Interim Public Affairs & Campaigns Manager

Women's Aid until women and children are safe; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national charity is seeking an Interim Public Affairs & Campaigns Manager based in Bristol. In this role, you will help mobilize campaigners and represent the voices of domestic abuse survivors, contributing to impactful legislative change. Offering a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements, this position allows you to make a real difference in the lives of women and children across England.

Benefits

Annual leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Access to employee assistance counselling

Wellness and support programs

Qualifications

• Experience in public affairs and campaigns for national charities.
• Understanding of Parliamentary processes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and event organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Mobilize campaigners and implement key strategies for women's aid.
• Enhance organizational profile among decision makers.
• Lead public affairs and campaigns function.

Skills

Public affairs

Campaign management

Stakeholder management

Policy analysis

Communication skills

Job description

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Women's Aid until women and children are safe

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Bristol, United Kingdom

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Posted:

29.06.2025

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13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Women’s Aid

Interim Public Affairs & Campaigns Manager

Location:Remote (UK based) with regular travel toLondon
Salary:£42,750 (Grade 5)per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible)
Length of contract:12-month fixed term
Hours per week:37
Closing date:We reserve the right to adapt the advert at any time per organisational circumstances and to close this vacancy early for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interviews:Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis

Who are Women’s Aid?

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of just under 180 organisations which provide over 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

Our support services, which include our Live Chat, the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people), the national Women’s Aid Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.

Purpose of the Interim Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager

The Interim Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager will ensure that Women’s Aid can mobilise campaigners and achieve influence and change in the context of the Government’s upcoming VAWG strategy and relevant legislation, including the Victims and Courts Bill. The postholder will support the Head of External Affairs to implement key cross-organisational strategies, oversee our new stakeholder management system and lead the public affairs and campaigns function of the team. The postholder will enhance the profile of Women’s Aid among decision makers and the public and represent the needs of domestic abuse survivors to policy makers and influencers including the UK Government and Parliament.

What we are looking for in our Interim Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager:

• Experience of planning and delivering successful public affairs, campaigns and policy strategies to achieve change in a national charity.
• Excellent understanding of the Parliamentary and legislative processes
• Proven experience of stakeholder management, meeting with Parliamentarians and other key external stakeholders, working in partnership with other charities, and organising events targeted at key government and political stakeholders.
• Robust understanding of the issues facing women and children affected by domestic and abuse.
• Experience of developing engaging policy, public affairs and campaign literature, and influential reports and briefings.
• Excellent communication, networking, public speaking and writing skills for a range of audiences, including survivors of domestic abuse and politicians.
• Ability to carry out in depth analysis of complex policy information and disseminate to key audiences.

Benefits of joining us as our Interim Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager include:

• Generous Annual Leave:25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Flexible Working:remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies
• Wellness and Support:including a cycle to work scheme, free optician check-ups, annual flu vaccines, access to a 24-hour employee assistance counselling helpline, a ‘Headspace’ app for mindfulness, and ‘Reflective Practice’ sessions.
• Making a Genuine Difference: in a rewarding role where your work will directly result in helping Women’s Aid to be able to provide lifesaving services for women and children across England.