Head of External Affairs and Campaigns

3 days ago

London, United Kingdom National Housing Federation Full time

**Salary range**:London - £60,005 - £65,125 per annum

**Hours**:35 per week (full time)

**Contract**:Permanent

**Benefits** - 27 days’ annual leave + statutory holidays + three closures days over the Christmas period.
- Flexible working for all staff including working from home/hybrid working, and flexi-time/TOIL scheme.
- Attractive family friendly policies.
- Private healthcare cover.
- Season ticket loans.
- Employee awards, and training and development opportunities.

For more information about our benefits please visit our website.

**Location**:London

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the National Housing Federation (NHF) for a Head of External Affairs and Campaigns.

Our members are key partners of government in fixing the housing crisis. The NHF is an influential and trusted voice in shaping housing policy and practice.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining our key relationships across national and local government, and with regulators, residents of social housing, our partners in the charitable and social sectors and investors.

You will work closely with our policy, research and media teams to develop evidence based, credible policy positions and convey these to our key audiences.

Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to download the full job profile and person specification for this role.

**Key elements of the role**:

- Responsible for the NHF’s approach to building and maintaining a broad range of external relationships, including our public affairs and campaigning activities. You will ensure the sector’s voice is credible, respected and influential.
- You will provide strategic counsel to the NHF’s leadership team and Board and support members to collaborate and take collective action on issues that affect the reputation of the sector and our standing with the government and the public.Through our public affairs and campaigns work you will lead on the NHF’s coalition building, with political stakeholders and wider partners across the UK.
- building successful stakeholder engagement programmes at a senior level.
- building alliances and coalitions in support of shared outcomes.
- working on sensitive and high-profile issues with integrity.
- handling complex and technical policy issues and translating these for different audiences. delivering integrated influencing projects at scale, including working with ministers and senior officials.

**Equality, diversity and inclusion**

**Disability confident committed employer**

We are a disability confident committed employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

**Uploading your CV and cover letter**

**Right to work in the UK/UK VISA sponsorship**

You must have the right to work in the UK and it is important to note that the NHF does not sponsor individuals to work in the UK.

**Interview date: 7th October 2024

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