Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Policy Advisor
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Role: Partnerships Development Specialist
About the Role
You will be joining the ‘Things To Do’ sub-team of the Youth Team.
The Youth Team is an innovative team within the Civil Society and Youth Directorate, responsible for high-profile policy areas, including:
- Delivering the National Youth Strategy
- Supporting the youth sector
- Ensuring meaningful engagement with young people across the country
The ‘Things To Do’ sub-team focuses on halving the participation gap in enriching activities between disadvantaged young people and their peers. Key responsibilities include:
- Managing out-of-school and in-school youth programmes
- Overseeing the youth strand of Erasmus+
- Collaborating with funder partners, including philanthropists
The team values drive, creativity, and collaboration, striving to deliver high-impact programmes that elevate young people and their communities. Commitment to diversity, inclusivity, and professional growth is central to the culture.
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Key Responsibilities
This role is new within the Things to Do Team, part of the Youth Services Team. Specific priorities may evolve as ministerial priorities clarify.
Core responsibilities include:
- Developing and implementing a strategic plan to build partnerships and secure philanthropic support for the National Youth Strategy
- Collaborating with the Be Seen & Heard Team to ensure youth perspectives shape policy designs
- Partnering across Youth Policy, DCMS Philanthropy Team, Cabinet Office, and No.10 Partnerships Unit to align activities with greater philanthropic interests
- Leading or advising on youth policy proposals in line with the Place-Based Philanthropy Strategy
- Cultivating connections with external partners (philanthropists, trusts, foundations, corporate funders)
- Guiding senior leaders, Special Advisors and Ministers on strategic engagement strategies with funders
- Supporting the things to do team’s mission to halve the participation gap through grant programme design and delivery
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Constraints & Expectations:
- A flexible, adaptive mindset is critical to navigate changing policy directions set by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State.
- The role will evolve as theatrical focus thins, and agility is key to meeting funding ambitions alongside broader policy objectives.
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