Head of Sands & Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit

The Right Ethos - Specialist External Affairs Recruitment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency for non-profits is seeking a Head of Sands & Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit to lead efforts for policy change that aims to save more babies' lives. The successful candidate should have a strong background in policy development, problem-solving, and experience in senior management roles. This full-time position is remote, with a salary expectation of £65,121.

Qualifications

• Substantial track record of leading national policy and influencing programmes.
• Considerable experience in research, data management, and policy evaluation.
• Experience in senior management teams with relevant leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, shape, and coordinate all work of the Joint Policy Unit.
• Drive change and achieve desired impacts on maternity and neonatal services.
• Manage multiple priorities and lead national conversation on policy.

Skills

Policy expertise

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Public affairs

Communications

Job description

Head of Sands & Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit

Location: Remote

Salary expectation: £65,121

This is a full-time role

Together, the charities Sands and Tommy’s have formed a Joint Policy Unit (JPU) focussed on achieving policy change that will save more babies’ lives during pregnancy and the neonatal period and on tackling inequalities in loss, so that everyone can benefit from the best possible outcomes.

The JPU’s mission is to secure policy change that will reduce rates of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term birth and neonatal death, and to work to eliminate inequalities in these outcomes.

While there is widespread agreement on the need for changeto improve the safety of maternity and neonatal services, what that change looks like is not clear. To save more babies’ lives we believe that a continued focus is required, and that governments should set new commitments to reduce perinatal mortality and preterm births, focused on matching the best-performing countries in Europe.

This role will be crucial to the continued success of the JPU unit; leading, shaping and coordinating all the unit’s work.

We are looking for an independent and assertive problem-solver, a policy expert who can manage multiple priorities, take the initiative, lead the national conversation and is as excited as we are about taking the helm of this venture for both of our organisations.

The successful candidate will need to have a substantial track record of effectively leading and implementing national policy and influencing programmes, driving change and achieving the desired impact.

You will have considerable experience across research, data analysis, policy development, public affairs and communications. Additionally, you will be well-versed in research and data management, including analysing complex data and evaluating policy developments.

Experience of being a member of a senior management team with successful, significant and relevant management and leadership experience is also essential.

Please submit your CV, together with a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the person specification by clicking the APPLY NOW button below.