Job Purpose
•To lead and shape SFM’s policy and advocacy strategy, ensuring our voice influences national and local decision-making on school food and food education
•To design and deliver campaigns that support and advance SFM’s mission
•To line manage the Policy & Communications Assistant and Press & Communications Officer
Key Tasks
•Lead and provide strategic input to campaigns, convene groups and partnerships
•Represent SFM at external meetings and coalitions such as the School Food Review
•Monitor, analyse and interpret relevant research, policy developments and news, identifying implications or opportunities for SFM
•Oversee the strategic direction of SFM’s external affairs and communications, ensuring all policy, campaigns, and public messaging align with the charity’s mission and priorities
•Provide policy research and analysis to support the activities of the School Food Review
•Oversee meetings and governance for the School Food Alliance
•Provide policy and communications expertise for the Food Education Network workstreams
•Represent SFM at relevant policy consultations, meetings and conferences to influence and inform policy discussions, and deliver presentations as required
•Lead drafting of responses to government consultations
•Working closely with the Press & Communications Officer, provide insights to inform timely media responses to policy developments
•Ensure colleagues are regularly briefed on policy activities, priorities and messages, and run internal workshops to keep them up to date with the school food sector
•Provide strategic input to meeting content for the School Food Review, and support the Policy & Communications Assistant to organise meetings for workstreams
•Oversee the development web content, articles, blogs and newsletter content by the Press & Communications Officer and the Policy & Communications Assistant
•Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures
•Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times
•The Policy & Advocacy Manager will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time.

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