Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We have a vacancy for a Public Affairs and Campaigns Officer to support our work to save babies lives, and ensure the provision of excellent bereavement care after pregnancy or baby loss. In this new and exciting role, you will help deliver impactful campaigns, build a core of committed campaign supporters and establish relationships with key stakeholders in Westminster and across Government departments and other charities.

You will be a great communicator with experience of using a variety of campaigns tactics and public affairs approaches to influence public policy and political agendas, along with the ability to build relationships at all levels with politicians and campaign supporters.

A high level of flexibility and proactivity is essential, together with the ability to work well across different teams and on your own initiative. You will have the skills to be able to absorb and understand complex issues and get them across in a clear and concise way.

You will therefore need to demonstrate a well-organised approach, be able to cope with demanding situations and meet tight deadlines

In addition to the above, you will understand and empathise with the needs of bereaved parents and have an excellent understanding of diversity issues.

Flexible location (home, Bristol office or London office) with regular travel across UK 

About Us

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good. We work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse. We listen to survivors, putting their voices at the heart of our thinking. We want what you would want for your best friend. We look at the whole picture for each individual and family to get the right help at the right time to make families everywhere safe and well. We also challenge perpetrators to change, asking ‘why he or she doesn’t stop?’ rather than ‘why he or she doesn’t leave?’ This applies whatever the gender of the victim or perpetrator and whatever the nature of their relationship. 

Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start. 

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone. 

The Role

Our training programme significantly improves the ability of domestic abuse professionals and other frontline responders and organisations, including police, children’s social care staff, and corporate HR and community teams, to identify and respond to domestic abuse and closely linked issues. We take a holistic approach, looking at the whole family and the connections between them to keep families safe sooner, and offer a whole range of training products to develop people who support them, including accredited professional training (e.g Idva, Ypva), accreditation of specialist DA services (Leading Lights), and bespoke services for public, voluntary and commercial organisations. 

We are looking for a Lead Trainer to oversea our flagship Idva programme covering England and Wales. Since 2006 we have trained over 3,000 Idvas and with increasing demand our Idva course remains one of our core training offers.

As one of SafeLives’ trainers and assessors you will be part of the SafeLives learning and accreditation programme, with shared responsibility for developing, delivering and continuing a range of courses from within our suite. More broadly, you will work to ensure that SafeLives’ training programmes are in line with our strategic priorities and are of the highest quality, including course development and delivery with external partners and associate trainers. 

You will combine teamwork with working independently on a day-to-day basis at home, in SafeLives’ Bristol or London office and at training locations. 

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the performance of professionals within the domestic abuse and related sectors at a national level as well as the response of other frontline or first responders in the public, voluntary or commercial sectors, and thus help address the risks faced by victims of domestic abuse. 

Benefits include a generous package including 25 days’ holiday per year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.

Closing date: 10am on Friday 7th May 2021.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

About the role

Carers UK has an exciting opportunity to join our Policy and Public Affairs team as a Senior Research and Policy Officer. This is a chance to join a high performing team with an excellent track record of campaigning for change and influencing public policy to improve the lives of carers. The work will involve designing and delivering research and policy projects, including supporting the delivery of our world-leading State of Caring research.  You would be using a range of different methodologies across issues as diverse as social care, employment, welfare and health. The role will include carer involvement and a particular focus on voices and experiences from carers that are harder to reach or seldom heard e.g. older carers, carers of different faiths, ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ carers.

About you

You thrive in a fast-paced environment and will be an experienced research professional. You will have a strong interest in social justice, with a desire to deliver change for unpaid carers.

We are looking for someone with excellent research and policy analysis skills; experience in designing and delivering research using different methodologies, carrying out interviews and focus groups, preparing reports, literature reviews and briefings.  You will also have experience of supporting responses to Government consultations and policy submissions; excellent communication skills; and ability to support individuals to take part.

About us

Carers UK is the leading national charity, supporting, advocating for and connecting unpaid carers across the UK.

With over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK and 6,000 individuals becoming a carer every day the need to support them is growing and urgent. Unpaid carers save the country an estimated £530 million each day and are vital to the friends and family members they support, as well as to the wider community.

COVID-19 has dramatically affected carers across the country. Our recent polling suggests that the figure for unpaid carers could now be as high as 13.6 million, with 4.5 million people starting to care overnight due to the impact on coronavirus on services and individuals.

Contract: 3 year contract

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 27 April 2021 at 10.00am

First interviews will be held Tuesday 4 or Thursday 6 May 2021

Job Summary

The Communications Lead will be responsible for the delivery of Gaddum’s communication and engagement strategy. This post working closely with the Head of Development & Innovation will lead on communications for the charity. This position will be in charge of producing high-quality virtual & written content that engages both internal & external stakeholders and builds on brand recognition.

Job Purpose

Working closing with the Head of Development & Innovation this post will develop and coordinate the communication and engagement strategy for the charity. It will be responsible for creating informative content, press releases, articles and media opportunities to promote Gaddum’s brand and services. This role will also lead on internal messages and staff wellbeing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the charity Guide Dogs as a Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Officer.

We campaign to break down barriers and end discrimination against people with sight loss. Our consistent campaigning has led to a shift in Government thinking and policy on a number of key issues, and we are consistently rated as a top influencing charity by MPs.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference and be part of a high-profile, award-winning, innovative, and successful campaigns team.

Ordinarily the team is based at our central London office however, we are keen to hear from applicants who may want to discuss alternative working arrangements (some travel to London will be expected on a regular basis).

Our Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Officers help people with sight loss to live the life they choose by helping to shape evidence-based policy positions and implement campaigns that align with the Guide Dogs strategy. Through our public affairs activity we engage with key political stakeholders and audiences to secure change and impact.

In this role you will have the opportunity shape and develop evidenced-based policy positions, lobby key politicians and officials; draft consultation responses and policy briefings; monitor and respond to parliamentary activity; support the development and implementation of the public affairs strategy; shape campaign plans and mobilise the public and our campaigns supporters and volunteers.

You will have the opportunity to work flexibly across the full span of policy, public affairs and campaigns activities Guide Dogs leads on, working with people across the UK.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Experience in policy, public affairs or campaigns work with a track record of working effectively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders.
• Detailed knowledge of the UK political framework and environment and current public affairs and campaigning techniques.
• Knowledge of advocacy-based campaigning.
• Knowledge of event organisation and how to communicate with a range of political audiences.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system does have a time limit, we would advise you to complete your answers and copy and paste into the online form once finalised. Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Remember to refer to the attached job description and candidate pack for more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

We are recruiting for an experienced Policy Manager who will lead on developing the policy function and strategy for the RCOphth. 

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) is the only professional body for medically qualified eye doctors, who specialise in the prevention, treatment and management of eye disease, including surgery to optimise eye care for all patients. We are the voice of the profession and champion excellence in the practice of ophthalmology. We do this through our collaborative work across the eye health sector and with regulatory healthcare bodies.

About you

You will need to show substantial experience in all areas from development of policies and impact assessments to high level stakeholder engagement and consultation.  We are looking for someone with a positive, can do attitude and is committed to excellence and high standards in all they do.

You will need the following experience

• Extensive experience of leading on policy development, including the understanding of legislation and its impact
• Extensive high level stakeholder management that includes government, health bodies (eg NHS England), charity and research
• Experience of handling strategies and tactics for dealing with contentious or complex issues
• Experience of working across multiple departments and teams, particularly in a professional membership organisation
• Experience of line management

About the role

There are proposed legislative changes to the way healthcare will be delivered and the medical profession regulated.  We want to ensure that ophthalmology is engaged with policy decision makers and proactively putting the case for better patient care and the sustainability of the workforce; promoting the RCOphth as the ‘go to’ authority on eye care services. We are doing this through key areas of collaborative work across health regulatory and arms-length bodies, but it requires a strong policy framework.

The Policy Manager will sit in the Policy & Communications team and work directly with the Executive (College Officers and Senior Management) to identify policy gaps and opportunities both in the short and long term.  The post holder will work with key stakeholders to identify how the policy function will change the way we work and embed the new process throughout the organisation.

Working for RCOphth

Our overall staff numbers have grown in the past 18 months.  We are recruiting the right people with the right specialist skills in the Policy & Communications team to help us deliver on our strategic aims. In return, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. 

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter (explaining how you meet the person specification along with your salary expectations).  A covering letter is an important part of our application process so we encourage you to submit one, as your application may not be shortlisted if you do not.

We are currently running interviews remotely, in accordance with Government advice, so if you envisage any issues with accessing a computer, webcam or a sufficient internet connection for a video call, then please do highlight this in your covering letter. We will do all we can to ensure you have the best experience in applying to work with us during this time.

For more information on the role, please contact Liz Price on 0 2 0 3 7 7 0 5 3 2 7

(office hours are 09.00-17.00)

Closing date:  Friday 23rd April 2021 at 16:00hrs

1st round interviews:  Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th May 2021

2nd round interviews:  Thursday 20th May

Please note for 2nd round interviews candidates will be required to prepare a 20 minute presentation which should be sent in advance and by 17.00, Monday 17 May 2021. 

Applicants must already have the right to work within the UK without restriction.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Salary: £31,744 - £47,616 (pro rata) plus £3,737 (pro rata) London Weighting, if applicable
Location:  Flexible
Hours: 21
Permanent

We are seeking a Head of Policy and Campaigns to join our External Relations team. Your role will be to jointly lead the development and delivery of high-quality and impactful policy and campaigns activity to influence and change government policy across the UK and to provide strategic oversight for the organisation’s research agenda.

You will have an excellent knowledge and understanding of issues affecting children’s social care; substantial experience of successfully influencing policy change and good understanding of devising, planning and implementing proactive campaigns across the UK using a variety of techniques.

The role is part-time and the duties will be shared with an existing postholder. Commitment to collaborative working will be essential.

Closing date: 12pm on 26 April 2021

Interview date: 17 May 2021

Location of interview: Online

To apply please email your completed application to The Fostering Network. Further information and an application form can be found on The Fostering Network website.

CVs not accepted

The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  The Fostering Network is a registered charity in England and Wales 280852 and in Scotland SC039338.

Job Overview

We are looking to recruit a Senior Policy Advisor to join our Population Health team within our Public Health and Healthcare Policy Function - on a fixed-term basis to provide cover for a colleague currently on maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in shaping the BMA’s high-profile policy work on a broad range of issues relating to population health.

Your role will be to drive forward our programme of policy work, developing proposals that will help us influence the debate around key issues that affect the health of the public.

You will provide expert policy advice and guidance to a variety of audiences including senior staff, committees, chief officers and members, as well as producing briefings, guidance and other practical support materials and representing the BMA at external events as required.

The Public Health and Healthcare Function sits within the BMA’s newly formed Policy and Comms Directorate. The Function’s remit spans a range of topics including:

• supporting the NHS to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, building future resilience beyond the pandemic,
• the development of new integrated models of care, workforce and innovation
• dealing with current and future public health challenges. 

You will have experience of:

• evidence-based policy development (ideally in a health or health-related context)
• excellent writing skills
• ability to confidently analyse and help solve policy problems
• confidence to build influential relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Why work for us?

As a BMA employee, you`ll receive:

• Generous annual leave provision, plus 1 company day and public holidays
• Double matching pension contributions up to 12% of salary
• Season ticket loan (up to £10,000) after completion of probationary period
• Additional flexible benefits.

You may be working remotely initially, but we`ll provide all the support you need.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply through our website.

Closing date: Tuesday, 27th April 2021

Diversity & Inclusion Monitoring:
We need your support to make sure our staff come from a variety of backgrounds so we especially welcome applications from disadvantaged communities. Even if you`re not selected, it would be really helpful if you could complete the diversity & inclusion data when you apply for this role, because we can make sure we are encouraging a diverse mixture of candidates to apply. Thank you very much.

11 women die every day from ovarian cancer and survival rates in the UK are among the worst in Europe. Target Ovarian Cancer is the UK’s leading ovarian cancer charity. Join us to raise awareness, fund research and save lives.

We are the authority on ovarian cancer. We work with women, family members and health professionals to ensure we target the areas that matter most for those living and working with ovarian cancer.

Together with the ovarian cancer community, we are transforming the future for women in the UK who are living with ovarian cancer and thousands more who are yet to be diagnosed. But there is so much more to do. We will not stop until we have achieved our goal of doubling survival from ovarian cancer by 2050.

The role

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with knowledge of parliament to join our policy and campaigns team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing team and help us ensure that the voices of those affected by ovarian cancer are heard by decision makers.

Reporting to the Head of Policy and Campaigns, you will take the lead on our parliamentary work, raising the profile of ovarian cancer and securing commitments that will create lasting change as well as supporting our policy work. This will include: developing and maintaining relationships with MPs, peers and other key stakeholders across the UK; producing high-quality briefing material; writing responses to relevant consultations and supporting the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ovarian Cancer.

About you

You will have an understanding of political systems in Westminster and the devolved nations, experience of engaging stakeholders (particularly parliamentarians and policy makers) and determination to transform the future for women with ovarian cancer.

How to apply

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Midday Monday 26 April  

First round interviews: Friday 30 April (to take place over Zoom)

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.

Role purpose

The role will take responsibility for delivery of policy projects established to help deliver Christian Aid's economic justice campaign, by providing policy analysis and advice, by writing briefings, reports and other products, and by maintaining an overview of policy issues related to the economic dimensions of poverty, and global economic governance. This will contribute towards achieving our change objectives, in a way that's consistent with Christian Aid's focus on poverty, power and prophetic voice.

An excellent analyst, researcher and writer, the post holder will develop credible analysis and products for our advocacy and campaigns audiences, in collaboration with the country programmes and programme policy advisors. The postholder will maintain a network of contacts amongst policy counterparts in civil society, and in institutions we are influencing, and support the economic justice policy lead in engaging externally in civil society coalitions and relevant advocacy spaces. The role will be part of Christian Aid's public and programme policy expertise, acting as an external spokesperson and feeding in to strategic decision-making processes across policy and advocacy and the wider organization.

Key outcomes

-Christian Aid has strong analysis, positioning and research on economic justice, responding to the external advocacy context

-Our policy products are excellent, and aligned with Christian Aid's strategic priorities of 'poverty, power and prophetic voice' and our theological insights and approach

-The postholder works with country teams and regional and global partners to ensure effective, coherent and well evidenced policy from a national, regional and global perspective

-We have a well-managed, well-balanced portfolio of policy projects, with appropriate participation from across Christian Aid, contributing to measurable impact

-Effective coordination and monitoring of work in economic justice policy across Christian Aid.

-Efficient use of existing resources and increasing levels of additional resources becoming available to Christian Aid to support delivery of the advocacy strategy

-Strong Christian Aid representation within those global or regional level institutions and civil society coalitions of greatest relevance to economic justice priorities.

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid's Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid's Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions (if required)

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Economic Justice Policy Advisor: Business and Human Rights

Build Partnerships and Communicates Effectively

Can you outline what is your vision for business and human rights within a context of economic justice, and how have you put this vision in practice by working with others and communicating effecitively? How did this lead to successful change and what were the results?

Steward Resources

Christian Aid works with the people and partners in our global and country programmes to leverage change at a national, regional and/or global level. Can you give some examples of how you can worked with colleagues working at national level or partners also more widely to write funding proposals, managing partners and/or consultants in order to effectively manage programmes that deliver both policy and advocacy change, as well as manage budgets and timelines in an effective and equitable way?

Deliver Results

This role will be both about providing expertise in core areas of Christian Aid's economic justice work that involves fiscal justice where we especially focus on business and human rights related policy changes that deliver measurable change in tackling marginalisation and especially gender injustices. Can you outline one example of how you have worked or related your work to either of these areas? The role will also participate in wider networks and coalitions to deliver on the overall business and human rights change goals. Can you give an example of also how as a coalition member, you have had to balance multiple priorities and how you chose these, and you you approached tactics and tools to prioritise and manage competing priorities.

• 6-month fixed-term contract with the possibility to extend
• Ideal start date mid-July 2021
• Highgate, London N6 (current home working during lockdown)

Looking for a leadership role in an organisation dedicated to improving the rights of people living with HIV?

We’re the UK’s HIV rights charity. We work to stop HIV from standing in the way of health, dignity and equality, and to end new HIV transmissions. Our expertise, research and advocacy secure lasting change to the lives of people living with and at risk of HIV.

We’re looking for an outstanding individual to join us in a key leadership position, providing strategic direction to both the Policy & Campaigns Team and the Communications Team. You’ll need to be driven by a passion for health equality and human rights and have:

• Substantial policy and campaigning experience
• A strong understanding of communications in the voluntary sector
• Excellent leadership and management skills, and
• An ability to represent National AIDS Trust at the highest levels.

In return we offer a varied and challenging role working in a supportive and flexible work environment. You will play a key role as a member of our Senior Management Team and will help shape future strategies and plans. 

It’s a time of incredible opportunity in HIV, within an exceptionally challenging external environment. But we have the evidence, the skills, the relationships and the energy to make a real difference. We hope that you’ll want to be part of that.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity informally with Deborah Gold, Chief Executive, please contact Stef McCarthy in the first instance.

Interviews: 7 May 2021

Closing date for applications: 9 am on 27 April 2021

The application pack can be downloaded from our website, or by sending an e-mail quoting the job title, together with your name and address or by calling us.  All materials are available in alternative formats upon request.

National AIDS Trust is committed to equality and diversity and particularly encourages applications from people living with HIV, gay and bisexual men, trans and non-binary people, and people from black and minority ethnic communities.

We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to making reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

The National AIDS Trust (NAT) is a Registered Charity No: 297977 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No.2175938 (registered in England and Wales). 

The role will lead on the implementation of the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion action plan, which is currently being reviewed and scheduled to re-launch in September 2021, alongside supporting the recruitment of volunteers across the sport 

The successful candidate will have a fantastic opportunity to support the education, enablement and engagement of table tennis clubs, leagues, counties, volunteers, coaches and officials in this area, helping to improve the diversity of table tennis at all levels.

Working across all areas of diversity and inclusion will be an important part of this role, but there will be a priority focus on disability, women and girls, ethnically diverse communities (BAME) and lower socio-economic groups (LSEG).

(Experience in table tennis and/or sport is not essential for this role)

Training and Engagement Lead

Full time at 35 hours per week

Office Based in Leeds City Centre and regular travel across Leeds (current requirement to work from home during Covid-19 restrictions)

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 dependent on experience

Permanent

GamCare is the leading national provider of information, advice and treatment for anyone affected by problem gambling. The Leeds Community Gambling Service works with a wide range of people, communities and organisations across Leeds providing information, training and treatment to raise awareness and support around gambling related harms.

Key Responsibilities

• The postholder will deliver training to help communities and professionals to identify problem gambling and ensure pathways into the Leeds Community Gambling Service are seamless and widely understood
• The postholder will lead on developing public awareness through a mixture of engagement methods across Leeds.
• The postholder will offer advice, brief and extended brief Interventions from numerous community locations across Leeds. Supporting clients through individual face to face, telephone and online support as well through group-based interventions.

The Training and Engagement Lead will be expected to work in a way that recognises and values diversity, has an understanding of the functional model of Problem Gambling, the model of change, CBT and have a commitment to Recovery

In Leeds you will form part of an enthusiastic clinical and engagement team working from several locations. To meet the needs of our service users the role will include some evenings and occasional Saturdays.

You will be a self-starter, with a passion for delivering innovative, quality services, and a collaborative style.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete the application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and input the correct job title. Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

To discuss the role further please email Chris Walker (Leeds Community Gambling Service – Service Manger) Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing date for applications is: 03/05/2021 at 9am

Interview dates: tbc

Interviews are scheduled to take place remotely via videoconferencing software.

ShareAction and the global system of finance

It is said that “money makes the world go around” but the global financial system in its current form is in danger of making our world a very inhospitable place indeed for future generations.

Though it has lifted many out of poverty, today the global financial system has an oversized impact on many of the existential challenges we face. Biodiversity loss is such an example, as is climate change and the growing gap between rich and poor in terms of both income and health. Investment, lending and insuring decisions can enable destructive and exploitative industries or they can support a transition to a more sustainable way of living and use of precious resources. The latter approach is known as responsible or ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment.

ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people. Our mission is to define the highest standards of responsible investment and to drive change until these standards are adopted worldwide. We work towards our mission by:

• advocating for change in the investment industry using our research and rankings
• campaigning with allies to strengthen investor stewardship and change corporate behaviour
• pushing for public policy reform to transform the financial system

Position

Policy advocacy is an important part of the work we do to make the financial sector more sustainable. We have been advocating for changes in sustainable finance policy in Europe for a number of years and we have had a small team in Brussels since 2017.

The European Union (EU) is at the forefront of the most advanced package of sustainable finance regulation anywhere in the world. We are looking to appoint an EU policy officer into our policy advocacy team to support our EU advocacy work. In this role you will help to strengthen the rules and regulations that govern the financial sector to build an economy that is good for people and the planet.

You will have the opportunity to help with outreach to policymakers, writing briefings, responding to consultations, and organising events. To be a successful candidate you will need to be enthusiastic about public policy, interested in sustainability issues (whether environmental or social/labour focused), and willing to get stuck in with any task, however small.

Key responsibilities

Although the role will be varied and open to some change in the activities you will undertake, below are the types of activities that you can expect to do:

• Monitor EU policy developments and update colleagues;
• Support the preparation of policy briefings, consultations, articles and social media posts, taking a leading role where appropriate;
• Support wider ShareAction teams with policy-related input as needed;
• With guidance from your manager (Head of EU Policy) you will research topics of interest to support our policy work;
• Support the team to engage with policymakers, civil society, and the investment industry in order to disseminate and present our positions;
• Help to organise events and meetings focused on policy and attend events and conferences as needed

Please note that this list is not exhaustive and you may be required to perform different tasks from time to time.

Requirements

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

Essential

• Experience in a work setting focussed on influencing European policy on sustainability (this may have had an environmental focus and/or a human/labour rights focus or otherwise);
• An understanding and interest in ShareAction’s mission and work;
• Excellent communication skills, in both written and spoken English;
• Proven capacity to undertake varied tasks simultaneously and to tight deadlines;
• Organised and self-directed on work initiatives with a strong attention to detail;
• A basic understanding of the EU policy-making process/how laws are made;
• Strong commitment to collaborative working and;
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Knowledge of financial markets and/or sustainable finance;
• Experience of working or campaigning on responsible/sustainable investment issues, whether in the private sector or in the third sector;
• Familiarity with the policy debates around environmental and/or human rights issues;
• Experience of policy-making or law-making gained through work experience;
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office 365, particularly SharePoint;
• Experience of working with CRM systems, ideally Salesforce.

Other information

Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: 38,976 EUR (up to 2,800 EUR fixed monthly salary,13.92 times a year) inclusive of 25 annual days paid vacation (5 extra legal days).

Meal Vouchers: 1 lunch voucher for every day worked up to the amount of 8EUR per voucher.

Employee’s monthly STIB subscription.

Closing date: Monday 26 April, 9am.

To apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in Brussels and live in Belgium for tax and payroll reasons.

Due to Covid-19 all interviews will take place online, you will also be expected to work from home for the foreseeable future.