Policy and Campaigns Lead
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Young Women's Trust
Hybrid- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: GBP 54,651 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 09/03/2026
- Location: United Kingdom
About us
Young Women’s Trust champions young women aged 18 to 30 on low or no pay. We’re here to create a more equal world of work and raise young women’s incomes.
About the role
The Policy and Campaigns Lead is responsible for creating and delivering highimpact campaigns to build young women’s visibility, voice and power and achieve changes to policies, practices and attitudes which will bring about an equal world of work for young women. You will play a critical part in delivering our 23-28 strategy, and will build Young Women’s Trust’s policy expertise and campaigning capability and our alliances with others who can support us to achieve our purpose. You will bring a track record of leading campaigns which have demonstrably contributed to policy or other social change. You’ll be passionate about working with people with lived experience to develop policy solutions and campaigns, and will have the ability to build influential relationships and to represent Young Women’s Trust with a range of external audiences.
Key deliverables
• Devise evidence-based policy solutions to key issues relating to young women in the world of work.
• Lead impactful campaigns which bring about changes to government policy and/or employer practice. •
Mobilise and support young women to lead change through involvement in YWT campaigns and developing their own campaigning skills and confidence.
• Raise Young Women’s Trust’s profile as a social change organisation and develop strong relationships with policymakers and other key stakeholders.
Experience
• A significant track record of leading impactful social change campaigns, using a range of campaigning techniques.
• Experience of policy research, analysis and development, working with both data and lived experience voices.
• Experience of working with people directly affected by an issue, from a wide range of backgrounds, to support them to design and deliver campaigning activity.
• A strong working knowledge of the UK political system and a proven track record of engaging with national decision-makers, including parliamentarians and civil servants, to bring about change.
• Experience of managing policy and influencing projects, including strategic planning, budget setting and monitoring, and evaluation.
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