Policy and Convening Manager

Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation

Policy and Convening Manager at a foundation to improve urban health by influencing policy and decision-making. Collaborating across teams to deliver impactful initiatives and communications.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £52,000 - £57,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and delivering impactful influencing strategies and policy events within the UK public affairs landscape, with a strong focus on coalition building and diversity, equity, and inclusion in policy work.

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Public Affairs ExperiencePolicy DevelopmentInfluencing StrategyCoalition BuildingEvent Management

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Hard Skills

Policy AnalysisStrategic PlanningHorizon ScanningImpact AssessmentStakeholder Engagement

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationPolitical InsightProactive BriefingDiversity and Inclusion

Industry Keywords

UK Policy MakingWestminster ParliamentDevolved AdministrationsInfluencing OpportunitiesPolicy Change

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Working with the Head of Policy and Influencing, develop and deliver compelling influencing strategies for our Urban Health programmes.
Lead on development of a new policy convening strategy, encompassing our approaches to building coalitions, delivering policy events, and platforming the work of our funded partners.
Develop, lead and manage through our partnership life cycle a portfolio of investment partnerships with a particular influencing focus within these programmes.
Act as a source of policy expertise and political insight for colleagues across the organisation, proactively briefing on key political events and policy developments.
Lead horizon scanning to identify proactive and reactive influencing opportunities, and deliver this activity in partnership with internal and external colleagues.
Working closely with Communications Managers, develop and deliver impactful communications to influence.
Bring a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to all our policy and influencing activity, whether in how we work with our partners or in our own systems and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience working in public affairs and policy in a UK setting, with impact on policy making in Westminster Parliament and/or the devolved administrations (essential)
Experience developing impactful influencing strategies and delivering activity to achieve these strategies (essential)
Experience in developing and delivering impactful policy events(essential)
Experience working with coalitions for policy change (essential)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Contributory pension
Annual personal development budget
Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
Shower facilities and bike lock area.
Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
Subsidies for glasses
Employee Assistance Programme