Senior Influencing Manager - Regions (7056)

Save the Children; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Save the Children UK is seeking a Senior Influencing Manager to shape regional strategies aimed at alleviating child poverty across England. The role requires extensive experience in influencing strategies, strong relationship-building skills, and a commitment to community engagement and collaboration. This position offers an opportunity to create significant policy change impacting families and children in need.

Benefits

Flexible working

Inclusivity and collaboration focus

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience developing regional/local influencing strategies.
• Strong understanding of local government systems.
• Ability to build strategic relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead evidence-informed regional influencing strategies.
• Build strategic relationships with Local and Combined Authorities.
• Manage and support a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Relationship-building

Policy change

Community engagement

Job description

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Senior Influencing Manager - Regions (7056), London

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Save the Children

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London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and influential individual with extensive experience in regional policy, political influencing and place-based change to join us as our Senior Influencing Manager (Regions). In this vital role, you'll lead the development and delivery of regional influencing strategies that support our mission to end child poverty across England, working closely with children, families, partners, and decision-makers at the local level.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

In the UK, our mission is focused on ending child poverty. We work alongside families, partners and communities to build long-term, place-based and national change, rooted in lived experience and driven by data and evidence.

About the role

As Senior Influencing Manager (Regions), you will play a leading role in shaping and delivering high-impact regional strategies that drive policy and practice change for children living in poverty in England. You'll be responsible for working with key Combined and Local Authorities, civil society partners, and Save the Children's place-based teams to deliver change that reflects the real needs and experiences of families. You will be a part of a team working on policy change at Regional and National levels, and will work closely with colleagues working in communities driving local change. This is a pivotal role at the intersection of policy, community, and political advocacy—ideal for someone passionate about place-based change and committed to improving outcomes for children.

If you're ready to help build a future where every child has the services, power and support they need to thrive—we'd love to hear from you.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and lead evidence-informed regional influencing strategies that centre families' lived experience and drive tangible policy change.
• Build strategic relationships with key stakeholders in Local and Combined Authorities to shape decisions that impact children and families.
• Work closely with research and policy colleagues to generate insights and proposals that resonate with regional leaders and community priorities
• Manage and support a small, multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality work that supports regional and national influencing goals.
• Collaborate with children, families, civil society partners and internal teams to ensure our strategies are inclusive, grounded and impactful.
• Contribute to the leadership of the wider England and Westminster team, helping shape priorities and culture across the UK Impact department.

About you

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Proven experience developing and delivering regional or local influencing strategies that lead to policy or systems change.
• Strong understanding of local government systems, combined authorities, and the wider UK political landscape.
• A commitment to working alongside communities and using lived experience to inform strategy and influence.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to work across internal teams and external stakeholders with credibility and empathy.
• Experience leading and supporting high-performing teams in a collaborative, inclusive way.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.

What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits .

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.