External Affairs Assistant

COLLEGE OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A national professional body for sexual and reproductive healthcare is seeking a motivated External Affairs Assistant to support advocacy and public profile efforts. This role involves engaging with policy initiatives and communications, offering a chance to gain valuable public affairs experience. The position comes with generous benefits, including flexible working, professional development opportunities, and health support. Applicants must be UK residents with the right to work.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Flexible working culture

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Free Lunch Thursday

Training and development

Qualifications

• Resident in the UK with a valid right to work.
• Enthusiastic about contributing to policy work.
• Ability to support stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the All‑Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
• Contribute to media, communications, and policy activities.
• Assist in advocating for sexual and reproductive healthcare professionals.

Skills

Passion for sexual and reproductive healthcare

Strong communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Understanding of public policy

Job description

Who we are:

The College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH) is the leader in the field of sexual and reproductive healthcare, and we are the voice for professionals working in this area. As a multi-disciplinary professional membership organisation, we set clinical guidance and standards, provide training and lifelong education, and champion safe and effective sexual and reproductive healthcare across the life course for all.

You can find out more at www.cosrh.org

Can you help us?

We are looking for a motivated and proactive individual who is passionate about sexual and reproductive healthcare and women’s health to join our External Affairs team. This is a great opportunity to gain first‑hand experience working within a national professional body and support CoSRH’s external influencing, policy, and communications work at a critical time for the organisation.

The role:

Working closely with colleagues across the team, the postholder will provide essential support to the All‑Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health (APPG on SRH), contribute to the delivery of the ambitions of the CoSRH Hatfield Vision, and assist with a range of media, communications, and policy activities.

The External Affairs Assistant will be an integral part of a small but high‑performing team that leads CoSRH’s advocacy and public profile — influencing national policy, supporting stakeholder engagement, and amplifying the voice of sexual and reproductive healthcare professionals.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad experience in public affairs, policy and communications while contributing to meaningful work that advances access to sexual and reproductive healthcare across the UK.

You will join a friendly and collaborative team, with opportunities to develop professionally and contribute ideas to CoSRH’s external influencing and communications work.

NB: In order to fulfil this role you should be resident in the UK with a valid right to work; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.

We will offer you:

We offer a range of benefits at CoSRH to support staff wellbeing, including:

• 25 days holiday, with an additional 2 days leave after 2 years of service, and a further 3 days after 5 years.
• Birthday leave day
• Annual Volunteering Day
• Flexible working culture
• Pension and life assurance scheme: 10% employer contribution / 5% employee contribution after successful completion of probation. This also includes access to life assurance at 4x annual salary and an income protection scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Employee discounts portal
• Free Lunch Thursday
• Interest free season ticket travel loans
• Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
• Free eye tests
• Training and development

To Apply

Deadline for applications is 1st December 2025

Interviews are likely to take place w/c 8th December 2025

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We are working hard to minimise unconscious bias and your application will be anonymised to support this.