Communications and Policy Officer
It’s an exciting time to join Good Things as we ramp up our advocacy to reach broader political audiences and truly move the dial on digital inclusion. As our new Communications and Policy Officer, you’ll jump right into the heart of our dynamic team, using your creative flair and storytelling talent to bring real community voices and impact data to life.
From crafting vibrant social media and press campaigns to gathering inspiring lived-experience stories, you will play a key role in influencing policy, sparking behaviour change, and advocating for fairer digital systems. If you're ready to supercharge your skills in PR, policy, and digital strategy within a supportive, friendly team, this is your chance to turn your passion into work that genuinely changes lives!
Role description
Good Things Foundation is the UK's leading digital inclusion charity, working to ensure everyone can benefit from digital. We believe everyone should have digital connectivity, access and skills so that they can participate fully in today’s society. We're seeking a Communications and Policy Officer to join our dynamic Communications, Campaigns and Advocacy team.
This is an exciting time to join Good Things, as we engage a broader political audience with our communications and advocacy. You'll help us advocate for fairer digital systems, deliver digital inclusion support at scale, and build the evidence base for tackling digital exclusion — telling the story of our impact in ways that reach new audiences and move the dial on the digital divide.
This role is key to ensuring that lived experience and community voices are central to our communications and advocacy. Bringing together data insights and real-life stories, the Communications and Policy Officer will support compelling campaigns, making the case for change.
Working alongside a friendly, creative team, you'll craft content across multiple channels – from social media and email campaigns to press releases and web copy – that builds engagement and strengthens our mission to tackle digital exclusion.
We're looking for someone who brings exceptional organisational skills, creative flair, and proven experience in behaviour change campaigns and inspiring storytelling. In return, you'll develop your expertise in digital communications, campaigns, PR, policy and advocacy while contributing to work that genuinely changes lives.
We welcome applications from candidates whose professional and personal experience will bring new perspectives, understanding and capacity to the organisation; and who are ready to rise to the opportunities of this role.
Important details
- Location:Our main working hub is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. All staff have the freedom and flexibility to work in a hybrid way, combining face to face and home working. However we do require all staff to travel to Sheffield regularly for meetings, workshops and events at least twice per month. Travel to Sheffield to fulfil your role duties is considered normal commuting and the costs or time will not be reimbursed.
- Salary:£28,000 - £30,000, depending on experience, plusexcellent benefits
- Contract:Full time, permanent
- Closing date:11.55pm Monday 17th August
Please note, we are not currently in a position to offer remote working from abroad or provide sponsorship at this time. We will only be able to consider applications from candidates based in the UK who already have the right to work full time hours.
How to apply
Please return your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the position to recruitment@goodthingsfoundation.org by the closing date and time of 11.55pm Monday 17th August. Applications which do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.
We would be grateful if you would also complete our Equality and Diversity form to help us monitor our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Information can be made available in other formats (for example, large print), so please contact us if you need to discuss what alternative format would be accessible for you.
Submit your CV and covering letter by email
Safeguarding statement and pre-employment checks
Here at Good Things Foundation, we work with vulnerable adults and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare at all times, in line with our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. All of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply with the policy and procedures. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which for this position may include:
- An identity check (photo ID)
- Receipt of two satisfactory references
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
- A finance check
- A DBS check