About Imkaan
Imkaan is a UK-based, Black feminist organisation. We are the only national second tier ‘by and for’ women's organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls i.e. women and girls which are defined in policy terms as Black & ‘Minority Ethnic’ (BME).
The organisation has worked for over two decades on issues such as domestic violence, forced marriage and ‘honour-based’ violence. We work at local, national and international level, and in partnership with a range of organisations, to improve policy and practice responses to Black and minortised women and girls.
The Imkaan team holds extensive expertise in working around the complexities of violence against women and girls. Our specialist team is made up of Black & minoritised women who have been frontline workers, service managers, counsellors, researchers, trainers, policy workers, development workers, and group-work facilitators.
Imkaan works with our members to represent the expertise and perspectives of frontline, specialist and dedicated Black and minoritised women’s organisations that work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. We deliver a unique package of support which includes: quality assurance; accredited training and peer education; sustainability support to frontline Black and minoritised organisations; and facilitation of space for community engagement and development.
Job Role
This is a fixed term contract to March 2023. The purpose of this role is to influence and shape social policy reflecting the voices and representations of Black and minoritised women and girls. Working closely with the Executive Director the postholder will develop and manage the Policy Unit and related work. The Policy Unit will deliver high quality policy work including policy analysis, building up policy information resources and sources, drafting policy positions, responding to policy consultations, and using policy in strategic advocacy to provide information to serve as a platform for action. The postholder will manage policy coordinators working in the Policy Unit and ensure that the work of the Policy Unit is effectively managed.
NOTE ABOUT COVID 19
At Imkaan we are currently working under lockdown conditions and are working remotely from home. The postholder will be required to re-locate to the office once all COVID 19 measures are lifted.
How To Apply
If you are interested in this post please visit our website to download the application pack. This is an ideal opportunity for women interested in a dynamic team and who are committed to Imkaan values.
Closing date: 12 February 2021 at 5pm
Interview date: 26 February 2021
Black and ‘Minority Ethnic’ Women only need apply (Schedule 9, Part 1, 158 and 159 Equality Act 2010). All posts are subject to a DBS vetting and barriing check.
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Catch22 is hiring a Senior Development Manager (Public Sector), who will be a central member of the Catch22 Development Team, while also sitting on the Community Links Senior Management Team (SMT).
You will be integral to both Community Links’ and Catch22’s work with public sector commissioners: you will build new public service delivery propositions using your relationship building and sales skills. This role is central to Catch22’s Development Team’s ambitious plans for finding large-scale public sector opportunities that align to our reform mission and our goal to build resilience and aspiration in people and communities.
A Corporate Partnerships Manager, focused on Community Links fundraising, will report to you and aid with proposal writing and account management.
· Full-time, permanent contract
· £45,000 per annum depending on experience
· London based role with some flexible working arrangements available
Summary of main duties & accountabilities
· Lead the way in securing significant public sector opportunities for Catch22, with a focus on public sector opportunities that would benefit Community Links
· Build a pipeline of public sector opportunities
· Design innovative delivery programmes and write persuasive proposals
· Nurture relationships and look for opportunities to build in existing accounts
· Grow your internal relationships and take Catch22 forward
What does good look like for this role?
You will be working in Business Development and with the wider Development Team to hit our income targets. You’ll be generating new leads, developing strong relationships, designing new services and, once funding is secured, handing over to operations.
Summary of essential criteria
•Knowledge of one or more of Catch22’s Policy interest areas (health, youth/children’s services, employment, debt advice/financial capability and community services)
•Understanding of public sector government funding
• Understanding of business development/fundraising cycle – generating leads, pipeline development and conversion
•Experience of business development
•Experience of building complex partnerships with multiple external partners
•Management of full life cycle of a project
•Experience of managing multiple projects at once and skillfully balancing priorities under time pressures
• Experience of securing funding above six figures
•Strong interpersonal skills – good relationship builder
•Financial planning, reporting and forecasting (budgeting and interpreting management accounts)
•Project management skills – ability to manage a project from beginning to end, from the earliest idea of what a new service will be, all the way through to signing contract/ grant agreement with partners
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills – ability to write compelling proposals and present engagingly
•Research skills, to understand potential funders and their priorities
•Strategic thinking around marketplaces, audiences, organisations and stakeholders to effectively engage with commissioners
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The Brokerage is at a critical and dynamic point having recently launched a strategic re-direction, innovative new services and a relevant new brand. At the heart of this exciting new direction is ensuring the profile of The Brokerage is both re-positioned as a Changemaker and thought leader, and also increased across key audiences.
As such we are recruiting for a Senior Communications, Marketing and Campaigns Manager to lead on the organisation’s campaigns, brand, external communications, marketing, social media and digital engagement. This includes the development and implementation of a communications and messaging strategy that ensures significant growth in the awareness, engagement and participation in our work from our key stakeholders and beyond.
You will need to share the CEO’s vision of creating a modern, trust - not rule -based organisation that is high-performing and offers its staff the ability to work pro-actively, autonomously and with an entrepreneurial spirit whilst offering a supportive, inclusive and flexible working environment.
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The Sussex Archaeological Society (trading as Sussex Past) is a multifaceted organisation operating six high-profile visitor attractions and museums across Sussex (including Fishbourne Roman Palace which is the largest Roman villa in Northern Europe), producing high quality archaeological and historical publications, supporting research initiatives and providing learning opportunities for thousands of schoolchildren and students.
The Society is at a critical stage of its development, working hard to stabilise and recover from the impact of the Covid crisis and seeking a truly sustainable financial operating model for the future.
We wish to appoint an experienced and innovative CEO with a proven track record of success to lead the Society’s team of 62 staff and over 300 volunteers. The CEO will be someone with the drive, creativity and entrepreneurial approach to energise and mobilise a wide range of stakeholders including staff, members, visitors, funders and donors.
The postholder will be responsible for developing with the Trustees, a new Purpose & Vision for the Society and a new 5-year strategy that has the buy-in of all stakeholders. This strategy will be expected to develop the Society’s financial sustainability, grow and diversify its visitor and audience profiles, care for its significant collections and properties and deliver research and advocacy.
If you are interested in applying for this role please submit your CV and a supporting statement which should set out clearly how you meet the essential criteria of the post and supply specific examples and evidence of success (including figures where possible). It should be no more than two pages in length.
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Maternity Action is the UK’s maternity rights charity dedicated to promoting, protecting and enhancing the rights of all pregnant women, new mothers and their families to employment, social security and health care.
We are seeking an experienced policy professional to lead on our work on access to maternity care for women affected by charging for NHS maternity care, which forms part of the Hostile Environment. The role will involve policy analysis; preparing reports, briefings and responses to policy consultations; monitoring relevant academic and grey literature; representing the organisation in meetings and networks; undertaking primary research with women, health professionals and others; and supporting individual women to take an active role in policy and campaigning.
We are looking for someone with excellent policy analysis skills; experience in preparing reports, literature reviews, briefings, responses to Government consultations and policy submissions; and excellent communication skills; and ability to support individual women to take part in campaigning, including dealing with sensitive health issues. You must have knowledge of one or more of the following policy areas: hostile environment policies, access to maternity care for vulnerable women, migration and asylum.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates.
The post is 14 hours per week. The organisation is currently working remotely. Following lockdown, the post can be delivered from our office in Finsbury Park, London or home-based from any location in the UK. There is a core day (Thursday) and we are otherwise flexible about start/finish time and days worked during regular business hours. We understand the challenges of balancing work and care during school closures and are open to very flexible arrangements at this time.
Please send us an application outlining how you meet the selection criteria and your CV. Applications close 8 February. Virtual interviews will be held in the week beginning 15 February.
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The Senior Policy Officer role is key to our client's strategy and will lead on their health and social care policy influencing. With a sound understanding of the changing health and social care landscape, you will work to build their evidence base and translate evidence into persuasive arguments to influence at the highest levels.
Client Details
A charity
Description
As Senior Policy Officer you will:
- Lead health and social care research and policy development
- Engage People who are deaf or have hearing loss in the development, delivery and evaluation of your work
- Develop Strong evidence based arguments and policy positions
- Build Partnerships with other organisations and stakeholders and secure consensus
- Manage A Research and Policy Officer and help drive a culture of high performance around policy development and influencing
Profile
You will have:
- Experience of developing evidence-based policy that has led to positive change
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An ability to develop relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels
- A flexible, proactive approach to working and an ability to direct your own work
- An understanding of how Whitehall and Westminster work
- Line management experience (desirable)
Job Offer
£37,000k
Position: Senior Policy Officer (Welfare & Employment)
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: Flexible
Salary: £33,886 - £39,276 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 1
Department: Policy and Evidence
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
This is an exciting opportunity to help the MS Society secure tangible changes for people with MS. Reporting to the Policy Manager (Welfare and Technology), you will lead on high profile policy issues across welfare and employment that affect people with MS.
You will ensure that our policy work is built around strong evidence and is informed by and developed with people affected by MS and relevant professionals.
Working closely with colleagues in External Relations, Communications & Campaigns you will play a key role in building effective campaigns and influencing programmes around key issues facing people with the condition.
You’ll have experience of working in a lobbying or campaigning role or a busy political environment and a proven track record of influencing others, ideally in a welfare and/or employment policy/practice context.
You’ll have a detailed understanding of the policy making processes that surround welfare, excellent analytical skills and the ability to present complex information at senior levels.
You will be joining the Society at an exciting stage of its development and this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and friendly team.
We offer 35 days annual leave (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 new 5 year strategy.
Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move from our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 1st February 2021
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity.
No agencies please.
We are looking for a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer who will contribute to the development of the College’s policy positions and guidance, and provide expert policy input to our projects and initiatives. You will engage with our members, external stakeholders and experts to achieve consensus on key subjects. You will also develop and deliver influencing activities to help achieve our strategic goals.
As our Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, you will be responsible for gathering and analysing a range of evidence and intelligence relating to optometry and eye care. You will translate that into policies and resources that will specifically support our new work to maximise the optometric workforce so they can contribute to optimising care for patients.
As part of a small, proactive team you will play an active role in shaping and delivering effective policies, campaigns and influencing programmes around key issues for members and their patients, working creatively and collaboratively with others to deliver agreed outcomes.
The successful candidate will have experience of working in health policy and influencing, and a good knowledge of the policy making processes related to healthcare across the UK. You will have a meticulous eye for detail and be an efficient time and project manager. Your communication skills will enable you to deliver clear policy positions, work with a range of stakeholders, and plan and implement effective influencing activities.
You can be based at home or work in the College’s central London office, or a combination of home and office. You will need to be able to travel to London regularly, and other parts of the UK on occasion, to attend meetings.
About us
The College of Optometrists is the professional body for optometry. It qualifies the profession and delivers the guidance and development to ensure optometrists provide the best possible care. We promote excellence through the College’s affixes, by building the evidence base for optometry, and raising awareness of the profession with the public, commissioners, and health care professionals.
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button to download the full Job Description and Person Specification.
- Closing date: 5pm Monday 1 February.
- First interview date: Thursday 11 February.
- Second interview date: Friday 19 February.
Please note that if you have not been contacted by these dates then your application has been unsuccessful.
No agencies or other recruitment services, please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Policy Manager will be charged with producing high-quality policy reports and other materials to support insight and influencing strategy aimed at key decision-makers across the world.
Client Details
Professional Association
Description
You will:
- Produce high-quality policy and research products
- Support the wider team's policy insight and influencing strategy aimed at key decision-makers across the world
- Support the promotion of our client's public voice and external affairs strategy.
- Produce reports, policy statements and responses to government consultations and select committee inquiries.
- Analyse political, economic and industry developments to ensure that policy projects address the most salient issues affecting civil engineering and the infrastructure sector.
- In consultation with the Lead Policy Manager work on the development of policy across multiple programmes and projects.
- Enable knowledge transfer from our client to key policymakers and industry leaders.
- Enable communications colleagues to respond to media requests to promote profile and support informed debate.
- Support senior staff and members in developing relationships with civil servants, think tanks, industry leaders, academics and others
Profile
Essential skills:
- The successful applicant will be familiar with and comfortable working with senior figures in politics, the civil service and industry.
- Extensive experience of carrying out research, report drafting, responding to government consultations, as well as a thorough understanding of the public policy making processes.
- Stakeholder engagement - both internally and externally
- Excellent drafting skills - report writing skills
Job Offer
Salary up to 40k
Policy and Communications Manager
£35,000 per annum
Full-time and Permanent
Office base Southwark, London SE1 – currently Covid required home based working with some longer-term flexible work from home options available.
About us
Commonweal is an independent charity working to investigate, pilot and champion housing-based solutions to social injustice. Using our charitable resources, we provide experts and partner organisations with the opportunity to trial and test new approaches designed to enhance housing equality and justice. Independently evaluating each of our projects we share our experiences, using this learning to inspire new thinking. Through the replication of what works and the lessons from what doesn’t, we influence changes in policy and practice.
About the role
As Policy and Communications Manager, working as part of and alongside our project leads, you will formulate our policy messages. You will help lead on stakeholder engagement and growing the understanding across our sector of who Commonweal are and what we can offer. You will shape, then develop and deliver the strategy for effectively communicating our growing range of positive project findings and aligning our PR to public policy research initiatives. In short, your role will be to put comms into action!
About you
You will need to have a good understanding of the voluntary and community sector as well public policy, the political environment and its current and potential implications for the charity. You will be regularly presenting to Trustee Board meetings, ensuring Trustees and colleagues are involved and updated on external affairs activities to embed support for communications activities. You will be supported in this role by a Communications Officer therefore experience of staff management would be desirable but not necessarily essential.
You will possess experience of working in a communications or PR environment, with strong written skills and design skills along with demonstrable knowledge of a range of communication channels (including print, broadcast, and online media). Experience of liaison with the press and media securing the take up of press releases, opinion pieces or other outputs would be helpful.
Ideally you will have experience in the field of housing, homelessness, or the wider charitable sector, but certainly a demonstrable interest in the positive role for housing whether professionally, personally or through lived experience. However, more important is demonstrable experience of policy research and stakeholder engagement, along with an understanding of the parliamentary, voluntary sector and public service environment. A track record of building successful working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders, strong organisational skills, and the ability to work on your own initiative are all a must.
Closing date for applications: 10am Monday 8th February 2021
Proposed interview date: Monday 22nd February 2021 – via Zoom or Microsoft Teams video platforms
If you feel excited by the challenges posed by this role and would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our HR Partner's website, where you complete the application process.
Commonweal Housing is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and people with a disability are currently under-represented at Commonweal Housing.
You may have experience of the following: Policy & Communications Manager, Internal Communications Manager, External Communications, Policy Officer, Public Affairs, Senior Policy Officer, Housing, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Policy Officer, Policy Planning, Researcher, Not for Profit, Public Affairs, Communications Manager, Marketing Communications Manager, Marketing Manager, Senior Communications Executive, Press Officer, PR, Public Relations, etc.
No agencies please.
I CAN is the UK’s leading children’s communication charity. We exist solely to help children and young people with speech, language and communication needs find their voice, and develop the skills they need to thrive and fulfill their potential.
The issue we are tackling is enormous, and so will be your role in helping us achieve our mission that no child should be left out, or left behind, because of a difficulty speaking or understanding.
Following a restructure of the team, as we gear up towards achieving our goal of reaching a quarter of a million children by 2023, we are seeking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Trusts Fundraiser within our Philanthropy team.
Your work will make a concrete difference to the lives of children affected by speech, language and communication needs in the UK. As such, we seek professionals who share our ambition and donor-centred approach, are target-driven, and have strong work ethic. This is your opportunity to be an exceptional fundraiser as part of a dedicated, hardworking team that loves nothing more than supporting one another succeed.
Reporting to the Head of Trusts & Statutory Fundraising and an active member of the team, you will raise income from grant making organisations and build strong relationships with them.
We are keen to hear from you if you match the criteria outlined in the person specification and can fulfill the requirements of the job description. However, we expect the postholder to unequivocally demonstrate:
- Experience in fundraising
- Aptitude for developing relationships
- Ability to deliver against agreed targets
- Excellent written communication skills, and ability to develop compelling funding applications.
To apply, please send a one-page cover letter and your CV by the closing date. Your cover letter must address the above 4 points to support the shortlisting process.
For more information download our job description and recruitment pack.
Interviews will be held via video call on Thursday and Friday, 11th & 12th February 2021.
I CAN works within the government’s Covid-19 guidelines.
I CAN is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, unfortunately, we are not always able to respond to every applicant. If you have not received a response within one week after the closing date, you have not been successful on this occasion.
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- Duration: Fixed term contract to March 2022
- Salary: £39,659.32 gross per annum plus 9% employer pension contribution
- Location: London, with occasional international travel
- Closing date: 5pm UK time, 11 February 2021
- Interviews: Week commencing 15 & 22 February 2021
We are looking for a Policy Manager to join our Research, Advisory and Policy Department. The successful candidate should have experience of developing and implementing policy influencing strategies in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Knowledge of counter-terrorism and sanctions legal and policy frameworks that govern peacebuilding and humanitarian action would be an advantage. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and strategic thinker to play an active role in helping Conciliation Resources to achieve its strategic goals.
Job purpose
The Policy Manager works within the RAP Department on the achievement of policy goals in Conciliation Resources’ Strategic Plan. With the Department Director they ensure Conciliation Resources achieves sustainable outcomes in its work on counter-terrorism legislation and sanctions. They pursue uptake and impact from RAP-led research and Accord publications and support colleagues in the Gender Team and CR EU respectively to enhance policies on gender, peace and security and mediation and peacebuilding at EU level. They improve policy advocacy strategy and impact across the organisation. They ensure that CR’s voice and objectives are reflected in joint advocacy with NGO networks.
The post holder is an in-house expert in policy change and influencing strategies. They bring knowledge of the workings of international institutions and policies that shape peacebuilding. They understand debates around counter-terrorism legislation and sanctions and how they affect humanitarian aid and peacebuilding. The postholder is able to think strategically about policy trends which offer Conciliation Resources opportunities for influence in the future. They are a resource for the Gender Team’s efforts to achieve change in gender, peace and security policy. They bring expertise in writing for policy audiences.
Essential knowledge, skills and experience
- Sound understanding of conflict resolution theory and practice and of gender, peace and security.
- Substantial experience in the formulation of policy advocacy strategies, stakeholder mapping and analysis and policy engagement in the area of peacebuilding or international development.
- Good knowledge of the conflict response and peacebuilding policies of key policy institutions that shape peacebuilding and policy development processes.
- Appreciation of issues of confidentiality and political sensitivity and ability to develop relationships of trust.
- Experience in training and facilitation and of presentations to policy audiences, including at senior level.
- Experience of writing persuasively for a range of external audiences, particularly policymakers, media and political audiences.
- Experience of drafting policy briefs, submissions, ministerial letters.
- Excellent verbal and written English language skills.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem solving skills.
- Ability to summarise complex arguments clearly, concisely and accurately.
- Ability to listen actively to, engage with and persuade people from varying backgrounds and with a range of political, cultural, and value orientations.
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently, and to work collaboratively with a flexible approach.
- Computer literate ( preferably experience of working in a MAC environment)
Desirable knowledge
- Understanding of issues and debates around counter-terrorism law, sanctions and humanitarian and peacebuilding action.
- Academic qualification in a relevant field, such as international relations, conflict resolution, gender, humanitarian or development studies.
- Experience of living or working in a conflict-affected society.
- Experience of working with international, national and local partner organisations.
- Language skills relevant to another area of CR’s work.
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Are you a confident researcher who would like to use your skills to amplify the voices and experience of Deaf and disabled people in Barnet? Do you have your own lived experience of disability (which could include a long term condition or mental health issues)?
We are looking for an enthusiastic self-starter to take on an exciting two year project to understand disabled people’s experience of the social care system. Using surveys and interviews, and supported by a steering group of users who you will work with closely, you will build a picture of how much people feel the support they receive is helping them achieve independence and the outcomes they aspire to. You’ll use that information to build reports and recommendations, culminating in a conference to share learning and hear from other areas about how to build best practice in support and co-production.
A natural relationship builder, you will be able to adjust your communication style to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, from users to senior council staff to other London DDPOs. You’ll also be able to write clearly, persuasively and accessibly, creating reports and information that people want to read. You’ll also be able to advocate effectively for greater co-production and make a positive case for change, sensitive to the perspective of a range of stakeholders but able to find solutions and suggestions that build user involvement.
You’ll hold overall responsibility for our user voice work, overseeing the work of our User Voice Lead and ensuring that there is effective shared learning between different projects. Supervisory experience would therefore be an asset, but we are also open to applications from talented disabled people looking to move into their first management role. Confidence to conduct high-quality research independently with minimal supervision is essential, however.
This is a great opportunity to create a really impactful piece of work and influence thinking on approaches to Adult Social Care. The work is Barnet-based, but we hope it will be influential far beyond the borough. So we’re looking for someone committed to making a difference, who will take this opportunity and help create positive change.
In return, you will become part of a friendly and supportive team, working within a focused but flexible culture, where diversity is valued and you can bring your whole self to work.
The role is based in Colindale, but with some flexibility for homeworking days. The role is totally home based during lockdown.
Interviews will be in early February, with the successful candidate commencing in post 1st April. To apply, please submit your CV and a full cover letter explaining how you would use your lived experience of disability to inform your work, as well as detailing your research experience.
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Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.
Policy Manager – Physical Activity Responsibilities:
Alzheimer’s Society, in partnership with Sport England, is looking for an experienced Physical Activity manager to lead, manage and develop our approach to enabling people with dementia to use physical activity as an effective management tool, in addition to other forms of day to day support.
This exciting, new national level role will focus on the strategic development of Alzheimer’s Society’s physical activity programme of work and the creation of a Physical Activity Strategy.
This will include working closely with people affected by dementia, senior developmental conversations internally to lead the agenda, engagement with a range of key external stakeholders including across policy, research, health and the sport and physical activity sector, and delivering against a complex insight programme, which has been highlighted as the key starting point for the programme of work.
Working within Alzheimer’s Society’s Policy Team, this role will lead a two-year strategic partnership and programme of work, supported by Sport England with funding from the National Lottery, to:
• Oversee a strategic insight gathering programme to build a strong evidence base to build the foundations of future work in developing a physical activity strategy for the organisation
• Develop strategic plans based on the insight and innovation activities, working in conjunction with the Head of Policy, Head of Research, Development and Evaluation and Sport England
• Act as the strategic liaison with colleagues at all levels across the Society to improve understanding of the internal and external physical activity landscape for people affected by dementia; including Innovation, Dementia Voice, Policy and Campaigns, Operations, Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships
• Oversee the delivery of research innovations and accelerator projects to develop solutions to engage more people with dementia in physical activity
Policy Manager – Physical Activity Requirements:
We are looking for someone to lead this exciting two-year project, building the insight and evidence for physical activity for people with dementia and embarking on the delivery of campaign outputs and solutions through effective strategic partnership working and influencing.
You will be an experienced manager, a clear communicator with strategic leadership and strong relationship management skills across all levels of an organisation, particularly with senior leaders; developing communication plans to gather and share learnings across the duration of the project a specialist, chairing and leading internal steering groups and external expert groups.
You will also have experience in influencing sectors, people and systems to help shape and drive the ambitious plans and, in conjunction with knowledge of physical activity, an understanding of dementia and/or other long terms conditions, and how they and their current systems of support can create barriers to being active.
The role also requires a high level of attention to detail, excellent project management and interpersonal, presentation and communication skills, across a diverse range of key contacts and subjects.
About Alzheimer’s Society:
Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.
Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.
Position: Policy Manager – Physical Activity
Location: Home Worker - England and Wales
Contract type: Fixed Term – 2 year contract
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £41,585 - £46,725 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Closing Date: 04 February 2021
Interview Date: TBC
You may have experience of the following: Policy Manager, Policy Specialist, Programme Manager, Project Manager, Project Management, Policy Advisor, Policy Officer, Dementia, Charity, etc
Key responsibilities:
- Support the development and delivery of policy content to reinforce the charity's influencing strategy
- Produce reports, policy statements and responses to government consultations and select committee inquiries.
- Analyse political, economic and industry developments to ensure that policy projects address the most important issues
- Lead the development of policy across multiple programmes and projects and present policy positions to wider audiences
- Enable knowledge transfer from the charity to key policymakers and industry leaders by producing briefings
The successful applicant will join an ambitious team and have a broad remit to support the development of policy content to achieve the team's outcomes.
The role would ideally suit a strong researcher and compelling writer who is capable of breaking down complex topics into clear narratives in order to effect policy change.
The successful applicant will be familiar with and comfortable working with senior figures in politics, the civil service and industry. They will have experience of carrying out research, report drafting, responding to government consultations, as well as a thorough understanding of the public policymaking processes.