Interim Head of Policy

5 days ago

Tottenham Greater London, United Kingdom Guardian Jobs Full time

We combine the fun and dynamism of a start-up, the professional development opportunities of a corporate, the innovation of a digital native and the social impact focus of a charity.
We are serious about delivering social mobility through our vision that one day everyone builds the essential skills to succeed. In practice this means that everyone makes time for others in the team, we get stuck in to solve problems together, we have regular employee surveys where leadership.
In this role, you will be leading systemic change in policy. To ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed, we need them to be threaded throughout education and skills policy: from schools through extra-curricular and job centres through to employment. It is a role of two parts: working with expert practitioners in our team alongside partners to develop policy, and then getting that policy adopted by government, political parties and policy-making organisations. With an increasing amount of energy and activity in the skills and education policy space, this is a pivotal opportunity to directly make a lasting impact.
Our approach is recommended by Ofsted as well as having been built into national curricula and assessment across the globe. Your role will be to capitalise on this, bringing to bear your policy expertise and network to crystalise our approach in policy. To do this, you will understand how policy making processes work, who to speak to and how.
If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with potential for growth, lasting change and an interim role you’ll love, we want to hear from you.
Owning and driving policy strategy:
Owning the roadmap that works back from our top-level policy and external affairs goals to tangible actions in a structured way
Shaping policy:
Building sufficiently deep knowledge of the policy environment and subject matter to inform the evolution of our policies
Effectively combine this knowledge with our strategic aims to come up with policies that are detailed, feasible, plausible and on message.
Building on our mapping of the individuals and organisations that we need to influence specific outcomes
Proactively stewarding and building those relationships
Draft with attention to detail, so that our communications are of the highest professional standard
Strong expertise in education, skills and / or government and political policy making.
Networks across areas like the civil service and policy making that will be an asset in the role.
Term: circa 12 months (ending January 2027)
Start Date: flexible but as soon as possible
Working hours: flexible
Travel: you’ll be representing us in meetings with stakeholders, for example in Westminster and at conferences, so some travel will be required
Team days: we get together in person in London 6 times a year for strategy, fun and food.
Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays & potential to buy back up to 5 days
Location: UK remote allowing for regular travel or London (hybrid working with 1+ days in the office per week, free fruit, tea and coffee, ‘pastry socials’ and £600 London weighting).
Applications should be made via our online form - on completion of the online application please also send your CV by email.

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