Public First is a specialist consultancy that helps charities, philanthropists, public sector bodies and global brands to improve public policy. We bring together the disciplines that make policy change happen: research and analysis, political insight, strategy and communications.

Education is one of Public First’s core areas of specialism. Many of our senior team have spent the past two decades working in and around education policy in government and opposition. Between us, we have advised Prime Ministers, Leaders of the Opposition, Education Secretaries and their Shadow teams, as well as numerous Ministers across the Department for Education.

We work across the full education lifecycle and with a wide range of clients, including schools and multi-academy trusts, universities, charities and foundations, local and national government, trade associations, and education-facing businesses.

We are looking for a Policy Manager and Senior Policy Manager to join our Schools Team.

Recent projects in the team include the Commission into Countering Online Conspiracies in Schools, the Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, the Parent Voice Project, research into attitudes to the attendance crisis, exclusions and our work on the National Tutoring Programme.

If this sounds like something you have experience in and are interested in then please apply using the job links.