Policy Team Lead

Activities and Responsibilities

• Line manage team volunteers to regularly check in on their progress 

• Lead the monthly team meetings

• Attend Team lead meetings once every three months

• Attend the annual Spring Conference and present a session on Policy

• Attend Away Days (2 per year on a Saturday)

• Attend Regional Conference (on weekends in October/November)

• Maintain the Team’s google drive 

• Review work and documents generated by Policy Advisors

• Provide the strategic oversight for the work of the Policy Team

• Liaise with other parts of the Nightline Association to ensure Nightlines are effectively supported 

• Other reasonable duties as required by the Head of Development     

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience with a Nightline or a similar organisation​

• Experience maintaining and/or writing policy

• Experience implementing policy in a Nightline or similar organisation

• Working in a professional capacity writing, creating or advising on policy

• Leading and line managing people

Competencies

• Good standard of written English​

• Highly developed organisational skills​     

• Ability to work independently and manage own workload​

• IT Skills sufficient to use Google Docs and Gmail​    

• Ability to communicate via email in an approachable and professional manner

• Ability to critically read and assess work and provide constructive feedback and comments

• IT proficiency and previous experience working collaboratively in a Google Drive environment

• Familiarity with Google Workspace and Slack

• Confidence in presenting to an audience

Knowledge

• Good understanding of the five core principles of Nightline

• Understanding of the process of policy creation    

• An understanding of the different ways in which Nightlines can operate

• Completed education or training in policy