Reporting to: Head of Communications and Influencing
At Money Advice Trust, we help people across the UK tackle debt and improve their financial wellbeing through our national services, including National Debtline and Business Debtline. We also work to influence policy, practice and public understanding, ensuring the experiences of people in debt are heard by decision makers and translated into meaningful change.
We’re looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Public Affairs and Campaigns Officer to play a key role in delivering our influencing strategy and helping secure positive change for people facing financial difficulty. Working closely with the Head of Communications and Influencing, you’ll lead high-impact campaigns, build relationships with policymakers and stakeholders, and strengthen our public affairs and campaigning capability.
This is an exciting opportunity for a public affairs, campaigns or policy professional who is passionate about using evidence, engagement and influencing to improve people’s lives.
What you’ll be doing
- Developing and delivering campaigns and public affairs activity that support our influencing priorities.
- Building and managing relationships with key stakeholders, including policymakers, regulators, industry partners and charities.
- Planning and delivering stakeholder engagement strategies and influencing activity.
- Producing compelling campaign materials, briefings, newsletters and content across multiple channels.
- Working with colleagues to turn research, evidence and lived experience into impactful campaigns and policy asks.
- Supporting the delivery of events including roundtables, panel discussions, receptions and stakeholder briefings.
- Monitoring political and policy developments and identifying opportunities to influence decision makers.
About you
We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Experience developing and delivering campaigning activity that has achieved measurable outcomes.
- Experience using public affairs and campaigning to support organisational objectives.
- Experience engaging and influencing senior external stakeholders, including politicians, policymakers, regulators or other decision makers.
- Strong relationship-building skills, with experience developing partnerships, coalitions or networks.
- Excellent writing and communication skills, with the ability to produce engaging and persuasive content for different audiences.
- Experience using evidence, insight and research to support policy development and influencing activity.
- The ability to understand complex issues and communicate them clearly and confidently.
- A genuine commitment to improving outcomes for people experiencing financial difficulty.
- Willingness and ability to travel to London approximately once per month and to attend our Birmingham office at least four times per year.
For full details, please see the Job Description and Person Specification
What We Offer
We believe in taking care of our people, and we offer a great range of benefits, including:
- 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- A contributory pension scheme
- Flexible hybrid working arrangement
- Generous life insurance
- Wellbeing days to support your mental health
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Working outside the UK (up to 30 days in a 12-month period)
- Free on-site gym (Birmingham)
- Enhanced maternity pay
Recruitment Process
Our recruitment process is designed to help us learn more about your experience, skills and motivation for the role.
Stage 2: Shortlisting
- Successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview.
Stage 3: Interview and Assessment
- You’ll meet members of the Communications and Influencing team.
- As part of the interview process, you may be asked to complete a short exercise designed to assess your communication, influencing and campaigning skills.
We aim to keep candidates informed throughout the process and will provide details of any assessments in advance.
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to generate your application or interview answers.We’re interested in hearing your own words, experiences and motivations. This helps us understand your genuine interest in the role and what makes you unique.
Accessibility and Adjustments
We want every candidate to feel confident and supported. If you need any adjustments or have specific preferences during the recruitment process, just let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
We may close this role early if we receive a high number of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.
We will only use the data you supply to us for recruitment purposes, and it will be held for twelve months. For further details, please see our Privacy Notice for Job Applicants on our vacancies page.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We take diversity seriously and are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. Our values, ‘We put people first, We support each other, We solve problems’, underpin our vision to be a place where everyone feels welcome, respected and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds
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