Policy and Influencing Officer - Remote

Brainkind is looking for a Policy and Influencing Officer to help drive change for people living with brain injury and neurological conditions. You will track policy and parliamentary developments, produce clear and evidence‑based briefings, and support influencing activity across the health, social care, criminal justice and domestic abuse issues. Working closely with colleagues, people with lived experience and external partners, you will help shape policy positions, respond to consultations and build strong relationships with decision‑makers.

You’ll share Brainkind’s commitment to inclusion and collaboration, ensuring our work reflects lived experience and creates meaningful, lasting change.

The work of the Policy and Social Change team seeks to empower people with brain injuries, or neurological conditions, who are often experiencing additional complex health inequalities, with the knowledge and skills they need to make positive changes in their lives, often leading to greater inclusion. This approach is supported by a whole organisation commitment to increase the identification and awareness of brain injury supported by collaboration with other professionals within the criminal justice sector, healthcare professionals, and practitioners in the domestic abuse sector.

The Policy and Influencing Officer will become part of this dynamic team which combines innovation, and research to drive social change for people with brain injuries, and neurological conditions. Influencing work is underpinned by developing knowledge and understanding, alongside delivering bespoke services and evaluating them.

• To keep appraised of the relevant UK and devolved nations policy and parliamentary activity related to Brainkind’s interest areas to inform the production of internal briefings and timely External Affairs Briefing for the Senior Leadership Team.
• To horizon scan and identify public policy initiatives which may be of interest to the organisation for presentation to the Head of Policy, Influencing and Social Change Programmes.
• To produce evidence based, high quality policy briefings, and research projects in a range of format across several government policy areas. To have the ability to understand complex information and communicate it both orally, and in writing with good attention to detail.
• To develop credible policy positions by undertaking appropriate literature reviews, data analysis, and primary research under the direction of the Head of Policy, Influencing and Social Change Programmes.
• Utilise agreed policy positions to prepare responses to relevant consultations and calls for evidence. And, to develop policy positions to respond to calls for evidence that are relevant to the organisation.
• To review and update our parliamentary, government, and political monitoring, horizon scanning and stakeholder mapping, as we systematise our public affairs approach. To review our membership bodies to ensure we are represented, and they reflect value for money.
• To support Brainkind’s parliamentary activity including drafting questions, briefings, managing mailings to parliamentarians, and any subsequent relationships. Devising and implementing influencing activity, including writing briefings and submissions for political audiences.
• To work with Brainkind’s communications team to draft social media content related to Brainkind’s policy and public affairs activity, ensuring policy materials are effectively communicated through digital channels within the Trust, and externally.
• Develop and manage a variety of different stakeholder relationships, including with internal colleagues across the organisation as well as external stakeholders from across the brain injury and neurological conditions sector, including membership bodies, representative bodies, as well as people who use our services and the public.
• To help identify and support new project and programme opportunities for the Policy and Social Change Team by undertaking relevant policy and literature reviews and ensuring outputs reference parliamentary affairs accurately.
• To influence, advocate, research, and contribute…