Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager
Employer: Stroke Association
Location: Homebased, UK, Nationwide. However, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Temporary: 12-month fixed term contract (maternity cover)
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Closing date: 28 June 2026
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We’re looking for a high-performing, collaborative and proactive manager to lead a talented, dynamic public affairs and campaigns team on a fixed term contract covering maternity leave.
Reporting to the Head of Policy and Influencing, the Public Affairs Manager leads our advocacy work to influence the UK Government and stakeholders and create and deliver highly effective campaigns to make stroke a national priority. Working closely with the Policy and Influencing team, devolved nations’ leads and Stroke Association locality teams, they will ensure alignment across the devolved nations and support local influencing and campaigning line with strategic priorities.
As Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager, you will be experienced in coordinating public affairs and campaigns and be willing to undertake training and continuing professional development. You’ll be a flexible team player and solutions-focussed.
You will ideally have experience of:
Influencing public policy and/or government decision-making locally and nationally
Developing and implementing effective, evidence-based influencing campaigns aimed at securing policy change and evaluating these for future learning
Building relationships with senior external stakeholders and stakeholder mapping and management
Building strong internal relationships with teams across an organisation and working collaboratively to secure change
Meaningfully engaging people with lived experience in public affairs and campaigns work
Developing insightful briefings for a range of audiences, for example parliamentarians and senior colleagues
Leading and motivating a team
To fulfil the role you must live in the UK and have the right to work in the UK
Find out more in the role profile.
Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, when applying for the role.
Closing Date: 28 June 2026. Interview Date: Week commencing 6 July 2026.
Please note all roles close at midnight
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
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