Job details
Help drive change for people in debt
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.
Main responsibilities
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.
Personal specification
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
Salary and benefits
Salary: £39,442
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: Hybrid (London or Birmingham) Hybrid contracts are subject to a minimum of four office attendances per year in Birmingham. This role may also require occasional travel to London in line with business needs.
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
- A healthcare cashback scheme
- 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
Further details
Recruitment Process
Our recruitment process is designed to help us learn more about your experience, skills and motivation for the role.
Stage 1: Application
- You will be asked to answer some short application questions and to upload your CV.
- Applications will be assessed against the essential criteria 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.
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.
About the organisation
Money Advice Trust exists to help prevent financial difficulty and remove problem debt from people’s lives. Through our National Debtline and Business Debtline services, we provide free debt advice to households and small businesses across the country. We also help organisations improve their support for customers, and use our frontline insight to campaign for change.
