Salary: £38,243 (including London weighting)

Location: Stratford, London (Hybrid working – 2 days in the Stratford office and home working)

About Mind

We're Mind, the mental health charity. We're here to make sure no one has to face a mental health problem alone. We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Our strategy and brand puts campaigning at the heart of our organisation. And we’ve identified 3 areas where we need improve on: supporting people from racialised communities, tied to our anti-racist commitment; working alongside young people, including addressing trauma (especially in young women); and issues of people living in poverty. We are motivated as a team and as an organisation to expand and deliver beyond our continued long-standing work.

We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.

About the role

In this role, you will work closely with the Senior Public Affairs & Campaigns Officer to lead Mind’s work to ensure that we are the go-to mental health charity amongst parliamentarians, and that our campaigning priorities are heard and understood by politicians from all parties. You will plan, deliver and evaluate strategies to engage politicians, ensuring that the conversation in Westminster leads to tangible change for people with mental health problems. You will identify political influencing opportunities for Mind across our priority campaign areas, ensure that our relationships with Ministers, their Shadows, and senior politicians are well thought through and have clear purpose, and support Mind’s senior management in their political relationships. You’ll also work on legislation, including drafting amendments and working with Committee Members and Bill Teams as required.

You will work across the organisation to coordinate activities and messaging and to increase the reach and effectiveness of Mind’s campaigns. You will need to work closely with colleagues across the Policy and Campaigns team in all aspects of your work. You will need to inform and involve the network of local Minds across England and Wales in our campaigning work, and to engage and empower our members and campaigners - many of whom have mental health problems – to speak out.

To find out more about the role, please click on the following link to read the full candidate pack: Mind - Senior Public Affairs Officer Candidate Pack

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Previous experience in public affairs or politics
• Stakeholder management skills and experience of working with different organisations and individuals to influence change
• Knowledge of UK government structures, and UK Parliament and experience of influencing them.
• Ability to take decisions based on good judgement, including political judgement, and flexibility to change direction as needed.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement answering the following questions:

1. What is your motivation and connection to work for Mind and this role specifically?
2. From what you know from the opportunity, what skills and experience would you bring that will enable you to be successful in this role?
3. Can you talk about your experience in policy and campaigns where have you utilised this experience to create change?

Your statement should be up to 2 pages long (no more than 900 words).

Closing Date: Sunday 16th October at 23:59.

If you would like to discuss the role before applying, please feel free to contact Denise from Diversifying Group at [email protected].

Our commitment

We are committed to becoming actively anti-racist in everything we do. This is a critical priority for Mind. We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation, recognising different perspectives, will enable us to provide excellent services. We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

Mind welcome all applicants. We are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBTQIA+, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

Accessibility and Adjustments

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. If you would like to discuss any specific requirements, please get in touch with Denise Kawooya at [email protected].