Director of Policy and Public Affairs

Equally Ours is seeking a Director of Policy and Public Affairs to enhance equality and human rights in the UK. This hybrid role, based in Vauxhall, London, involves developing impactful policy strategies on law, climate, and investment. The position requires strong policy influence skills, collaboration across sectors, and effective communication. The role offers part-time hours (0.8 FTE) with flexible working options and generous benefits.
Location: Hybrid (Vauxhall, London)

Salary: c. £55,000 per annum (FTE), depending on experience

Contract Type: Permanent, Part-time (0.8 FTE)

Working Hours: 4 days per week (flexible working available)

Closing Date: 6th May 2025, 12 noon

About Equally Ours:

We’re the UK charity that brings together people and organisations working across equality, human rights and social justice to make a reality of these in everyone’s lives. Our vision is a just and compassionate society, where we are free from harm and can all contribute and flourish, whoever we are, whatever we believe in, and whatever we do and don’t have. A society that is equally ours.

About the role:

We’re on the lookout for a new Director of Policy and Public Affairs, to protect and advance equality and human rights in the UK, by increasing our policy impact and working collaboratively to harness the power of our network.

The Director of Policy and Public Affairs will play an important role in protecting and advancing equality and human rights in the UK. This role will focus on growing our policy and public affairs capacity so that we can achieve the goals set out in Together for Social Justice, our 10-year strategy.

You’ll develop and deliver high-impact policy influencing strategies on our three big issues of law, climate and investment. This will mean working on vital public policy issues such as embedding equality and human rights in the government’s mission-driven approach, ensuring a strong legal framework of rights protections, improving public awareness of the value of human rights, and creating a work programme to ensure that people’s whose rights are most at risk can lead policy development on climate breakdown.

You’ll have a strong track record of creating innovative policy solutions that influence public policy and secure social change; the ability to forge and nurture constructive dialogue and working relationships across the political spectrum and within civil society, and a deep understanding of how to increase racial justice at systemic level. You’ll be confident communicating complex legal and technical issues in an engaging way that brings their practical impacts to life for a wide range of audiences, including the media. You’ll be skilled at bringing people together and working collaboratively.

We’re a small team whose strength comes from combining our own lived and professional expertise with that of the leading thinkers and organisations who make up our network. We offer flexible working and lots of autonomy within a collaborative and supportive environment where it’s your job to make things happen.

Why Equally Ours?
• Generous benefits including enhanced pension, 26 days of annual leave, health and wellbeing support, and more.
• Flexible working arrangements to help you balance your professional and personal life.
• A collaborative culture that values lived experience alongside professional expertise.

If you are looking for an opportunity to use your skills to drive meaningful social change, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply:

Please read through the full job pack and then submit your CV and cover letter (max 2 pages) outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the criteria to info@equallyours.org.uk. Please ensure that you address all the criteria, providing sufficient relevant evidence, including examples, to show how your skills and experience match those required in the person specification. Applications without cover letters will not be accepted.

Please also submit Equal Opportunities form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc__JQlv0iCotVVFocw1R2WbldqdKd4OWAUmJBNlJnYanh_RQ/viewform?usp=preview

Closing date for applications: 6th May, 12 noon

Link to job pack: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGjeSiykEY/xY971DrG-raomcqzBX0M5Q/view?utm_content=DAGjeSiykEY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h2689f6886e

Link to our strategy: https://www.equallyours.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EO-strategy-digital.pdf