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About the Role
Pathways International is seeking a Senior Policy and Programme Officer, United Kingdom to join its global team at a formative moment for the UK’s new named community sponsorship programme. This versatile role involves programme and partnership delivery, policy development, and implementation, adapting to the evolving needs of the programme and the UK team.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of the UK named community sponsorship policy framework, supporting design and development post-launch, including sponsored labour and education routes.
- Plan, deliver, and coordinate projects across the UK named community sponsorship portfolio, including organizing events, developing resources, and supporting monitoring and learning.
- Build and maintain relationships across government, civil society, local partners, and communities in the UK, connecting delivery partners to training, mentoring, and resources.
- Support the multi-stakeholder working group, engage policy stakeholders, and represent the programme externally.
- Maintain an understanding of the national, devolved, regional, and local landscape relevant to sponsorship and its implications for the programme.
- Oversee wider migration developments in the UK and globally, advising on their relevance for named community sponsorship.
- Research, analyze, and draft high-quality briefings, policy documents, and written materials for senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- Proven understanding of one or more relevant fields, including forced displacement, refugee protection, community sponsorship, global migration, or migration policy.
- At least eight (8) years of relevant work experience, spanning programme/project delivery and policy, research, or analysis.
- Experience working in or closely with government.
- Experience working with and convening NGOs, civil society, and/or other delivery partners.
- Confident representative with an approachable manner, building lasting relationships with a wide range of UK stakeholders.
- Strong policy capability, able to research, analyze, and draft high-quality briefings and materials for senior stakeholders with attention to detail.
- Excellent project-management and organizational skills, able to coordinate meetings, events, and projects, and prioritize effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to work on a varied and evolving portfolio, displaying professionalism, discretion, tact, and responsibility.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience collaborating with people from different backgrounds, countries, cultures, and languages.
- Comfortable preparing well-presented PowerPoint and Word documents and using AI tools, Excel, Zoom, MS Teams, and SharePoint.
- Legal right to work in the UK.
Skills
- Programme delivery
- Partnership delivery
- Policy development
- Policy implementation
- Project planning
- Project coordination
- Event organization
- Resource development
- Relationship building
- Stakeholder engagement
- Research
- Analysis
- Briefing and document drafting
- Project management
- Organizational skills
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaboration
- PowerPoint
- Word
- AI tools
- Excel
- Zoom
- MS Teams
- SharePoint
Location
- London area
- United Kingdom
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g. public policy, public affairs, political science, international development)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive, commensurate with experience
About the Company
- At a time of unprecedented forced displacement and system disruption, we are reforming the global system of safe and legal routes to protection.
- Our world-class team works closely with leaders and innovators from across sectors in over 20 countries.
- Together we design, launch, and expand safe and legal routes for displaced people.
- Together we pilot bold new ideas aimed at making the entire global system of safe and legal routes stronger and more sustainable.
- We build and lead powerful partnerships and networks.
- We provide trusted advice.
- We accelerate operational delivery.
- We generate and share insights.
- We inspire change.
Equal Opportunity
- Pathways International is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.
- We encourage applications from qualified candidates of all genders and from all national, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, including persons with disabilities and those with lived experience of forced displacement.
- We will provide accommodation upon request during the recruitment, selection, and assessment process.