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About the Role

This role sits at the intersection of policy, communications, public affairs, and movement building, aiming to position FBB as the leading voice on trusted adult relationships in the UK and build the Trusted Adult Guarantee into a nationally recognised movement and policy agenda.

Responsibilities

• Raise the profile of trusted adult relationships nationally.
• Position FBB as a leading voice on trusted adult practice and policy.
• Support the development of the Lost Boys Taskforce and Trusted Adult Guarantee.
• Build relationships with policymakers, civil servants, funders, and sector leaders.
• Translate evidence, insight, and practice into compelling policy and communications outputs.
• Ensure FBB contributes meaningfully to national conversations affecting young people.
• Build and maintain relationships with policymakers, civil servants, and influential stakeholders.
• Monitor developments across education, sport, youth, health, and social policy.
• Identify opportunities for FBB to influence policy discussions.
• Coordinate FBB's responses to relevant consultations, reviews, and policy developments.
• Represent FBB at policy roundtables, conferences, and sector events.
• Support engagement with Parliament, political parties, and government departments.
• Help shape and grow the Trusted Adult Guarantee policy agenda.
• Develop FBB as the leading voice on trusted adult relationships in the UK.
• Develop relationships with aligned organisations and coalition partners.
• Support the growth of the Trusted Adult Guarantee network.
• Convene events, roundtables, webinars, and sector discussions.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen collaboration across the sector.
• Build relationships with researchers, academics, and thought leaders.
• Lead the creation of high-quality policy and thought leadership content.
• Translate complex ideas, evidence, and policy into accessible communications.
• Write blogs, articles, briefings, and opinion pieces.
• Support speech writing and external communications for senior leaders.
• Manage newsletters and thought leadership communications.
• Maintain key campaign and movement-building websites and platforms.
• Work closely with FBB's Impact Team and Executive Team to develop reports and publications.
• Translate evidence and learning into compelling external outputs.
• Support the production of annual impact reporting.
• Develop reports that strengthen FBB's credibility and influence.

Requirements

• Passionate about improving outcomes for young people.
• Believes in the transformative power of trusted adult relationships.
• Politically aware and curious about how change happens.
• Exceptional writer and communicator.
• Can build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Comfortable representing an organisation externally.
• Can move between strategic thinking and practical delivery.
• Thrives in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.
• Excited by building movements and influencing systems.
• Experience in public affairs, policy, campaigns, strategic communications, external affairs, government relations, research and advocacy, think tanks, or education/youth sector organisations is beneficial but not essential.
• Ability to build relationships, communicate ideas, influence others, and help drive meaningful change is prioritized.
• Commitment to upholding the highest standards of safeguarding and care for young people.
• Submit a CV.
• Submit a cover letter explaining why this role interests you and what you would bring to it.

Skills

• Public affairs
• Policy
• Campaigns
• Strategic communications
• External affairs
• Government relations
• Research
• Advocacy
• Writing
• Communication
• Relationship building
• External representation
• Strategic thinking
• Practical delivery
• Movement building
• Systems influencing

Salary/Compensations

• £31,000 to £36,000

Benefits

• 40+ days annual leave (including organisation-wide shutdown periods)
• Wellbeing budget
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Nike staff kit
• Access to football tickets through partners
• Reflective Practice and clinical supervision
• Team socials, celebrations and residentials
• Travel expenses covered for work-related travel
• Dedicated Learning & Development budget
• Reflective Practice
• Coaching and supervision
• Mentoring opportunities
• Leadership development
• Internal and external training opportunities

About the Company

• Football Beyond Borders (FBB) is one of the UK's leading education and youth organisations.
• We exist to support young people from socio-economic disadvantage to thrive in school by building long-term, trusting relationships with adults who believe in them.
• We believe every young person should have a trusted adult relationship throughout secondary school.
• Since launching in 2014, FBB has grown into a national organisation working with thousands of young people across schools in London, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.
• We combine relationship-based practice, education, youth work and culture to help young people feel seen, supported and successful both in and beyond school.
• Our ambition goes beyond programmes; we are working to help build a country where every young person has access to a trusted adult relationship.
• The Trusted Adult Guarantee (TAG) is a growing coalition of organisations, practitioners, policymakers and researchers committed to ensuring every young person has access to a trusted adult relationship.
• We are trying to create one of the best places in the country to do meaningful work with young people: a relational, developmental and deeply human organisation where high standards and deep care coexist.
• Our culture is rooted in three core principles: Connection, Autonomy and Mastery (CAM).
• We believe people do their best work when they feel deeply connected to others and to purpose, are trusted to lead and make decisions, and are supported to continuously develop their craft.
• We are intentional about culture: Connection is designed, not hoped for; Development is scheduled, not squeezed; Wellbeing is held by the organisation, not left to the individual.
• We care deeply about meaningful relationships, reflective practice, leadership development, belonging, accountability, growth, learning, and collective responsibility.
• You'll be joining a team that is ambitious about impact whilst refusing to lose the humanity that makes the work matter.
• Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do.
• We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for all young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Equal Opportunity

• We particularly welcome applications from people whose identities, experiences or backgrounds are underrepresented within leadership across the charity, education and youth sectors.