External Affairs and Influencing Manager
This role will provide much-needed capacity to engage with key stakeholders, boost the charity’s profile and credibility, and promote learning and adoption of the solutions we fund.
Job details
Location
Hybrid, with 2-3 days in our Denmark Hill office
Hours of work
37.5 hours per week
Contract
Permanent
Responsibilities
This new role will provide much-needed capacity to engage with key stakeholders, boost the charity’s profile and credibility, and promote learning and adoption of the solutions we fund. We want to shout about the great work our grant holders are doing, and we want to see the most effective solutions taken up outside of south London. That means we need to influence the people who fund, adopt and commission mental health care and services – sharing the evidence and learning from what works here.
It will also help us to increase our engagement with policy which we currently do as a member of a few coalitions. Policy work is currently led by the CEO. This role will work closely with her to share those duties. It will ensure our positioning is informed by what is happening in the wider landscape and that we can take advantage of opportunities to be part of a national conversation to achieve our objectives.
Required qualifications and experience
- Experienced communications professional who has worked within a mental health sector organisation
- Guided and advised senior leadership on policy and positioning
- Track record of developing and implementing successful influencing strategies in the mental health sector
- Experience of stakeholder management within mental health care, including NHS Trust leaders, Integrated Care Boards, commissioners and senior clinicians, and optionally with academics and researchers
- Experience leading media relations, briefing senior spokespeople, drafting press releases, media handling, and securing media coverage with a good understanding of the needs and expectations of different outlets and publications
- Experience planning and organising events such as workshops, roundtables and conferences
- Experience working with and managing external PR and creative agencies
EEO/Equality statement
We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness or a disability.
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