This leading international advocacy organisation is looking for a Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research to join their busy team and lead the organisations policy and advocacy function. You will be leading a team of 8 to develop research based policy positions and strategy in the field of childrens and girls rights in line with the 2017-20 strategy for the charity.

This positoin will report into the Director of Policy and Programmes and will be reposible for working in partnership with a range of organisations including DFID.

The appointed candidate will have:

• Knowledge of the international development sector preferably with experience of working in policy in this sector
• Experience of managing and motivating a team
• The ability to develop policy through its cycle, from the research and intelligence stage down to impact assessment and implementation;
• Experience in managing research projects with partner organisations.
• Able to act as a spokesperson for the charity
• Understanding of and ability to use data to inform policy decisions.
• Good problem solving, able to quickly understand complex information and
  present it in an accessible way to a range of audiences.