The charities Sands and Tommy’s have come together to form a Joint Policy Unit. Our shared vision is for a future where fewer babies die, and inequalities in baby loss are eliminated so that everyone can benefit from the best possible outcomes.
Working together we aim to secure policy changes that will reduce rates of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term birth and neonatal death, and to work to eliminate inequalities in these outcomes.
Tommy’s and Sands are members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance leading a Maternity Consortium that includes National Maternity Voices (NMV), the Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network (PBCN) and a number of community organisations.
As part of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance we are funded up until the end of March 2025 to deliver the Maternity Consortium. The purpose of the consortium is to use our collective expertise to join up national and local voices behind a common agenda – to reduce health inequalities for families throughout the whole pregnancy journey from pre-conception and through the first year of a baby’s life. This role will coordinate the work of the Maternity Consortium helping member organisations and those with lived experience to inform and shape national policy. A summary of previous Maternity Consortium projects is available here.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about reducing health inequalities and collaborative working. You will be a great communicator with experience of successfully developing and managing collaborative projects, along with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and networks.
Additionally, you will need to be proactive with the ability to work across different organisations and on your own initiative. You will have the skills to be able to absorb and understand complex issues and get them across in a clear and concise way.
We need someone who can coordinate the planning, engagement, events and policy activity of the Maternity Consortium. You will be a people person with a positive, warm style, who can support and motivate people and organisations to engage with projects.
Please note this role will be offered on either a 6-month fixed-term contract or secondment. The successful candidate will need to be able to start the role during October 2024.
To apply:
Please submit your CV, together with a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the person specification to recruitment@sands.org.uk.
Please also complete the Diversity and Equality Monitoring Form and send this with your application.
CVs and supporting statements should be sent as attachments to an email in either Word or PDF format. The title of the attachments should be your first name, surname and either CV or supporting statement e.g. “NAME CV”
Closing date for applications: 1st September 2024
Interview date: w/c 16th September 2024
As we have limited staff resources we are unable to provide candidates with feedback about their applications. Interviews will be held online.
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