Public Affairs Officer

13 hours ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Acorns Children's Hospice Trust Full time

Acorns Children's Hospice are now seeking a Public Affairs Officer to champion our work at national and regional levels, using powerful storytelling to demonstrate the impact of hospice care and helping to shape the national debate on hospice care funding.

**About the Role**

Acorns is currently the UK’s largest children’s hospice charity, in terms of both numbers of children and families supported and annual expenditure on our care work. We need to raise more than £11 million each year to run and support our care services and we rely heavily on the goodwill and generosity of our local community.

As Public Affairs Officer, you will:

- Develop a strong understanding of health policy and politics and use this to identify ways Acorns can lend its voice to and shape the national debate on children’s palliative care and hospice care funding
- Identify opportunities to work in partnership with Hospice UK and Together for Short Lives and contribute to the planning and delivery of political campaigns that build pressure on decision makers using parliamentary, public and media support
- Play a vital role in making a difference at a local level by building trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including politicians, ICBs, civil servants and decision makers across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire
- Manage a database of MPs, councillors and other key decision makers who support our cause and ensure it is kept up to date

**About You**
- Experience in a public affairs, PR or comms role
- Experience of working with MPs, Ministers and MEPs
- Experience of planning and delivering end-to-end public and parliamentary affairs strategies
- Lobbying and networking with a wide range of relevant stakeholders

**What We Offer**
- £30,000 to £37,000 per annum
- 37 hours per week
- Hybrid role with office and home working
- Employee discounts from leading retailers
- Employee gym discount scheme
- Bike-to-Work scheme
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 21 or 22 November

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

Pay: £30,000.00-£37,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Work from home

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 258935INDX

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