Senior Public Affairs Lead

Barnardo's; City of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is seeking a Senior Public Affairs Lead to develop and implement public affairs activities. This role involves managing Parliamentary events, influencing legislation, and enhancing relationships with decision-makers. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, strategic thinking ability, and a solid understanding of Westminster. The position offers a chance to drive transformational change for children across the UK within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills and strategic thinker.
• Ability to influence and engage with stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Westminster and political processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement public affairs activities.
• Manage Parliamentary events and strengthen relationships.
• Advise on Select Committee evidence sessions.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Proactive influence identification

Job description

This range is provided by Barnardo's. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Barnardo's are seeking a Senior Public Affairs Lead Westminster. The postholder will be responsible for developing and implementing Barnardo's public affairs activity across the seven policy areas of our strategy, using intelligence and feedback to plan and deliver influencing activity that drives transformational change for children. This includes leading our work to influence legislation; managing our programme of Parliamentary events, including our high profile summer reception, and our party conference programme; and strengthening our relationships with Parliamentarians from both Houses as well as their advisors.

The role offers the opportunity to play a critical role in delivering Barnardo's strategy, making childhoods safer, healthier, happier, and more hopeful across the UK. You will work closely with our policy advisors, frontline services, communications team, and our voice and influence team to bring the voices of children and young people to decision makers in Westminster. Barnardo's has built a strong reputation for putting the voices of children at the heart of our influencing strategy – we are looking for someone who can continue this work and deliver innovative and engaging opportunities for our children, and young people, including through our events programme. You will also be responsible for building our capacity across the charity for influencing; advising on Select Committee evidence sessions, and using intelligence to identify opportunities for building new relationships across all parties.

You will be part of a large, energetic and expert policy and public affairs team at Barnardo's, which spans the four nations. We value joint working, sharing knowledge, staff wellbeing and diversity. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, especially those with lived experience of the issues that we campaign on.

We are looking for a colleague with strong interpersonal skills, who is strategic, and who is proactive at finding new opportunities for us to influence. We would like someone who knows Westminster well, who will be able to regularly attend in person events and briefings (including out of hours – for which you would accrue Time of in Lieu), and who will be constantly thinking about how we can maximise our influence, learn from others, and be more than the sum of our parts.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Seniority level

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type: Full-time

Job function

• Job function: General Business, Public Relations, and Business Development
• Industries: Non-profit Organizations and Civic and Social Organizations

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