An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual with public affairs experience to join our Communications and Engagement Team on a 12 month contract starting 1st October.
You’ll help co-ordinate the delivery of our public affairs work across Wales, working closely with colleagues in our public affairs team based across the UK. You’ll have experience of developing and maintaining effective relationships with MPs, MSs and their staff.
You’ll support the Communications and Engagement team with managing and developing materials for key stakeholders (invites, briefings, blogs) and ensure the tone and content communicates our bilingual brand in Wales.
You can formulate ideas around how key stakeholders and organisations can be turned into ambassadors and you’ll have experience of organising events and visits for stakeholders.
You will have a key eye for detail and will need to be good with tight deadlines and able to work well and confidently with senior colleagues.
The ability to speak and write in Welsh fluently and confidently is essential for this post.
Deadline: 16th August
Interview date: 27th August
Location: Hybrid, Cardiff and/or Newtown offices
We have a hybrid approach to working and this role can be based in Cardiff or Newtown, along with homeworking.
On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing and co-ordinating a public affairs programme of activities.
- Experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with political stakeholders including MPs and MS.
- Experience of writing high quality content for materials including for publications.
- Experience of supporting campaigns and/or creating content for digital media.
- Experience of organising events and/or project visits for stakeholders.
Desirable criteria
- The ability to hold a conversation in Welsh. Good Welsh writing skills aren’t essential and training and support by the Fund’s Welsh Language Team will be provided if needed.
- A strong interest in Wales current affairs, developing topics, issues and themes.
- Proficient in using software such as Microsoft 365 including experience using the mail merge tool
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
The Street Engagement Team is a multi-disciplinary team that provides person-led support to people experiencing street homelessness and interconnecting needs.
A day in this role is never the same – part of it will be spent on the street, offering support to people experiencing homelessness. You might be out with another member of the team, or with one of our specialist health partners like a homeless health nurse, or substance use worker.
You will also be supporting the Enhanced Practitioners with their caseloads day-to-day, responding to ad-hoc outreach referrals, and contributing to the overall running of the team in a duty capacity.
You will have experience in delivering a person-led, psychologically, gender and culturally informed service to people who are street homeless. You will be excellent at building and strengthening trust in relationships. You will be a problem solver, with a positive attitude towards change and service development.
You will also have the personal credibility to build confidence in the wider community and across partnerships. You will be both strength-based and solution-focused, developing and enhancing the relationships with a commitment to embed coproduction into The Connections services.
Salary: £33,860
Closing Date: Monday 19thAugust
Interview Date: w/c 26th August
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
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