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Work for us

INQUEST is a small organisation that punches well above its weight, dealing with major national issues and attracting widespread respect and considerable media attention. Opportunities to join our dynamic team will be detailed here.

INQUEST is an accredited London Living Wage employer.

INQUEST is currently recruiting for: 

  • Senior Policy and Parliamentary Officer (deadline extended to Monday 8 March)
  • Media and Communications Manager (deadline Monday 8 March)

If you would like to be kept in the loop about other future opportunities, subscribe to our newsletter. 


SENIOR POLICY AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICER

Job title: Senior Policy and Parliamentary Officer.
Contract: Full time, permanent, subject to the successful completion of a six-month probationary period.
Reporting to: Head of Policy.                 
Starting salary: £30,514 in addition to an annual 8% pension employer’s contribution.
Salary band: £30,514 to £34,819 (NJC pts 22 to 27).
Annual leave: 30 days per annum.
Hours: 35 hours per week. The role will require occasional out of hours working, for which TOIL will be granted.
Based at: Initially working from home, then based at the INQUEST Office, Finsbury Park, London N4.

INQUEST is an equal opportunities employer. We actively promote diversity and strongly encourage applications from within Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, other under-represented groups, and from those who have overcome significant adversity in their lives.

About the role

The Senior Policy and Parliamentary Officer role will be key to INQUEST’s work in influencing policy and pushing for change in areas relating to detention, criminal justice, mental health, accountability and human rights. The parliamentary aspect of the role will focus on the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill (Hillsborough Law) and pushing for the creation of a National Oversight Mechanism.  Line managed by the Head of Policy, the post-holder will be part of a small but dynamic team that works to ensure the experiences of bereaved families are central to strengthening policy and challenging the systems and structures that have failed them. The role will have a specific focus on developing relationships with Parliament and parliamentarians with a view to achieving our campaign demands and organisational objectives.

We are looking for an experienced policy professional with knowledge of the policy landscape in at least some of the above areas, and quick to learn in others. They should have excellent understanding of the workings of Parliament. The post holder must be an excellent communicator, with accurate and persuasive writing and analytical skills. They should be able to identify opportunities to influence, and balance a reactive and proactive workload.

Full Job Description 

How to apply

Note: The deadline for applications has now been extended 

Read the full job description and return the application form below by Monday 8 March, 1pm

Send the application to [email protected]. Please specify the role you are applying for in the email’s subject title.

Should you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected].

Tests and Interviews (online): Week commencing 22nd March (to be confirmed)

APPLICATION FORM


MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Contract: Full time, permanent, subject to the successful completion of a six-month probationary period.

Reporting to: Head of Policy.

Starting salary: £34,819, including London Weighting, in addition to an annual 8% pension employer’s contribution.

Salary range: £34,819 – & 40,395 (NJC scale points 27 to 33)

Annual leave: 30 days per annum.

Hours: 35 hours per week. The role will require occasional weekend and out of hours working, for which TOIL will be granted.

Based at: Initially working from home, then based at the INQUEST Office, Finsbury Park, London N4

INQUEST is an equal opportunities employer. We actively promote diversity and strongly encourage applications from within Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, other under-represented groups, and from those who have overcome significant adversity in their lives.

About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic communicator who will bring initiative, sensitivity and energy to INQUEST’s public-facing work. The successful post holder will manage and develop INQUEST’s media, social and digital media and oversee wider communications across the organisation.

This is an exciting time to join INQUEST, which is at the forefront of the current movement against state violence and systemic racism in the UK. The successful candidate will play a key role in INQUEST’s external profile and campaigns, bringing the experiences and voices of bereaved families into the public domain. They will develop our existing media presence as well as new proactive and social media strategies, to further our organisational aims. We will look to the post holder to bring new ideas into our media and communications work, and to bring these ideas to fruition. In the post-holder’s first year in post, we would expect to have developed, agreed and begun to implement a new media and communications strategy for INQUEST, and built our social and digital visibility and engagement.

Line managed by the Head of Policy, and part of a small but dynamic policy and communications team, the successful candidate will work across the organisation, as well as with bereaved families and lawyers. The role is ideal for a proactive and highly organised communicator, able to balance priorities in a fast-paced environment. They will have a track record of high quality output, influencing media and building strong working relationships.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

How to apply

Read the full job description and return the application form below by Monday 8 March, 1pm

Send the application to [email protected]. Please specify the role you are applying for in the email’s subject title.

Should you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected]

Tests and online interviews: Week commencing 15th March (to be confirmed)

APPLICATION FORM


We are not currently recruiting any other roles. 

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Published: 16th March, 2017

Updated: 22nd February, 2021

Author: Laura Smith

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