United Kingdom/Home-based: Advocacy Lead

If you’re passionate about securing justice and protection for the world’s most vulnerable children, thrive in political environment, and have the skills to build powerful advocacy movements, this is your opportunity to lead bold and impactful advocacy at War Child UK.

As our Advocacy Lead, you’ll play a key role in driving for children affected by conflict. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of influencing Parliament and UK Government policy, ensuring that decision-makers take meaningful action to protect and support the nearly 1 in 5 children globally affected by war and conflict.

You’ll lead War Child UK’s political engagement, forging influential relationships with Ministers, MPs, civil servants, and parliamentary groups, ensuring that children’s voices are heard where it matters most. So, it’s essential that you’re skilled at building and managing long-term relationships with senior parliamentarians, influencing policymakers, and engaging government officials and MPs to drive meaningful policy change. With a strategic approach, you’ll mobilise cross-party support, shape public campaigns and push for stronger policies, tangible government action and increased resources for children in conflict zones.

Below are some of the key experiences and competencies we’re looking for. However, if you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply—your unique skills, experiences, and perspective could be exactly what we need to help War Child reach and support more of the world’s most vulnerable children.

• A track record of delivering tangible outcomes in advocacy, public affairs, or policy influencing, particularly within the UK Government and Parliament.
• Demonstrable examples of building and managing long term relationships with senior parliamentarians and engaging and influencing policymakers, government officials, and other MPs to achieve policy change.
• A record of creating sophisticated advocacy strategies that tangibly advance organisational objectives. Experience of leading successful advocacy campaigns, including leveraging public engagement and media coverage.
• Experience of successfully engaging with Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum to secure speeches in parliament, interventions, oral and written questions, EDMs, secure debates and other parliamentary procedures.
• Strong understanding of UK political systems, parliamentary processes, and key government departments (e.g., FCDO, Home Office, MOD).
• Ability to analyse UK and international policy issues affecting children in conflict to strategically and tactically identify and utilise opportunities.
• Strong written and verbal skills to develop impactful advocacy materials, briefing papers, and campaign messaging that translate across multiple channels.

What we can offer you: 

At War Child, we genuinely value different ways of working. From day one, we’re open to discussing flexible options, including hybrid working, flexible hours and compressed hours. Our goal is to support our employees to do their best work while ensuring we continue to deliver for children affected by conflict.

• Flexible working culture and flexible public holidays
• 28 days annual leave (pro-rata), plus bank holidays, which increases by one day per year on your work anniversary, up to a maximum of 33 days.
• Pension - 5% employer contribution (increasing to 6% after one year’s service), with minimum employee contribution.
• Health and wellbeing - employees may take advantage of a healthcare cash plan, a GP 24/7 helpline, cancer cover, and a range of wellbeing initiatives and training. All employees have access to free, confidential one-to-one wellbeing consultations with trained counsellors.

This new role offers an incredible platform to make a tangible difference at a time of unprecedented need. Join us in standing up for children affected by war and help create a future where no child’s life is torn apart by conflict.

How to Apply: 

To apply, please submit an application through our website: https://careers.warchild.org.uk/vacancy/advocacy-lead-582799.html

On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their application as early as possible.