Policy Officer

Employer: National Deaf Children's Society

Location: Home-based UK

Working hours: Full time, flexible hours

Salary: £31,720.00 - £35,000.00 Per Annum

Closing date: 23:59, Thu, 7th Aug 2025

• Job description

  Reference:JUL20255456
  
  Expiry date:23:59, Thu, 7th Aug 2025
  
  Location:Home-based UK
  
  Salary:£31,720.00 - £35,000.00 Per Annum
  
  Benefits:For Benefits package info please refer to the Working with us attachment.Attachments:PolicyOfficer(JD).pdf
  Workingwithus(FurtherInformation).pdf

  The role

  We are looking for a Policy Officer to draw upon the experiences of deaf children and their families to influence decision-makers through impactful reports and briefings.

  What you'll do

  • Develop evidence-based policy briefings, blogs and articles that set out our insight and analysis on key issues.

  • Draft responses to policy consultations

  • Draw on both quantitative and qualitative data on the experiences of families and professionals

  • Mapping and building relationships with key policy experts and thinkers to gather insights

  • Support our policy and influencing leads in generating and appraising policy options

  What you'll need

  • Experience of working in a policy environment, developing or influencing government policy at a national level

  • Excellent writing skills with ability to summarise complex and detailed information

  • Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to represent the organisation in public

  • Strong digital skills and a sound understanding of agile values & principles.

  • A criminal record check / DBS disclosure (if offered the position).

  What you'll get

  • Home-based working with flexible hours.

  • 25 days holiday - plus additional 3 days at Christmas (and bank holidays).

  • Pension (5.5% employer contribution).

  • Healthcare Cashplan

  • Annual performance-based salary increase.

  • Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programmes.

  What we do

  The National Deaf Children's Society are the leading charity for deaf children. We give expert support on childhood deafness, raise awareness and campaign for deaf children's rights, so they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

  Disability Confidence

  We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification. Please contact us at recruitment@ndcs.org.uk with any accessibility or reasonable adjustment enquiries.

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