking for someone with experience in community engagement, organising or outreach, strong relationship-building and communication skills, and an understanding of racial justice and the UK criminal justice system. You'll be committed to UNJUST's mission, values and anti-racist working practices, and be comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively.

UNJUST is committed to tackling systemic racism and discriminatory processes, policy and practices within the criminal legal system. We work at the intersection of lived experience, research, law, advocacy and community power to expose the root causes of injustice, reimagine equitable systems and bring about transformative outcomes. Our work centres the voices of those most impacted and is guided by our values of realism, empathy, visionary thinking, activism, collaboration and trust.

Job title: Biosecurity Fellowship Manager

Type: Full-Time (40 hours per week) – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract 

Reports to: Associate Director of Biosecurity

Location: Westminster, London (expectation of working from our office at least 1 day a week)

Salary: c£70,000 to £75,000, depending on experience

Start date: We expect to complete all interviews in September, with the successful candidate joining the team as soon as possible thereafter, subject to reference checks and notice period.

About CLTR

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is a UK-based, non-profit and independent think tank with a mission to transform global resilience to extreme AI and biological risks. We achieve this by working with governments and institutions, offering targeted, evidence-based advice designed to enhance understanding, decision-making and governance.

The Role

The Biosecurity Fellowship Manager is a new and exciting role within our growing biosecurity unit. Reporting to the Associate Director for Biosecurity, this role will lead the development and implementation of the new Biosecurity Fellowship Programme pilot, which is an important part of our ‘people first’ value, enabling a high-performing cohort of biosecurity expertise in the UK system.

This is a broad role that covers a range of responsibilities from strategic to operational. It would suit an organised, delivery-focused professional who can quickly establish trusting relationships. You will build on an initial scope of work submitted and approved by funders, with significant opportunity to influence its development and deployment. You will undertake key stakeholder engagement, craft roadmaps and plans to ensure delivery of a high-quality programme, and then lead on delivery at pace. You will ensure a long-term, objective evaluation of the programme is conducted. This is a pilot programme on a fixed-term basis, with the potential for a permanent position, subject to review.

What you’ll do:

Planning and strategy

• Understand and assimilate the strategic context in which the Fellowship would operate.
• Create roadmaps for delivery of the Fellowship to ensure organisational understanding of aims, objectives, deadlines and tasks.
• Draft and drive the implementation of the strategic plan for the Fellowship, including a comprehensive curriculum of Biosecurity fellowship opportunities.
• Ensure SMT and other key stakeholders understand and can mitigate key risks, challenges and opportunities.

Delivery

• Deliver the Fellowship at all stages from advertisement, selection, onboarding and delivery.
• Ensure Biosecurity Unit staff are equipped with the right tools to lead activities with Fellows. 
• Work closely with Unit SLT to refine approaches to all elements of the Fellowship.
• Conduct a formal evaluation of the pilot, incorporating success criteria, metrics and lessons learned captured throughout the fellowship process.
• Handle all day-to-day pastoral care of Fellows throughout the process.

Organisational Development

• Act as the primary POC for the Fellowship, both internally and externally.
• Play an active role in fostering a well-organised, collaborative, and mission-aligned working culture.
• Any other tasks as reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience in directly supporting or running a similar fellowship programme.
• Proven record of delivering high-quality programmes under short deadlines.
• Skilled in rapidly building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and partners. 
• The ability to assimilate a broad range of inputs and information into actionable delivery.
• Experience in supporting and leading a team either directly or in a coaching, mentoring or pastoral role.
• Strong self-management skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively under minimal supervision.
• Ability to design and position a fellowship programme so it advances the goals of an organisation.

Desirable

• Experience working in a not-for-profit, think tank, research organisation, or similarly mission-driven environment.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or Agile.
• Experience supporting organisational scaling or managing change in a growing team.

Location and Travel Requirements

Flexible location within the UK, with the expectation of attending our central London office at least one day a week, including Mondays. We are open to discussing remote and flexible working arrangements with candidates.

Salary and Benefits

£70,000 to £75,000, depending on experience. If you are interested in this position, but the salary is a barrier to applying, please get in touch with our team to discuss.

In addition to your salary, CLTR offers a generous benefits package which includes:

• 30 days annual leave, plus public holidays;
• £5,000 (before tax) annual wellbeing budget, for you to spend at your discretion on items such as gym membership, therapy, meditation, etc.;
• £3,000 annual learning and development budget, plus up to five days paid work time;
• £2,000 onboarding grant for equipment and supplies;
• A pension contribution scheme (up to 7% employer-matched contribution);
• Private health insurance;
• Group life insurance;
• Generous parental leave benefits; and
• Paid office lunches twice a week including on Mondays.

Working with CLTR also comes with a commitment to caring deeply about your wellbeing, career development and overall experience working with our team, and to respect your preferred working patterns, including flexible working hours as agreed with line managers, wherever possible.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please submit your application via the form by 9am UK time on Monday 3 August 2026.

We plan to have conducted first-round work tests and interviews online with selected candidates by 24 August 2026.

Final interviews will be held in person during the weeks commencing 31 August and 07 September at CLTR’s office in London.

Please note: these dates are subject to change depending on the level of interest in the role. Any changes to the hiring timeline will be communicated to candidates via email.

If you have any questions regarding the process or dates above, please contact us.

Equal opportunities

As an employer, we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also warmly welcome applicants returning to work after career breaks.

We know that our organisation is strengthened by the rich variety of perspectives that a truly diverse workforce brings. We want to make sure that our selection processes are as fair as they can possibly be, providing a level playing field for anyone who wants to come and work at CLTR.

Therefore, if you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process, including interview, please contact us so we can talk through any adjustments you need in complete confidence, and make arrangements on your behalf.

Adjustments can be whatever you need them to be, whether that’s around accessibility, preparation time and space, or just travel expenses to get you to an interview. Let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make sure you’re getting a fair opportunity to succeed.

Make a difference through evidence, policy, research and campaigning

Citizens Advice Newcastle is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Research and Campaigns Manager funded by Millfield House Foundation, to lead our research, policy and campaigning work. The role exists to ensure that the experiences of our clients are used to influence local, regional and national policy and practice, helping tackle poverty, inequality, discrimination and unfair treatment.

Working closely with colleagues, volunteers, clients and external partners, you will gather and analyse evidence, identify emerging issues affecting local people, and develop campaigns that bring about positive change. You will represent Citizens Advice Newcastle within the Citizens Advice network and with stakeholders including local authorities, MPs, universities, NHS organisations and voluntary sector partners.

Purpose of the Role

The Director of External Affairs and Growth is an SLT role responsible for leveraging the voice and power of the eoa's network to influence and accelerate the growth of the employee owned sector.

The role leads the eoa’s external affairs, policy and insights, marcomms and events, shaping the external environment for employee ownership and securing the funding and commercial income needed to support sustainable sector growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead external affairs strategy, building the relationships and influence needed to shape policy, remove barriers and expand EO.
• Build strategic relationships and secure grant funding and commercial partnerships, generating income to support advocacy, events and sector growth initiatives, including the UK EO Growth Strategy.
• Oversee our policy and insights work, engaging key stakeholders to co-produce content that influences EO practice and policy and strengthens the eoa’s voice in public affairs.
• Oversee the delivery of a mar-comms strategy that delivers commercial objectives and positions the eoa as the leading authority on EO.
• Oversee our events programmes, ensuring they drive knowledge-sharing, sector development
• and commercial sustainability.
• Represent the eoa at industry forums, policy roundtables and public affairs events,
• championing the employee ownership model.
• Collaborate with the Director of Membership and Operations to align advocacy and external
• engagement with member needs and priorities.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams, fostering innovation and delivering measurable impact across income generation, advocacy, policy, events and mar-comms activities

Knowledge, Experience, and Attributes

• Proven expertise in external affairs, advocacy, or policy leadership, ideally within a business, trade body, or membership association.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing government, media, and corporate partners.
• Demonstrated ability to drive sectoral or policy change, leading successful advocacy initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience in sponsorship acquisition, revenue generation, grant funding and developing financially sustainable initiatives.
• Exceptional strategic communication and storytelling skills, able to engage and mobilise diverse audiences.
• Experience in event programming, ensuring high engagement and sector impact.
• Passion for employee ownership and economic models that promote shared prosperity.
• Innovative, creative, and proactive in problem-solving and strategy execution.
• A confident and transparent leader who fosters collaboration and inclusivity.
• Self-aware with emotional intelligence, resilience, and integrity.

What Constitutes Success in This Role?

Success in this role means having a positive impact on the growth of the employee-owned sector, strengthening the eoa’s influence and increasing the adoption of “great EO”. Stronger stakeholder relationships, greater advocacy impact and improved commercial sustainability through a diverse mix of grant funding, sponsorships and strategic partnerships will also be key indicators of success.

Key outcomes for the role 

• Outcome - Growth of the employee ownership sector
  • Measure - Increased number of EO businesses, heightened sector awareness

• Outcome - Strengthened corporate engagement
  • Measure - Growth in strategic partnerships, corporate and government engagement

• Outcome - Strong Commercial Sustainability
  • Measure - Increased sponsorship revenue, secured long-term commercial partnerships

• Outcome -Increased policy influence
  • Measure - Policy recommendations adopted, increased government engagement

• Outcome - Enhanced sector insight and intelligence
  • Measure - Utilisation of high quality data and insights for regular sector related content outputs

• Outcome - Development and adoption of best practice
  • Measure - Creation, adoption and promotion of best practice across the EO network.

• Outcome - Successful events programmes
  • Measure - Increased participation, sponsorship growth, positive feedback.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit:

• A two-page CV
• And one of either:
  • Cover letter setting out your motivation, approach, and what you will bring to the role
  • Video (maximum 10 minutes) setting out your motivation, approach, and what you will bring to the role

Applications should be submitted before 9:00am 17 August 2026. We will close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interviews will be in two stages. The first stage will be a virtual interview via teams on
26 August. For those who successfully move to stage 2 there will be an in-person
discussion w.c. 31 August.

The eoa welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those
who are under-represented. We recruit based on values, skills, and contribution to our
purpose.

UK Influencing Lead

10-12 month Fixed Term Contract. Full Time. Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)

Location - London

Salary - £65,099 per year

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.

About the role

Reporting in to the Head of Policy and Influencing, the UK Influencing Lead provides strategic leadership and oversight of all the UK advocacy work and the advocacy unit, aligning with organisational values and goals, to ensure advocacy achieves maximum impact.

The postholder will represent Christian Aid in UK advocacy spaces and UK coalitions and acts as a media spokesperson. The role will lead the development of the UK Influencing Strategy, bringing together our work with the UK Government, Faith Leaders, Private Sector, Campaigns, etc, including through coalition networks.

The role will collaborate with the Campaigns & Youth Lead, to matrix manage the Campaigns Advisor, to foster a team mindset and ensure coherent and joined up approach to influencing and campaigns and church engagement output.

Some of the main areas of responsibility of the UK Influencing Lead include:

• Leads on and is accountable for Christian Aid’s influencing and engagement strategy development, ensuring that it is aligned with our mobilisation and movement building work, that it maximises the involvement of churches, the INGO sector, and is effective at engaging decision to drive meaningful change.
• Leads, internally and externally, in shaping and securing our influence towards the government and decision makers, leads external engagement for impact with senior government ministers, MPs, civil servants, private sector partners, faith leaders, and INGO convened spaces to drive meaningful change.
• Leads on the processes to develop and deliver influencing strategies and activities, fostering a team mindset and a mindset of connection across the organisation to ensure an integrated approach to influencing policy and political change in the UK.
• Leads (jointly with relevant income lead) growth strategy for UK aid (and other UK government related) funding opportunities to maximise income and impact.
• Leads the UK Influencing Team, to deliver influencing projects and policy products to UK decision makers and ensure they meet their outcomes on budget, and staff are guided and coached to enable high-impact initiatives to be achieved that maximise our impact.
• Represents Christian Aid in UK spaces, including as a media spokesperson, ensuring messaging is meaningful, impactful and consistent, aligning to organisational values and goals.
• Oversees UK advocacy budget to support with financial sustainability.
• Deputise for Head of Policy and Influencing, as needed.

About you

Who we are looking for

Essential:

• Degree in Politics/International Relations.
• Extensive experience in in UK advocacy/public affairs.
• Substantial experience and detailed understanding of successful advocacy and influencing strategy development.
• Detailed understanding of UK advocacy context for international and geopolitical issues.
• Detailed understanding of the UK political landscape, the role of Christian Aid’s sponsoring churches and Civil Society.
• Substantial experience of strategic planning.
• Substantial budget management.
• Substantial experience in public speaking and communicating to non-specialist audiences.
• Substantial line management experience and ability to provide high quality leadership and support to staff, including remote management.
• Highly developed ability to analyse complex information, present that information, and frame arguments, in a simple way.
• Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills within a large or complex organisation.
• Highly developed ability to work cross-organisationally and build internal stakeholder relationships, delivering outstanding partnership working.
• Highly developed public speaking ability.
• Highly developed ability to deal sensitively and discreetly with people and information.
• Highly developed ability to devise, lead and implement advocacy strategies.
• Highly developed ability to work across cultural contexts with civil society and faith leaders from the global south.
• Highly developed ability to manage complex projects.
• Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills.
• Significant experience of representing an organisation at a senior level.

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams. tian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity. 

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this. 

Job Title: Project Officer (Nourish Secondaries)

Salary: £31,500 FTE

Position Type: Paid/Full time

Contract: Fixed term for two years (until September 2028)

Reports to: Head of Nourish

Based at: School Food Matters, Blackfriars Settlement, 9 Rushworth Street, London. SE1 0RB with travel to schools across London

Working Hours: 5 days a week, 9am-5pm (some flexibility required to attend breakfast clubs)

Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays that fall on working days. Holidays must be taken during school holidays

Pension: School Food Matters pays pension contributions at 7% of pensionable earnings

Background to School Food Matters

At School Food Matters we believe that school food can unlock a happier, healthier, more sustainable future for every child. We want a school food system that delivers for all children, so they can enjoy nutritious, delicious and sustainable school food and leave school with an informed and positive relationship with food. To achieve this, we campaign for a better school food system, bringing the voices of children, parents, and teachers to government policy, and deliver fully funded food education programmes in schools across the country.

Background to Nourish

Our Nourish programme supports schools to create a food environment that puts children and young people's nutrition first. The evidence-based, multi-component programme helps schools to develop action plans and policies to cover the food served across the whole school day. Nourish uses a collaborative whole school approach to food involving everyone across the school community to create lasting positive change.

Job Purpose

· To promote, develop and deliver the Nourish programme in secondary schools across London

Key Tasks include:

· Recruit schools to take part in Nourish

· Complete in person food audits in schools looking across the whole school day

· Support schools to create and deliver a food improvement plan (action plan)

· Develop and deliver workshops in schools to staff, parents and students based on their action plan (incl. assemblies, consultation/feedback sessions, cooking sessions, school food standards training)

· Support schools to write a school food policy[AB1]  using our policy template

· Build relationships and work closely with teachers, teaching assistants, cooks, kitchen teams and senior leaders in schools to improve the food they offer their students

• Work with local authorities [AB2] involved with Nourish to pursue shared school food goals
• Support Head of Nourish with written and verbal reports for LA and funders
• Share the project's learnings with the Nourish team and wider SFM team
• Work with other Nourish Project Officers to plan, design, and develop resources and training packages for schools

· Collect data and maintain accurate records relating to the programme in Airtable

• Work closely with our evaluation team to complete all monitoring and evaluation

· Gather content for our comms team (website and social media platforms)

• Keep the Line Manager fully updated on progress

· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

• Contribute to the smooth running of SFM at this time of growth
• Maintaining the ethos of the charity and positively promoting our work at all times
• You will also be expected to undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential.

Person specification

Essential

· Registered nutritionist or advanced understanding of nutritional guidelines and health promotion

· Good interpersonal skills, with experience of building relationships

· Confident engaging with a variety of audiences (students, headteachers, school staff and parents), including communications via email, virtual and face to face meetings with the ability to deliver workshops & presentations

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

· Ability to work in a team and seek help when needed

Desirable

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

· Experience of engaging and working with secondary schools

· Knowledge in food education and children’s health