Campaigns and External Influencing Officer

The Right Ethos Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Young Lives vs Cancer in London is seeking a Campaigns and External Influencing Officer to translate evidence-based policy positions into public-facing activity and coordinate influencing opportunities that raise the charity's profile as a trusted partner and system influencer.

You will build relationships across the directorate and with sector colleagues, partners and coalitions, and help deliver outreach online and offline, including public mobilisation, campaign communications, and events

Qualifications

• Experience in social change, policy or campaigning.
• Ability to translate evidence-based policy positions into public-facing activity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate evidence-based policy positions into compelling public-facing activity.
• Coordinate influencing opportunities that raise the charity's profile as a trusted partner and system influencer.
• Build relationships across the directorate, partners and coalitions, including external meetings.

Skills

Policy understanding

Campaigning

Strategic communications

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Campaigns and External Influencing Officer

Young Lives vs Cancer is looking for a Campaigns and External Influencing Officer with experience in social change, policy or campaigning to join the Policy and Influencing Team.

About the role

This role is central to strengthening how the organisation is seen by external audiences, translating evidence-based policy positions into compelling public-facing activity, and coordinating influencing opportunities that raise its profile as a trusted partner, system influencer, convener and leading authority on issues affecting children and young people with cancer.

As an expert communicator with a strong understanding of politics, the NHS, the charity sector and social change campaigning, you will help deliver the Innovation, Policy and Systems Change Directorate's External Influence and Engagement Approach, ensuring external influencing activity is coordinated across the directorate and wider organisation, grounded in lived experience, evidence and learning.

Building relationships is a crucial part of the role. You will support the directorate to deliver online and offline influencing activity, including public mobilisation, campaign communications, collaborative work with sector colleagues, partners and coalitions, and attendance at external positioning meetings, co-created with children, young people and their families wherever appropriate.

Salary

£32,963 per annum.

Location

London (Hybrid working).