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Policy, Public Affairs & Communications Lead
October 14, 2021 | Comments Off on Policy, Public Affairs & Communications Lead
Policy, Public Affairs and Communications Lead - The Drive Partnership
London based, EC4A 4AB plus flexible homeworking
£45,628-£49,610 (Point 42-48) pro rata, including ILW
Full time 35 hours or 4 days (28 hours) per week
The Drive Partnership, formed by Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse. We seek to change the domestic abuse narrative that asks 'why doesn't she leave?' to ask 'why doesn't he stop?'.
Our vision is that one day there will be a national approach which sees agencies in all PCC and local authority areas across England and Wales working together to disrupt abuse and change behaviour. We're having an impact. Our partnership public affairs work has helped build a coalition of experts pressing for change; stimulated a commitment in the new Domestic Abuse Act from Government to publish a perpetrator strategy; stimulated philanthropic and government funding commitments; and brought together leaders from across public sector professions to focus on better holding perpetrators to account.
We are now looking for a new Policy, Public Affairs and Communications Lead to help ensure these networks and commitments deliver for victims - improving their safety and reducing the onus on them to do the hard work to keep themselves safe.
As the Policy, Public Affairs and Communications Lead for the Drive Partnership you will lead our efforts to ensure that those with the ability to make change, because of the funding or policy making role they hold, understand the aims and vision of the Drive Partnership and what our data, practice expertise and the voice of survivors is telling us about how to stop domestic abuse in the UK.
In this role, offered as a fixed term contract, you will lead a team of up to three staff, develop our policy influencing capacity and support our national roll-out of ground-breaking interventions to stop domestic abuse. You will also take responsibility for improving our internal communications, enhancing our reputation and supporting communications and relationships across the extensive Drive network of partners and beyond.
You will be an experienced public affairs specialist with a background in policy influencing and have extensive contacts. You will build relationships with and work to support Respect, SafeLives, and Social Finance's public affairs and comms teams and key audiences across the partnership to enhance our influence, reputation and profile both locally and nationally, and maintain really great relationships with others who currently work on public affairs and policy issues across the Drive network of stakeholders and partners.
How to apply
Please complete the application form and equality monitoring form and email by 27th October at 9am.Forms must be received in a Word document format (not PDF). Please note we do not
accept CVs. Interviews: 2nd November 2021
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