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Reference: 84299

Date Added: 27 May 2022
Closing Date: 26 June 2022

Job Title: Policy and Advocacy Adviser

Working For: Save the Children

Location: Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester- Hybrid

Salary: £32,725 - £38,500 pa

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

The job of a Save the Children's UK Policy and Advocacy Adviser contributes to making a real difference to the lives of children.

• Do you have experience maintaining in-depth policy knowledge on a topic, ideally UK poverty, children's issues or social policy?
• Do you have excellent writing skills, including the ability to communicate coherent arguments and complex policy analysis in a compelling way to external audiences?
• Are you experienced of developing effective advocacy strategies which are capable of influencing policy change
• Do you have experience of using evidence from a range of sources to analyse policy challenges and develop creative, credible solutions?

If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you!

The Policy and Advocacy Adviser's key duties will be to:
• To build and maintain expert knowledge on poverty and its impact on children's outcomes
• To ensure that this expert knowledge is at the heart of our change strategies by working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams (we work in an Agile set up at Save the Children)
• To analysis government policy, simplifying complex ideas and explaining the implications for children clearly to non-specialists
• To develop ambitious and credible policy proposals to tackle child poverty in the UK
• To represent the organisation at external meetings with officials, charities, think tanks, politicians and decision makers, and, with training and support, in the media
• To work in partnership with parents and children experiencing poverty, and be part of team of colleagues who support parents to become powerful advocates

Person Profile
Technical Skills:
• Experience maintaining in-depth policy knowledge on a topic, ideally UK poverty, children's issues or social policy
• Experience of developing effective advocacy strategies which are capable of influencing policy change
• Experience of working with parents, children or people with lived experience of an issue, to develop research plans, policy proposals or advocacy strategies, or a clear interest in making this part of your practice
• Experience of using evidence from a range of sources to analyse policy challenges and develop creative, credible solutions

Closing Date: 26 June 2022

Interview/Start Dates

Application Details

For more information and to apply please visit our website via the link below: 

https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/vacancy/policy-and-advocacy-adviser-5855-uk-belfast-cardiff-edinburgh-london-or-manchester---hybrid-or-remote/5881/description/ 

Website: https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/

Additional Notes

31/05/2022 - Contract length changed.