Are you an experienced self-starter with a passion for driving systemic change? We’re looking for a new Policy and Public Affairs Manager to oversee and implement our advocacy strategy, ensuring digital inclusion remains a top priority across all levels of UK government. Working closely with senior leadership, you will align our influencing efforts with our organisation’s strategy, ensuring our policy work directly supports the National Digital Inclusion Network and the groundbreaking insights of our What Works? Co-Lab.
You will be a master relationship builder, developing and sustaining connections with senior government officials, Parliamentarians, think tanks, and high-profile decision-makers.
This exciting position will take the lead on our policy advocacy, staying at the forefront of digital inclusion research, and translating complex insights into compelling responses and campaigns. By maintaining deep subject-matter expertise and adhering to high standards of statistical integrity, you will ensure our campaigning efforts are both authoritative and persuasive, positioning the Good Things Foundation as a vital voice in relevant public policy debates.
Role description
Good Things Foundation is the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, working to ensure that everyone can participate in our digital society.
Our new strategy grounds us in the ecosystem of digital inclusion systems change, and this role is significant to delivering it. The role holder will manage the organisation’s advocacy, policy, and public affairs work - driving systems change and positioning Good Things Foundation as a key component in the digital inclusion landscape.
Working with a multi-disciplinary team, this role is central to influencing senior leaders and Parliamentarians to ensure the UK Government delivers on their digital inclusion agenda; and building buy-in for Good Things’ evolved strategy. This includes being a representative in and around Westminster, and with other senior stakeholders we wish to influence, as well as with the media.
This role holds pivotal responsibility to design and deliver Good Things’ political advocacy and is critical to driving impact and working to raise the voice of people experiencing digital exclusion.
Important details
- Location: London. We expect you will be spending approximately 2 days a week in London at face to face meetings, with other days spent at a co-working space or at home as suits you. We ask everyone to travel to Sheffield (where many of our workforce are based) once a month to join our team meetings - an essential part of our culture. Occasional national travel will be required.
- Salary: £42,000 - £44,000, depending on experience, plus excellent benefits
- Contract: Full-time (37.5 hours/week), permanent. Flexibility of working patterns may be discussed with candidates if required
- Closing date: 11.55pm Sunday 29 March
Please read our note to candidates on the use of AI in your application.
Please note, we are not currently in a position to offer remote working from abroad or provide sponsorship at this time. We will only be able to consider applications from candidates based in the UK who already have the right to work full time hours.
How to apply
Please email your application to recruitment@goodthingsfoundation.org by the closing date and time of Sunday 29th March 11:55pm. Please attach your CV and a supporting statement, of no more than two sides, that sets out:
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Tell us why you want to be Good Things Foundation’s Policy and Public Affairs Manager?
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How will your previous skills and experience drive systems change and directly contribute to our mission?
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Explain the main challenges facing people experiencing social / digital exclusion and how Good Things can help overcome those challenges in the next three years
Applications which do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.
We would be grateful if you would also complete our Equality and Diversity form to help us monitor our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Information can be made available in other formats (for example, large print), so please contact us if you need to discuss what alternative format would be accessible for you.
Safeguarding statement and pre-employment checks
Here at Good Things Foundation, we work with vulnerable adults and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare at all times, in line with our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. All of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply with the policy and procedures. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process, which for this position may include (either immediately or in the future):
- An identity check (photo ID)
- Receipt of two satisfactory references
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
- A finance check
- A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.