External Affairs Manager, Wales

External Affairs Manager, Wales
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours) 
Location: Home-based 
Salary Range: £53,000 - £59,000

About the role

Join Macmillan Cancer Support as the External Affairs Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in developing and delivering an effective strategy to advocate for systemic change for people with cancer in Wales. You will translate insights into compelling messaging, provide expert political and policy advice, and ensure that marginalized groups receive the support they need.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive external affairs strategy.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including policymakers and healthcare providers.
• Monitor national policy developments and shape internal advice.
• Collaborate with internal teams to create evidence-based propositions for change.
• Represent Macmillan at external meetings and advocate for policy influence.
• Oversee the development of materials for external affairs activities.

About you:

The successful candidate for this role will have:

• Significant experience in delivering successful external affairs strategies in Wales.
• Proven ability to manage and engage diverse stakeholders across sectors.
• A track record of leading teams to achieve impactful results.
• In-depth understanding of government policy development and issues affecting people with cancer.
• Knowledge of the role of charities in influencing decision-making.

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: Wed 5th December at 23:59

Interviews: Dates TBC. This process will consist of a competency based interview focussed on technical experience as well as behaviours. There will also be a task to prepare.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.