Government Relations Manager

Government Relations Manager

We’re looking for an experienced Government Relations Manager to join World Vision, an important charity helping vulnerable children across the world.

Position: Government Relations Manager

Location: London (UK based applicants only)

Hours: Full-time - 36.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Circa £42,750 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Closing date: 17th October 2024

**Please Note: Applications that do not contain both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.**

About the role:

We are looking for a Government Relations Manager to manage our relationship with the UK Government, acting as account manager for UK Parliament and Ministers in FCDO and increase WVUK's influence and impact with Government Ministers, Senior Civil Servants, politicians, and partners on issues that affect the world's most vulnerable children.

Key areas of responsibility include:  

Develop and oversee external engagement approach and UK Government relationship management system

• Develop government engagement strategy and manage annual external engagement plan
• Build and implement an effective relationship management approach and system for the FCDO and Parliamentary stakeholders.

Represent WVUK externally and develop relationships for impact

• Grow World Vision’s influence by developing and maintaining constructive relationships with key political actors including cross-party MPs and Peers, Ministers and senior FCDO civil servants, to achieve WVUK advocacy goals
• Actively participate in Sectoral Working Groups

Manage Internal Relationships to Harmonise External Engagement

• Lead cross-department engagement and coordination to enable sharing of political information and buy-in to promote influence, income and innovation.
• Play an active role in the leadership of the Team, working with the Head of Policy & Government Relations and Policy Manager to implement the Team strategy and effectively manage budgets.
• Collaborate with Policy Manager for cohesive implementation of respective policy change and political advocacy strategies.

Key skills required for this role:

·       Holds a degree, ideally a Masters, in a relevant discipline e.g., international development, politics and/or international relations or demonstrates an equivalent level of experience.

·       Demonstrable understanding of the Whitehall, Political and/or Parliamentary systems.

·       Significant experience working with Governments, political parties and/or parliamentary systems in the UK, with existing contacts.

·       Demonstrable experience in building effective relationships with partners.

·       Experience in leading teams, setting direction and inspiring high-performance.

·       Understanding of and commitment to WVUK's Christian foundation and approaches to social justice.

About the organisation:

World Vision UK is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. As a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

As a child-focused organisation, we are committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

We are a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting you to complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see: The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Please note we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK and all candidates must be personally committed to the Christian faith and be able to respect, uphold and work within our client’s Christian mission, values, culture, and faith statements. This individual will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian charity and as such the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3.

You may also have experience in areas such as: Government Relations Manager, Global Government Relations, Relationship Manager, Relations Manager, Government Affairs, International Development, Government, International Relations etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.