Internet Matters is a not-for-profit dedicated to supporting parents, carers and professionals to keep children safe and happy online.

We are a key information source for parents: our website received 12.7 million visits last year and more than 9 in 10 parents would recommend our resources.

About the role

It is a hugely exciting time to be working in the online safety field. New regulation created by the Online Safety Act is set to significantly increase companies’ duties to keep users safe, especially children. At the same time, the online issues which families are contending with continue to evolve at pace.

There is cross-party consensus on the importance of tackling these issues, and a real appetite for practical, evidence-led solutions.

Against this backdrop, and ahead of a new government, Internet Matters is recruiting a Policy Manager to help ensure that our voice is heard in these conversations, advocating for the interests of children and families to be put first. This wide-ranging role will include:
- Delivering policy projects on particular issues or themes (e.g. reports, briefings, roundtable events) – and supporting projects from other teams which have policy components. The successful candidate will author external-facing outputs, with support from the wider team.
- Stakeholder engagement, public affairs and influencing, identifying opportunities to push forward our agenda with key decision-makers, including through active participation in meetings and events.
- Reactive policy work – e.g. monitoring the policy landscape, writing blogs, producing briefings, responding to consultations.
- Supporting the successful running of our Expert Advisory Panel and Vulnerable Users Working Group,
- Contributing your ideas to team discussions about the overarching strategy for our policy and research work.

About you

The successful candidate will have professional experience of working in policy, public affairs, or a closely related field. Knowledge of online safety/tech policy would be beneficial, but is not a requirement.

You may have worked for another charity/not-for-profit, a trade association, in government or in Parliament. You are excited by the opportunities of working in a small organisation, where everyone lends a hand to deliver key priorities, and where you can contribute very actively to our wider thinking and strategy.