Policy and Public Affairs Campaign Lead

Core responsibilities:

• Lead the development and delivery of a coordinated policy and public affairs campaign
• Research, analyze, and interpret policy and commissioning developments relevant to employment support
• Produce high-quality reports, briefings, consultation responses, and policy submissions
• Build and maintain credibility with senior stakeholders, including policy makers, commissioners, and sector leaders

This role strengthens and adds capacity to existing work on future commissioning, enabling ERSA to more effectively represent the interests of the employment support sector and the prime provider model across future national and devolved commissioning activity.

Required skills and experience:

• An experienced policy professional
• Knowledgeable about the employment support sector and commissioning landscape
• Highly skilled in policy research and analysis
• An excellent writer, able to produce clear, persuasive, and evidence-based policy documents
• A confident and authoritative communicator, able to represent ERSA with gravitas

Salary: £60,000 per annum plus pension. Location: Hybrid – home-based, with regular travel to meetings and team days in London and Sheffield.