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Contribute to the future of children worldwide by joining Save the Children UK as Public Affairs and Influencing Manager
Overview
Salary
£39000 - £48800
Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland - Hybrid
Expires
Expires at anytime
About Us
Save the Children UK is a visionary association working tirelessly to ensure every child a promising future. Our mission is to provide kids with a healthy, protected environment, and access to education. We strive to address children's individual needs and guarantee their voices are heard. Through partnerships in Northern Ireland and Ireland, we aim to influence policies and systems to reflect local needs and priorities.
Role Summary
- You will lead all political engagement activities in Northern Ireland and Ireland.
- Responsible for building and managing relationships with political and policy stakeholders.
- You will work towards increasing Save the Children's visibility and influencing critical decisions.
- Your role will involve shaping our strategies and partnerships and our approach to effecting changes.
Role Requirements
- You should have experience formulating public affairs strategies to influence political agendas and enforce policy changes.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities are essential.
- Your communication skills should be clear and compelling, turning insights and evidence into a robust policy stance.
- A comprehensive understanding of Ireland and/or Northern Ireland's political systems is necessary.
Application Process Details
- The closing date for applications is Midnight on Sunday 3rd August.
- Due to the potential for a high volume of applications, it is recommended to submit your application as early as possible.
Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a strategic and politically minded individual with extensive Public Affairs experience to join us as our Public Affairs and Influencing Manager. You will work in the Northern Ireland team with colleagues across Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK, and Europe. The home office for this role is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but this post can be based anywhere in Ireland or Northern Ireland.
About Us Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. We work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach. In Northern Ireland and Ireland, we work alongside children, families, and partners to influence policy, practice, and systems so they better reflect local needs and priorities.
About the role As Public Affairs and Influencing Manager, you will lead our political engagement work in Northern Ireland and Ireland. You will play a key role in helping us to build on our well established position in Northern Ireland, and develop our approach in Ireland, shaping our strategies, partnerships, and our approach to making change happen. You will build and manage relationships with political and policy stakeholders to raise Save the Children's profile and influence key decisions.
Job requirements To be successful, it is important that you have experience developing public affairs strategies to influence political agendas and deliver policy change. You should have strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, ability to turn evidence and insight into compelling policy positions and clear, accessible communications. Understanding of the political systems in Northern Ireland and/or Ireland is required.
Benefits We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
Applications details Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 3rd August. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received.
