Salary: £77,500 - £80,000 per annum (Dependent on experience)

Location: A hybrid mix of homeworking and at least 2 days per week in Stratford or Cardiff office

About Mind

We're Mind, the mental health charity. We're here to make sure no one has to face a mental health problem alone. We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We also campaign to improve services, raise awareness, and promote understanding.

Our new strategy, launched in April 2021, has the following priorities at its heart:

• Become a truly anti-racist organisation
• Support young people – with a focus on trauma
• Fight for the mental health of people in poverty

With our new strategy, all of Mind’s work – our support services, our campaigns, our partnerships, as well as how we work internally – will embrace these large, complex and interconnected priorities.

About the role

The Associate Director of Policy and Influencing is an exciting newly created leadership opportunity.

This position has been created to have a significant impact on the mental health landscape by promoting positive social change. You will be responsible for leading Mind's efforts to address the shortcomings in the nation's mental health response that are contributing to the current mental health crisis. Your role involves advocating for the rights, needs, and priorities of individuals who experience mental health problems and ensuring that their voices are heard by national and local governments, public services, employers, and other key organisations in England and Wales.

You will work closely with the Executive Director of Social Change to develop and execute Mind's social change strategy. You will oversee Mind's policy and campaigning work, national, regional and local influencing work, anti-stigma work, strategic litigation and legal advice, and thought leadership work. Your contributions will be essential in advancing Mind's mission to create a society that promotes and protects good mental health for everyone.

The Associate Director for Policy and Influencing will lead a team of approximately 30 staff with 5 direct reports and be responsible for a budget of 2.5 million.

About you

If you have experience in driving positive social change through policy, campaigning and influencing at both local and national levels, we would love to hear from you.

You know how to build productive professional relationships and partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders including UK government departments, and members of parliament, and have experience working successfully as a senior leader in a complex organisation.

To find out more about this role and how to apply, please click on the following link to review the candidate pack: Associate Director of Policy and Influencing -CLICK HERE

How to Apply

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement. Your statement should be up to 2 pages long (no more than 900 words), answering the following questions:

1. What is your motivation and connection to work for Mind and this role specifically?
2. From what you know from the opportunity, what skills and experience would you bring that will enable you to be successful in this role? (Please include examples of leading national campaigns designed to improve public policy and legislation, and/or attitudinal or behavioural change)

The closing date for applications is Sunday 4 th February at 23:59.

If you would like to discuss the role before applying, please feel free to contact – Emmanuel from Diversifying Group at emmanuel@diversifying.com

Our Commitment

We are committed to becoming actively anti-racist in everything we do. This is a critical priority for Mind. We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation, recognising different perspectives will enable us to provide excellent services. We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all

Mind is committed to creating an inclusive workforce, by reflecting and representing the diversity of the UK. Mind would like to encourage applications from disadvantaged socio-economic, disabled, LGBTQ+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and those with lived experience of discrimination.

Accessibility and Adjustments

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. If you would like to discuss any specific requirements, please get in touch with Emmanuel at emmanuel@diversifying.com