• Are you looking for volunteer roles ?

    Go to volunteering section

16

Senior global external affairs manager jobs

Job Alerts On

Get job alerts sent straight to your inbox.

By clicking 'Create alert' you agree to the Terms and Conditions applicable to our service and acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with our Privacy and Cookie Policy and you will receive emails and communications about jobs and career related topics.

You will now get the latest from this search sent to your inbox.

You can manage your job alerts by clicking here:

Modern Art Oxford, OX1, Oxford (On-site)
£35,360 Per Annum
Posted 3 weeks ago
Closing today at 09:00
Environmental Justice Foundation, London (On-site)
£34,500 - £39,500 per year
Posted 3 weeks ago Apply Now
Kiln Theatre, London (On-site)
£55,000 - £60,000 FTA - dependant on experience
Posted 4 days ago
Closing in 7 days
MS Society UK, N4, London (Hybrid)
£73,653 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Posted 4 days ago
Closing today at 17:02
Health Care Without Harm Europe, Remote
€65,000 - €73,000 per year
A European leader in sustainable healthcare is looking for an experienced Director to spearhead its Knowledge Translation & Communications
Posted 2 weeks ago
Closing in 7 days
MS Society UK, N4, London (Hybrid)
£73,653 per annum, pro rata plus excellent benefits (£36,826.50 per annum actual)
Posted 4 days ago
Page 1 of 2
London, Greater London (Hybrid)
£44,000 - £46,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent

Using Anonymous Recruitment

This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.

Actively Interviewing

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

Job description

Do you want to work with a vibrant, dynamic and youth driven organisation that is committed to creating healthy futures for British children by improving the food system?

Be part of the creative, agile and growing team behind Bite Back’s exceptional teenage activists. Join us as our Senior Public Affairs Manager and contribute to our journey to help make the food system healthier and fairer.

Role Description

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

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

Responsibilities

The Senior Public Affairs Manager is accountable for:

  • Developing and delivering Bite Back’s public affairs and influencing strategy to galvanise action, building the profile of Bite Back, our young campaigners and securing support from political stakeholders at all levels, nationally, locally, in Westminster and Holyrood.

  • Ensuring this strategy remains “live” and flexible. Adapting it to political and policy change as necessary.

  • Planning a pipeline of tactical public affairs activities that take advantage of key opportunities and mechanisms to build relationships with a growing number of political advocates.

  • Managing and delivering other political events throughout the year such as influencing roundtables, receptions, including at least one Parliamentary drop-in event and two Party Conference fringe sessions per year.

  • Translating young people’s insights and policy context into messaging for policymakers and distil policy detail into key points for young people to engage with and campaign on.

  • Providing strategic advice to the team on political developments and adapt strategies and plans accordingly.

  • Act as a champion for public affairs activity internally, including upskilling and advising the wider Bite Back team and young people on political activities and processes.

  • Providing line management support on public affairs to the Policy & Engagement Executive. 

  • Searching for external opportunities and events where our young people may be able to present their lived experience to policymakers either through giving formal evidence or playing a speaking role.

  • Working with our youth team to engage and support our youth leaders to speak with policymakers including development of briefing materials, preparing and running training sessions and attending meetings.

  • Drafting letters, submissions, briefing notes and other outreach materials to engage policymakers, Government and manage dissemination and follow up.

  • Conducting political stakeholder mapping, perception auditing and contact tracking to inform strategic political engagement plans and evaluation.

  • Collaborating with the content and campaigns teams to translate public affairs moments and messaging into exciting, accessible content for our supporter audiences.

  • Working closely with other organisations via established coalitions and more informal coordination around key issues, working collaboratively at the highest levels with values-aligned organisations to achieve our goals.

  • Working with the new Senior Programmes & Policy Manager based in Scotland to conduct stakeholder mapping and build a network of supportive Scottish MPs and MSPs.

Application Instructions

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

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

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

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

Posted by
Bite Back View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 21 - 50

OUR MISSION IS TO CHANGE THE WAY UNHEALTHY FOOD IS MADE, MARKETED AND SOLD, ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN.

Posted on: 28 October 2025
Closing date: 05 November 2025 at 18:00
Tags: Campaigns, Policy, Advocacy, Food / Nutrition, Global Health, Health / Medical, Public Affairs, Public Health, Youth / Children

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.