Head of Policy (Research)
Salary:£51,821 - £55,479 Pro Rata
Contract:Initially for six months with the view to being made permanent. Job Share- 2 days per week.
Location:London
Closing date:November 10th 2013
At ActionAid we are delivering a bold strategy to provide sustained improvements to the poorest and most excluded people in the world. It means we’re creating fantastic career opportunities for experienced sector professionals who want to be part of an organisation that is making a real difference. Join our action to end poverty now and be part of something truly amazing.
As Head of Policy you will lead the Policy Team and take ownership of its vision in line with the ambitions of our campaigning vision and our new strategy.
Focusing on Tax Justice and broader debates on development economics and finance you will also deliver policy development research to inform our UK and International advocacy and campaigns. We will look to you to maintain the quality of research and output and ensure a strong stream of public commentary that balances long-term thought-leadership needs with shorter-term requirements to feed advocacy and campaigning. You will develop links and partnerships with other relevant bodies and act as a media spokesperson on issues as required. Also important will be the ability to nurture a high performing team and support the strengthening of policy capacity in ActionAid International.
This highly important role demands sound knowledge of development policy and practice, especially of tax justice, development finance and development economics as well as a good understanding of the macro-economic drivers and factors that sustain and perpetuate poverty and inequality.
Your knowledge of research methodologies and approaches will be complemented by experience of leading multi-country research projects. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate successful fundraising for policy research or policy advocacy activities.
Comfortable communicating and influencing at senior levels and acting as a media spokesperson you will also possess good knowledge of the policy cycle and its relationship with the UK political establishment.
This is a job share for 2 days per week, which will focus on the policy area of Tax Justice; broader debates on development economics and development finance; and research.
Please note, as this post is new to job sharing, it is being offered as a six month fixed term contract initially. The job share arrangement will be monitored and reviewed and if working well, the contract will be made permanent.
If you have the senior level expertise to make a significant difference to our organisation we would be delighted to hear from you.
How to apply
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The HR Team
ActionAid UK Head office
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United Kingdom
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To apply for a role, please email your CV, covering letter (2 sides maximum) and your completed equal opportunities monitoring form tojobs@actionaid.org
Please ensure that you state your full name and the title of the job you are applying for in the subject title of the email.
To assist us in monitoring the effectiveness of where we choose to advertise our vacancies, please state in your email where you saw this role advertised.
If you are unable to apply via email, please send a postal application to:
The HR Team
ActionAid UK Head office
33-39 Bowling Green Lane,
London
EC1R 0BJ
United Kingdom
The information you provide to us in your job application will only be shared with relevant members of the recruitment and selection process and will be treated confidentially in line with Data Protection legislation.
ActionAid UK has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its UK based employees have the legal right to work in the UK. Therefore if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to ActionAid verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
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