Senior Political Engagement Manager

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Contract: Permanent Full time

Location: London/Hybrid working

Salary: £50,000-£53,000 per annum

Your love of politics, your instinct for where power really sits, and your skill in building high-level political relationships will transform children's lives around the world 

We are looking for a Senior Political Engagement Manager to lead World Vision UK's political engagement with the UK Government and Parliament, building ambitious, high-level relationships with Downing Street, FCDO Ministers and senior civil servants to secure our influence and impact on the issues affecting the world's most vulnerable children.

Working closely with our Head of Policy & Advocacy and Policy Manager, you'll take World Vision's agreed policy positions and turn them into political strategy, targeted influencing activity and the relationships that get us in the room with the people who matter. You'll also line manage our Child Participation & Advocacy Advisor and play an active role in the leadership of the Policy & Advocacy Team.

Key Responsibilities:

Political Engagement Strategy

• Develop and lead WVUK's political engagement strategy, targeting Downing Street, FCDO Ministers, senior civil servants and cross-party Parliamentarians.

Senior Political Relationships & Influence

• Build and maintain constructive, senior-level relationships across the political spectrum, and bring creativity to campaign, coalition and relationship-building opportunities that extend our political reach.

Political Advice & Horizon Scanning

• Oversee our political monitoring and analysis, providing senior political advice and horizon-scanning so WVUK anticipates and responds to developments ahead of the field.

Briefings & Correspondence

• Personally lead high-quality, politically astute letters and briefings for Ministers and senior civil servants, translating agreed policy positions into targeted political asks.

Leadership & Management

• Line manage and develop our Child Participation & Advocacy Advisor, and play an active role in the leadership of the Policy & Advocacy Team.

Person specification:

• Extensive, senior-level experience of working across UK political parties, with existing high-level relationships and a track record of delivering ambitious political engagement.

• In-depth understanding of Whitehall, Parliamentary and political systems, including current Government and governing-party structures.

• Excellent, politically astute writing skills, with experience translating policy positions into targeted political asks, letters and briefings for Ministers or senior stakeholders.

• A creative, entrepreneurial approach to identifying campaign, coalition and relationship-building opportunities.

• Experience of managing, coaching or developing staff, or a clear readiness to do so.

• Sympathy with World Vision UK's Christian foundation and approach to social justice.

This role requires sympathy with and support for World Vision's Christian ethos and values. You do not need to be a practising Christian, but you will be comfortable working within a Christian organisation and supportive of its mission.

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family.  As such, World Vision is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

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