Policy and Public Affairs Officer

Are you passionate about ending domestic abuse? Are you an ambitious self-starter with bags of ideas and the initiative to bring them to life? Do you believe in the power of policy influencing to bring about positive change? Then this could be the ideal role for you.

Location:     Home-based, with regular travel to London and occasional UK travel

Salary:        £35,000 per annum

Contract:     Full time, permanent (35 hours per week)

This post is only open to women applicants, as being a woman is an occupational requirement of the role in accordance with Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

About the role

We are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer to join the team to work on an exciting new three-year project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. As part of this project, you will work closely alongside our frontline partner Money Advice Plus to help take our influencing work to the next level in our mission to stop economic abuse forever.

The role of the Policy and Public Affairs Officer is to work closely with the Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager and Head of Advocacy and Communications to develop viable, evidence-based policy solutions and deliver influencing plans to engage stakeholders from across parliament, the civil service, industry and charities to address economic abuse. Your focus will be on developing policy and influencing government on coerced debt – one of the most insidious yet devastating forms of economic abuse – to drive forward public and private sector responses. In this role, you will work collaboratively with our frontline partner Money Advice Plus and victim-survivors to ensure our policy and influencing work is grounded in women’s lived experiences of economic abuse.

You would be joining us at a significant moment as we launch our ambitious new three-year strategy. As part of this, we will build on our influencing work by ensuring victim-survivors’ voices are heard by the new Government to deliver lasting change.

About you

You will have experience in policy development, including undertaking research and analysing evidence to form credible evidence-based solutions and producing policy outputs like reports, consultation responses or briefings.

You will have strong public affairs skills, including excellent knowledge of parliamentary processes, sound political judgement, and proven ability to build support among a variety of stakeholders. 

Your communication skills will be outstanding, with the ability to land complex messages clearly, concisely, and persuasively for different audiences both verbally and in writing. 

You will have strong organisational skills and experience in organising events, like webinars or parliamentary roundtables. Your effective management of projects will interpersonal and organisational skills to get the best out of others, while navigating competing priorities with agility.

Knowledge of domestic, including economic, abuse and/or debt advice and policy responses is desirable.

About SEA

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and transforming responses to it. Our vision is a world in which all women and girls are economically equal and live their lives free from abuse and exploitation. Economic abuse is a form of coercive and controlling behaviour. 4.1 million UK women experienced economic abuse from a current or former partner in the last year. Not only does it limit their choices and ability to access safety, but it has an ongoing impact. It damages future dreams and aspirations, and, in some cases, it takes lives.

What we offer

• 25 days annual leave, plus 5 Wellbeing Days and Statutory Bank Holidays 


• Home working


• Flexible working 


• 5% Employer Pension Contribution 


• Reflective practice


• Health Cash Plan, including Employee Assistance Programme 


• Enhanced sick pay, family leave and carer’s leave 


• The chance to be part of our highly professional, supportive team 

To apply

• To find our more about the role, or to apply, please visit our website: https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/jobs-at-sea/ 


• Applications open from 31 March 2025 and close at 11.59pm on 20 April 2025


• Interviews will take place virtually, week commencing Monday 5 May

Direct applications only – no agencies please.

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is committed to developing an inclusive team which reflects the diversity of the communities we support. Our culture celebrates diverse voices, and we particularly encourage applications from Black and global majority applicants and disabled applicants who are under-represented at SEA. 

SEA is a Disability Confident Committed, and Kinship Friendly Employer.