Parliamentary Knowledge Foundation
Head of Logistics and Travel
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About PKF
The Parliamentary Knowledge Foundation is a non-profit working in Parliament that runs experiential, credit-based Knowledge Schemes for cross-party cohorts of MPs and Peers. Our schemes take parliamentarians out of Westminster and into the wider world, building the knowledge, context, and understanding they need to represent their constituents with confidence. Lived experience and emotional connection is at the core of what we do and getting MPs, charities, businesses, and public sector orgs in the same place at the same time is critical to our success. The operational and logistical challenges of this are complex and engaging.
We are a small, high-performing team doing work that makes a difference.
The Role
As Logistics and Travel Lead, you will own the operational backbone of PKF’s scheme delivery. That means planning, coordinating, and managing national and international travel and logistics across all six of our Schemes, from domestic parliamentary visits to complex overseas programmes.
You will work directly with three Scheme Leads (each managing two Schemes), the Director of Parliamentary Engagement, and the CEO. Your work will be central to whether our parliamentarians arrive where they need to be, when they need to be there, prepared, and ready to engage.
This is a role that rewards operational intelligence, composure under pressure, and genuine pride in making things work.
What You Will Do
- Plan and manage all travel and logistics for PKF scheme activity, including domestic visits, overseas programmes, and parliamentary calendar dependencies.
- Coordinate with external partners, venues, transport providers, and programme hosts to ensure smooth delivery at every stage.
- Develop and maintain logistics frameworks, travel protocols, and contingency planning across all six Schemes.
- Support the three Scheme Leads and Foundation Partnerships Manager with operational detail and on-the-ground problem solving.
- Brief participants and manage communications around travel and logistics ahead of scheme module visits.
- Manage costs, suppliers, and travel records in line with PKF’s financial and governance standards.
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What We Are Looking For
- Proven experience managing complex national and international travel and logistics, ideally in demanding or fast-moving environments.
- High operational intelligence: the ability to hold multiple moving parts simultaneously, anticipate problems before they arise, and adapt quickly when they do.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with a track record of delivering under pressure.
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to work directly with senior stakeholders, including MPs and Peers.
- A collaborative mindset and genuine commitment to PKF’s mission.
We particularly encourage applications from those with a background in the armed forces, disaster response, humanitarian logistics, expedition operations, or other high-complexity logistics environments. We also welcome applications from those later in their career who bring depth of hard-won experience and are looking to apply it somewhere that matters.
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Working Arrangements
This is a remote working role. You will be expected to occasionally attend Parliament and accompany cohorts on Scheme module visits as required. Working flexibly around the parliamentary calendar.
About You
You do not need a background in the charity or education sector. What matters is that you can operate with precision, adapt under pressure, and take genuine ownership of logistics that support the work of the Foundation.
How to Apply
Please apply via the link submitting your CV alongside:
- A short covering note of no more than one page explaining your interest in the role and the experience you would bring.
- Upload a written piece of no more than 400 words describing a tricky logistics or travel operation you have personally managed or were directly involved in.
Tell us what made it complex, what went wrong or nearly went wrong, how you fixed it, and what you learned from it. We want to read something that you are proud of and shows your ability to work in complex and challenging situations.
We are committed to building a diverse team and welcome applications from candidates at all stages of their career and from all professional backgrounds.
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