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About the Role
This role supports the CEO and shapes work on the External Enabling Environment, crucial for CIFF's Mobilisation and Partnerships strategy. You will enhance CIFF's external relationships and positioning by monitoring the political landscape, managing government relations, and advising senior leadership on strategy, briefings, and communications.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic advice and support to the CEO and senior leadership on government and multilateral relations, political dynamics, and advocacy positioning.
- Lead preparation of high-quality briefings, talking points, speeches, and background notes.
- Monitor and analyse political, policy, and regulatory developments relevant to CIFF's priority geographies and thematic areas.
- Provide forward-looking analysis on risks and opportunities.
- Synthesise complex external dynamics into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
- Develop and manage strategic relationships with key government stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, and advisers.
- Coordinate and deliver high-quality government engagement plans aligned to CIFF CEO priorities.
- Support senior leadership engagement, including preparation, follow-up, and relationship stewardship.
- Support the design and implementation of advocacy strategies and tactics to influence change, coordinating across CIFF teams.
- Act as a key interface between the CEO Office, External Affairs, partnerships, and programme teams.
Requirements
- Ability to analyse political and policy environments and translate complex developments into clear, actionable insight for senior leaders.
- Demonstrable ability to manage strategic relationships with senior government stakeholders and deliver structured government engagement plans.
- Ability to produce high-quality briefings, speeches, and talking points for use by a CEO or equivalent senior leader.
- Experience supporting or delivering advocacy strategies aimed at influencing policy, financing, or systemic change.
- Ability to anticipate senior leadership needs, manage competing priorities, coordinate stakeholders, and enable effective decision-making and execution.
- High degree of discretion, professionalism, and the ability to operate with autonomy in sensitive and fast-moving environments.
- Proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to prioritise and adapt when political circumstances change quickly.
- Genuine commitment to CIFF's mission and values.
Skills
- Strategic advice
- Government relations
- Multilateral relations
- Political analysis
- Advocacy positioning
- Briefing preparation
- Speech writing
- Stakeholder management
- External affairs
- Communications strategy
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- £63,790
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (increasing by 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Training allowance
- Wellbeing allowance
- Life insurance
- Medical insurance
About the Company
- CIFF has a collaborative culture which promotes peer to peer learning.
- CIFF employees also have an annual allowance for relevant upskilling to support learning in the role.
- CIFF offers a flexible, hybrid model of working which seeks to accommodate the individual needs of our people and enhance employee wellbeing.
- CIFF operates a hybrid work policy across all locations, which means employees work in the office and some of the time from home.