Good Things Foundation is the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity. We exist to ensure that everyone can participate in, benefit from, and thrive in an increasingly digital world.
Digital access isn't a luxury—it’s an essential utility. Our mission is to make digital inclusion a foundational pillar of how the UK functions, creating systems change at scale through robust evidence, grassroots partnership, and targeted political engagement.
We are looking for an ambitious, driven Policy and Public Affairs Officer to join our multi-disciplinary Evidence and Engagement Directorate. If you are passionate about influencing decision-makers, elevating community voices, and shaping policy that directly impacts millions of lives, we want to hear from you.
Role description
Sitting at the intersection of political insight, data-driven research, and community action, this role is critical to executing our advocacy and public affairs strategy. You will work closely with our senior leadership to engage parliamentarians, government bodies, strategic regional authorities, and civil society partners to ensure digital inclusion is prioritised across national and devolved policy agendas.
Your core focus will involve drafting sharp, evidence-based policy responses, consultation submissions, and briefings tailored for Westminster and sector regulators. Alongside direct written advocacy, you will help represent Good Things Foundation at external forums, build lasting relationships with key policy influencers, and track our ongoing legislative and policy impact.
Crucially, you will bridge the gap between national politics and community realities. You will coordinate with our 5,000+ strong National Digital Inclusion Network to ensure grassroots insights and lived experience directly inform national policy debates. Additionally, you will support high-impact advocacy events, manage our presence at political party conferences, and organise MP visits to local digital inclusion hubs, all while collaborating across our communications team to amplify our mission through opinion pieces and digital content.
We welcome applications from candidates whose professional and personal experience will bring new perspectives, understanding and capacity to the organisation; and who are ready to rise to the opportunities of this role.
Important details
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Location: This post is ideally based in the Greater London area. Our office headquarters are based in Sheffield City Centre, however this role would require significant travel to London. Consequently the role would suit a local, or London-based candidate.
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For Sheffield based candidates: all business travel costs between Sheffield and London, and other national travel costs as required, will be met by the charity. Given the nature of this role, we expect the postholder to spend approximately 2 days a week in London at in-person events and meetings.
- Salary: £29,000 - £32,000, depending on experience, plus excellent benefits. £3,000 London supplement available for London-based candidates.
- Contract: Full time, permanent
- Closing date: 11.55pm Sunday 22nd November
- Interviews: Initial first round interviews take place on Thursday 3rd December, second round interviews will be Friday 11th December
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.
We have some pretty good benefits
All employees can enjoy:
- Employer pension contribution of 10% and a 5% employee contribution
- Up to 3 days paid emergency/compassionate leave
- Up to £250 contribution for work related training
- Life assurance (4 x salary) and income protection
- Enhanced sickness and maternity pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Confidential Employee Assistance helpline and resource support library
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working location
- All employees with contracts of six months or more are invited to be a Member of the Good Things Foundation Staff Led Mutual. This gives you voting rights for Staff Board Directors and at the AGM (Annual General Meeting)
- Various staff social events such as a Summer Picnic and Christmas Party
- A weekly wellbeing hour
- The opportunity for an unpaid period of Sabbatical Leave
- Participation in a staff working group such as the EDI working group or the Accessibility Group
- We are a Living Wage and Living Pension employer, ensure we provide enough income to meet basic everyday needs now and in retirement
Depending on your contract:
- 30 days annual leave per year (pro rata for part time employees)
How to apply
Please return your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the position to recruitment@goodthingsfoundation.org by the closing date and time of 11.55pm Sunday 22nd November. 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:
- An identity check (photo ID)
- Receipt of two satisfactory references
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
- A finance check
- A DBS check