Position: Policy Manager (Health and Care)
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Office-based in London, N4 with the flexibility to work remotely (occasional travel required)
Salary: £38,891 - £44,336 per annum plus excellent benefits  
Salary Band: Band F2
Department: Policy and Evidence team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for a Policy Manager for Health and Care to join our Policy and Evidence team. Helping us secure improvements to vital services and support that people with MS, their families and carers, rely on to live well.

2022 will be a crucial year in health and care policy. You’ll be working across a large and varied portfolio encompassing both the major currents of UK health policy and more focussed work on MS-specific priorities.

We have strong relationships across the sector. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate closely with coalition partners as a thought leader on major issues like social care reform, the Health and Care Bill and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Priorities closer to home include supporting the next phase of our Neurology Now campaign to improve neurology healthcare services. And a campaign to improve access to symptom management medicines like Sativex.

You’ll be contributing to the development of our policy positions, campaigns and influencing programmes.

You’ll have a central leadership role across the team in ensuring that our policy work is built around strong evidence, informed by and developed with people living with MS, their carers and health and care professionals.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a high-performing team operating at the heart of a friendly and supportive directorate with an excellent track record of influencing policy change.

About you

You’ll have experience of working in a policy or influencing role and knowledge of the policy making processes that surround health and/or care in the UK.

You’ll be a strategic, analytical thinker, able to understand complex subjects and construct persuasive arguments. And you’ll have excellent written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.

You’ll also have strong leadership skills. And the ability to unite disparate team members and stakeholders around a clear vision, driving forward a plan of action to achieve it.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 7 February

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We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form attached and submit it with your application. 

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment. 

We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

No agencies please.

The Royal Society’s mission is to recognise, promote and support excellence in science, and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. Science is vital to many areas of government policy making and the Society seeks to ensure the government and the public have access to impartial and independent expert advice to inform debate and guide good decision making. The Royal Society provides independent, timely and authoritative scientific advice to UK, European and international decision makers. We champion the contribution that science and innovation can make to economic prosperity, quality of life and environmental sustainability; and we are a hub for debate about science, society and public policy. We are committed to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to appreciate the value of and engage with science through top quality education.

The Education and Skills Policy Team aims to achieve this through a programme of activity intended to address the following three priorities:

1. To ensure that UK education maintains and grows the nation's status as a world-leading scientific nation.
2. To ensure that the UK has a more equitable education system that advances academic achievement and technical expertise alongside developing the individual resilience and adaptability, to provide an educational foundation for all future citizens.
3. To develop an education system that embeds within the experience of learners, the skills and knowledge that enable them to engage confidently and critically with science and how it affects people's lives.

The Society’s policy work is led by the science policy team, working closely with the Media Relations, Public Affairs, Public Engagement, International Affairs and Diversity & Industry Programme teams. Activities are undertaken by a team of Senior Policy Advisers and Policy Advisers who work across a range of themes and policy issues, according to priorities and their own expertise.

The Society’s partners include other academies, learned societies, funding agencies, government, industry, charitable bodies, business and the public sector.

With knowledge and a real enthusiasm for policy in the domains of education, skills or science, you will be responsible for leading and delivering programmes of work around education reform related to STEM. Working with a small and talented team of direct reports, you will be expected to develop research projects, produce external briefings, conceive and deliver round table events, workshops and other meetings as well as provide advice for senior management, Fellows and Council. You will enjoy exceptional visibility and variety. A creative thinker and effective problem solver, you will be adept at networking, motivating colleagues, building interdisciplinary relationships and working with committees. It is essential that you are a fluent and persuasive writer and a good communicator, and ideally have experience analysing or commissioning analysis of data on any of education/skills/scientific systems.

Reports to: Head of Policy, Education & Skills

Location: Carlton House Terrace

Hours: 35 hours per week

Pay Band: E

Salary:  £42,228- £52,785

Contract type: 12 month FTC (maternity cover)

Closing date for applications: 27 January 23:59pm

The Physiological Society is growing its policy team and there is an opportunity to join as a Policy Officer. 

Working as a part of a small team and reporting to our Policy Manager, the Policy Officer will play an important role in shaping science policy in the UK and Republic of Ireland. 

Through an impactful and ambitious programme of proactive projects and responsive policy initiatives, our policy team seeks to work towards a position where physiology is a well-funded, high-profile discipline with physiologists able to operate in a supportive policy landscape. The policy landscape affecting physiology and physiologists include issues related to research funding and the research ecosystem.

The Policy Officer is responsible for identifying and acting on issues facing individuals working within physiology and the life sciences. 

We support physiologists to play a leading role in informing the public policy response of government to global health challenges. Our policy work seeks to showcase why physiology is the cornerstone of the scientific response to global public health challenges such as the ageing society and climate change. This requires working with other societies and like-minded organisations with complementary objectives. 

The role is fixed term for 2 years and based at our Head Office in Farringdon (we are currently following Government advice to work for home and anticipate a return to the office on the basis of approximately 2 days/week when allowed). 

We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity. To this end we would welcome applications from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minoritised communities and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we support and help broaden our perspectives. 

The role

In this role you will be responsible for the development of policy in line with our strategic aims, driving and influencing change to improve the lives of people with Crohn’s and Colitis. You will lead the development and delivery of effective policy and public affairs across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ensuring a strong voice for people affected by the conditions.

Reporting to the Head of Policy & Campaigns you will develop and lead tactical plans for the policy team which meet our strategic objectives. 

About you

You will be experienced in developing and delivering policy in a UK health context.   This role will interact with government, decision makers and eaders in the NHS and elsewhere and you will need to be a credible presence speaking to our agenda. 

If this sounds like you then go ahead and apply.... we look forward to hearing from you.

The role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Policy Officer to join the Policy, Evidence and Influencing team who lead on key policy areas and influence change for people with breast cancer across the UK.

You will provide vital support to our policy activities, ensuring our work delivers maximum impact for people affected by breast cancer. This will include supporting our crucial policy work on the breast cancer workforce, secondary breast cancer and access to drugs. you will also develop evidence-based positions and recommendations and build strong relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

You will have the opportunity to use your analytical skills to support policy development and will work closely with colleagues on the development and delivery of influencing strategies in line with our policy positions. You will also produce engaging policy content for briefings, consultation responses, blogs and social media and analyse information on new and on-going policy issues relevant to the organisation.

About you

You will have experience of influencing, research, and policy development. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to manage projects and think strategically, and to build strong relationships with external stakeholders to influence change. You will also have an excellent understanding of the current policy landscape and be able to work on your initiative and have strong time management and organisation skills.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Although the role is based in our London office, we are following a blended approach between office and home working with a minimum or two days per week in the office for full-time staff members. However, following recent Government guidance, staff members are currently working from home if they can do so. Should you have any queries with regards to this please email us in the first instance, using the details provided upon clicking on the apply button.

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing date Monday 24 January 2022 at 09:00am

Interview date Week commencing Monday 24 January 2022 (virtual)

An exciting job share opportunity has arisen for a Senior Policy and Project Manager to join our Taskforce for Lung Health team. Reporting to the Director of External Affairs, your role will be to manage the Taskforce for Lung Health secretariat function and ensure our five-year Plan for Lung Health is implemented. We are looking for a job-share with our existing part-time postholder to accommodate this growing and exciting project.

Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation jointly provide secretariat support to the Taskforce for Lung Health. The Taskforce is the largest ever coalition of 40 organisations and individuals with an interest in respiratory health. At the end of 2018 we published our five-year Plan making recommendations to prevent more people from developing lung disease, and to transform the care of people living with lung disease.

Alongside the existing postholder, you will effectively manage the delivery of the Taskforce, ensuring key milestones are met and outputs are delivered within agreed timescales. In addition to the shared responsibilities, we are looking for the new postholder to provide line management to a member of the Taskforce team, become an expert on an area of policy relating to the Taskforce’s work, and oversee the development of the Lung Health Data Tracker to monitor and display progress towards Taskforce recommendations.

You will be experienced in managing and delivering complex projects, including experience of managing complex budgets, have an excellent knowledge of UK health policy, structures and process, and have demonstrable experience in delivering evidence-based, realistic policy proposals and influencing activities.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including 30 days annual leave pro rata (plus bank holidays), membership of a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free annual season Travelcard loan and pension scheme. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute strategically to a collaboration committed to working together with people living with lung disease to improve the nation’s lung health. 

We are looking for a Policy Officer to support Battersea’s key role in innovatively influencing the political landscape for the benefit of our animals

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Public Affairs Team

The Public Affairs team manages Battersea’s policy stances, research, campaigns and external political influence. The team does this through engagement with politicians, Government officials, partner organisations and the public. As well as Battersea’s significant campaigning output, it is responsible for the further development of Battersea as an authoritative commentator on policy developments at national, local and devolved levels.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

During the recent Coronavirus restrictions, our animal-facing staff have continued to work on site and our office based staff have been working from home. We are currently piloting a hybrid working model for our office-based staff to split their time between site based and home working. We believe this will support office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and interaction with our animal-facing staff and maintaining a connection to our cause.

As this role is office-based, you’ll be expected to work in our Battersea office for 3 days each week and you’ll be able to work up to 2 days each week from home.

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Thursday 3 February 2022

Interview date(s): Thursday 10 (PM) & Friday 11 (AM) February 2022

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

We are looking for a deep-thinking, analytical policy or research professional who is passionate about human rights in maternity care and able to cover both the breadth of the issues we need to influence and to become the team expert in a number of areas. You will form a key part of the Programmes team alongside our advice team and our Training Officer, and will be the sole member of staff focusing exclusively on policy. The role will also involve research, campaigning, advocacy and external relations, also working with Engagement team colleagues.

You will be working on issues such as developing new tools to support consent in maternity care, investigating women and birthing people’s experience of choices and interventions from induction to vaginal examinations, exploring how widespread obstetric violence is in the UK, and responding to consultations on changes to clinical negligence and replacing the Human Rights Act.

You will need to be a strong team player who can build relationships and establish credibility both internally and externally, and a self-starter able to progress work independently. We want you to challenge our thinking, develop a good grasp of the issues, put forward your own ideas and drive them forward collaboratively.

Birthrights is a small but mighty charity, so you need to be both strategic and hands-on. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference to women and birthing people’s experience of pregnancy and childbirth.

Title:  Global Policy Officer 

Location:  London office (Central London)

Contract:  Permanent

Working hours: Full time

Salary:  £38,000

Other:  26 days annual leave, generous workplace pension, we can offer a modest relocation fund

ABOUT PI

About our work: We are a London-based charity that campaigns for legal and technological solutions to protect people and their data from exploitation. We envision a world where freedom and privacy will be the foundations of tomorrow’s societies. We target companies and governments who exploit our data and technologies. We expose harm and abuses, mobilise allies globally, campaign with the public for solutions, and pressure companies and governments to change. We are delivering our multi-year strategic plan to protect democracy, defend people’s dignity, and demand accountability from the powerful institutions who breach public trust.

About you: You are curious about the state and direction of the world. You understand that technologies play many roles in bolstering power and shaping the future. You are an advocate who wants to fight for change and ensure your voice is both credible and heard by key audiences, including the public. You want to shape an organisation that is always growing and learning and contribute to its strengthening. You want to work with colleagues and partner organisations across a variety of projects and use different skills-sets. You are keen to learn new multidisciplinary ways of achieving global change.

About PI: Everyone at PI works to build a good and resilient organisation, where we are always looking to learn and grow. We lead by example to make the most of our opportunities to shape the future. We work with others, including our network of partners across the world, to understand, engage and build a movement. We use creative approaches to deliver our work and share what we learn.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The Policy Officer will work across PI to help deliver on our strategic plan, build a resilient organisation, and work to support our global movement. The person in this role will conduct advocacy to achieve PI’s goals. This will include policy research, outreach and public engagement initiatives in order to formulate new and creative ways to demand change globally, including working with our partners across the world.

The Policy Officer will be expected to participate in project planning, management and delivery across PI to build the organisation, the global movement, and create change in the world.

PARTICULAR TO THIS ROLE

This role will focus on global policy and decision-making processes, particularly:

• conducting policy research to identify and uncover gaps in existing regulatory and legal frameworks in relations to government and industry practices and policies
• conducting advocacy before international and regional organisations
• developing and disseminating PI’s policies
• building global narratives and campaigns
• conducting outreach to partners to coordinate these with them
• supporting outreach to global actors, including activist movements, on global stages
• monitoring global developments to inform campaigning and outreach to global stakeholders and relevant regional and national policy forums. 

Experiences and Skills

Essential

• Degree in law, human rights, political science or international relations, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in policy development and advocacy related to human rights and development, including with international/regional organisations
• Experience in designing and implementing innovative outreach and communications strategies targeting diverse global stakeholders.
• Experience of strategically engaging with diverse stakeholder groups including governmental, inter-governmental, industry, other non-state actors and the public.
• Experience working in and/or with the national and/or international NGO sector from across the world.
• Strong interpersonal skills in liaising, communicating and engaging with colleagues and external audiences from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Proactive and self-motivated individual capable of working unsupervised and taking responsibility for managing relationships with key partners and diverse stakeholders.
• Exceptional communications and presentation skills, both written and oral, with a proven track record of communicating complex issues to diverse audiences.
• Project Management, either as part of, or leading a team
• Willing and able to travel internationally. 

Desirable

• Fluency in a language other than English.
• Experience working in diverse environments and working globally
• Ability to work with and coordinate NGO coalitions.
• Experience in legal or regulatory interactions with technology

Knowledge of:

• Privacy and/or issues at the intersection of data, technology and human rights.
• General rights frameworks, including advocating for the protection of social, economic and cultural rights.

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply, please send:

a CV (not more than two pages)

a covering letter (not more than two pages)

The closing date for applications is the 20 February 2022. 

Please send the requested material in one email. (Please include the title of the post you are applying for in the subject of the email). 

Only complete applications will be considered.

The candidates who we choose to interview will be contacted by the end of the day on 23 February 2022.

Interviews will take place the week of 28 February 2022 – please reserve these days for a possible interview, which will be arranged as a video conference. 

We may conduct a second round of interviews, which will be decided only after the first round of interviews takes place. If necessary, the second round of interviews would be held on 07 March 2022.

For information about how Privacy International will use your data during recruitment please see Privacy International’s website.

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. It is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine. The Society’s fundamental purpose, as reflected in its founding charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.

The Society’s policy activities address global challenges such as pandemic responses, climate change, energy, food and water security; it makes the case for strengthening investment in research and innovation and developing STEM education; and it sets out the potential for emerging areas of science and technology such as data science, AI and genetic technologies. 

Data and digital technology policy at the Royal Society

The Society’s work on data and digital technology policy focuses on ensuring that data-enabled and digital technologies are developed and used for the widest societal benefit. The work that we have carried out covers topics including:

• the promise and potential of technologies such as machine learning, AI and privacy-enhancing technologies;
• the appropriate governance for data use to ensure that data and digital technologies are used fairly, ethically and inclusively;
• ensuring that digital technologies are applied to major policy and societal challenges, such as addressing the climate crisis;
• setting out the skills needed to enable use of data across organisations, and understanding the impacts of AI and digital technologies on the workforce.

Across these work areas, we have made the case for:

• putting human flourishing at the centre of data governance;
• enabling well-governed access to data through appropriate use of governance, regulation and technological tools;
• focusing the development and deployment of technologies on societal benefit, by setting research challenges to catalyse innovation;
• the societal value of data and AI in areas from pandemic response, to healthcare, to reaching net zero. 

The Society works in partnership with businesses, National Academies, learned societies, charities and government. It deploys a wide range of channels and approaches, from the delivery of major reports to rapid shorter statements. It catalyses the creation of influential networks, and makes skilful use of the Society’s digital and media channels, and well-founded programmes of events. The Society continues to develop and look for innovative approaches that will increase its influence in regional, national and international policy debates.

The role of Head of Policy, Data and Digital technology

The Royal Society has achieved significant impact and influence through its broad programme of work on data and digital technology policy. The evidence produced by the Society has been repeatedly taken up as an authoritative, objective and independent view on the potential of data-enabled technologies and their appropriate governance. Over the last five years a great deal has changed across the landscape of data and digital technology policy. We are seeking a team leader who can build on this significant body of work and take it forward in an every-changing context of technology development and policy debate.

You will be an experienced leader with a substantial career in technology policy, ideally focused on data, digital or emerging technologies. You will enjoy exceptional visibility and variety and must have the experience and credibility to represent the Society externally and to network with influencers and decision makers at senior levels.

You will make a visible and sustained contribution to the Society’s broader policy goals. This will include situating the Society’s work on data and digital tech policy within the broader policy programme and the Society’s overarching strategy. It will also include working with senior colleagues to identify emerging opportunities and shape new programmes and ways of working beyond your immediate team.

You will be a highly capable manager, able to juggle and prioritise a demanding mix of projects and tasks. You will have a detailed understanding and direct experience of policy processes in the UK, be engaged with the international policy landscape, and ensure that the Society’s work is informed by robust evidence. You will have project and line management responsibility for a number of policy and project staff, and will play an active role in many aspects of the science policy directorate.

Reports to: Chief Science Policy Officer
Pay band: F
Salary: £61,506 - £76,882
Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week
Location: Remote and minimum 2 days per week at Carlton House Terrace, London 

Closing date - 28 January 2022 at 23:59

Under the UK Governments Points Based System, this role does not meet the criteria to be sponsored by The Royal Society for a Skilled Worker Route application.

Responsibilities

Leading a team of around 7 members, depending on short term placements, you will be responsible for the strategic oversight of the Society’s data and digital technology policy work programmes, which currently include:

• The Online Information Environment – understanding how the internet shapes people’s engagement with scientific information
• Protecting Privacy in Practice – setting out the role of privacy enhancing technologies in data stewardship
• Data for Policy – discussions on key issues in data policy, such as data for levelling up, online safety and
• Pandemic response – well-governed use of data for pandemic response, including a major public dialogue on data for emergencies.

You will also:

• Work with your team and the Society’s network of Fellows and experts in data and digital technology to shape new programmes of work
• Evaluate the impact of existing work and draw on that to help build sustained impact and shape the future focus of the team
• Devise ways of tackling each area of activity, setting objectives and targets and agreeing them with the Chief Science Policy Officer, Science Policy Committee, Science Policy Expert Advisory Committee and, where appropriate, Officers and Council
• Identify synergies between policy objectives and the objectives of other parts of the Society to help deliver the Society’s wider strategy
• Advise the Society’s leadership including its Council
• Build and maintain a wide variety of external contacts across Westminster, Whitehall, UK and international policy organisations, at your own and at a higher level of seniority
• Ensure the team delivers individual projects, working closely with colleagues and project teams and, where necessary, delivering project on time, on budget and to the agreed scope
• Manage the budget and reporting requirements for the data and digital technology policy portfolio, and work closely with the Development Team to identify opportunities for funding for new projects
• Line manage staff including the Senior Policy Advisors in the team, supporting their personal development, undertake performance management and encourage wider participation in directorate and organisational activities
• With the Chief Science Policy Officer and other Heads of Policy, play an active and visible role in the management of the Society’s policy work and team, including leading across the policy team on coordinating internal quarterly finance reporting, and providing secretariat support for the policy team’s main fellowship oversight governance group, the Science Policy Committee.

The Criminal Justice Alliance is looking for an equalities expert to help campaign for race equality in the criminal justice system. 

The CJA is a network of 170 organisations working across the criminal justice system, from prevention to policing, prisons to probation and beyond, including housing, health and victims’ services. Our members include charities, professional associations, think tanks and research bodies.

The Equalities Policy Officer will lead a new one-year project funded by The Baring Foundation on ‘Tackling Race Inequality in the Criminal Justice System.’ This exciting project will adopt a three-pronged approach: Empower, Inform and Challenge. The project will equip criminal justice civil society organisations with the expertise to identify and challenge racially discriminatory policies through an ‘advocacy toolkit’; it will inform officials in criminal justice agencies how to improve Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) through specialist guidance; and it will challenge the government where we believe the PSED has not been adhered to.

This is a fixed term 12-month contract with the possibility to extend subject to funding.

Are you passionate about fighting for social and environmental justice, but can see that traditional campaigning isn't delivering the scale of transformation required? Do you have strong policy and research skills, and want to apply them as part of an innovative team that's breaking new ground? If so then we'd love you to join our growing team.

The Global Advocacy Team at Tearfund has a dream in which we tackle the three defining issues of our time - ending extreme poverty, living within the earth's natural limits and tackling inequality. We walk alongside grassroots movements around the globe, inspiring and equipping them to drive change, and joining with them in policy, media and campaigning work. We're looking for an enthusiastic senior member of staff to join our policy and research team.

We're looking for someone who is:

• able to lead new and expanding areas of work
• an excellent team player
• good at working flexibly and in partnership with others
• experienced in policy, research and influencing, particularly in the area of plastics, waste and poverty.

You will lead and develop advocacy strategies to influence people in power, including managing research projects and building influencing relationships with policy makers, as well as working with international allies to achieve change and working closely with media and campaigns teams. You will be working as part of a passionate and ambitious team, and will love to pray for change, believing that God can and does do amazing things.

We'd love applications from people who are:

• passionate about fighting for environmental and social justice as an integral part of your faith
• comfortable managing research projects and coordinating international advocacy strategies
• confident influencing and inspiring others and able to hold a portfolio of senior relationships externally

Please note: This is a part-time , permanent role at 4 days per week. The full time salary is £46,747 per annum and the part time salary is: £37,397 per annum. This role is based in Teddington but Tearfund is currently trialling hybrid working.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

The Role

Ambitious candidates are invited to apply to become The Portland Trust’s Head of Policy and Communications. This highly-prestigious post is core to the small strategic team in our London headquarters and will have a role and remit spanning all areas of policy and communication. Working directly to the CEO, as postholder you will manage all aspects of the Trust’s internal and external communications across all our operations and be central to stakeholder relations, CRM, fundraising and a wide range of policy development issues, on which you will lead. You will advise on and be a direct part of all large Portland projects, including the rollout of a ground-breaking nationwide private sector pension scheme in Palestine and the scaling up various programmes for Palestinians, Druze, and Bedouin in both Palestine and Israel.

As the strategic and operational lead in communications, you can expect to be working at the highest level on these projects, as well as other day-to-day activities of the Trust, involving exposure to Ministerial level in the UK and the region, high-ranking civil servants and the C-suite private sector counterparties that form the core engine of Portland’s work, as well as bodies such as the US State Dept, the World Bank, the European Commission, Gulf country counterparties and the United Nations. The successful candidate will regularly visit the region and other locations, such as the US, as and when relevant. You will be part of a wide variety of high-level discussions and considerations, including generating ideas, situation analysis, business case development and institutional governance. We support our people’s development. This is a career accelerator role designed for a motivated and aspirational professional who punches above their weight.

For more information, please see the attached Job Description

About The Role

Permanent
Hours:14hrs p/w
Days: Flexible
Location:Flexible working - 50/50 split between home-working, and 175 St John Street, Farringdon
 

We are looking for a dynamic and forward thinking IT Cyber Lead who canconduct a security impact assessment for any changes, updates, patches, new applications to the Place2Be systems and infrastructure. In this role, you will alsomonitor and produce regular reports. Briefings and dashboards on the overalls state of Place2Be IT Security infrastructure and applications

You will bring passion, strong organisational skills and the ability to display excellent language skills both oral and writtento this role during this exciting period of growth for the organisation.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?

You will:

• keep abreast of trends in IT security from CERT advisors, the ICO the National Cyber Security Centre and others. Providing key update to the IT Team and Stakeholders
• assist the key technical responder in the event of security breaches and cyber attacks
• oversee the regular security testing of Place2Be systems including escalating of remediation actions
• support the IT operations manager, Head of Digital and Head of Technology in ensuring access controls and security for the IT, third party vendors is appropriate
• ensure connections between systems and devices is secure using appropriate encryption
• ensure appropriate technical security controls are in place

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse backgrounds as they are underrepresented.

Additionally, for our clinical roles we are particularly keen in attracting male candidates to reflect the diversity of the partner schools and communities we work in.

All successful applicants to clinical and some non-clinical roles will be asked to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS/PVG.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• Certified CISO or similar Cyber Security Qualifications
• experience withIT Security Threat Management Systems (E.g. ATP)
• high standard of general IT/office systems skills and knowledge, particularly Microsoft Office applications (including in depth experience of Excel, Outlook and Word, Visio)
• good interpersonal and communication skills with people at different levels
• knowledge ofIT Security analysis techniques and tools (e.g. Kill Chain Analysis)
• flexible and adaptable to varying needs, with ability to prioritise tasks and workload

Interview Dates: Monday 31st January 2021 ZOOM Video Interview

Please feel free to visit our website if you have any questions about this role, or would like to speak to someone.
 

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work - but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.