Dementia UK
Senior Public Affairs Officer
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Join Dementia UK as our new Senior Public Affairs Officer
Play a crucial role in shaping the future of dementia care. In this position your expertise will help us influence policy and improve the lives of everyone affected by dementia.
This key role will lead the day-to-day delivery of Dementia UK’s public affairs work alongside strategic projects that support campaigning and influencing aims. Working closely with colleagues across policy, campaigns and communications, you will support and implement effective public affairs strategies, build and maintain strong relationships with parliamentarians and key political stakeholders, and help secure meaningful policy change.
You will be confident at communicating complex issues with clarity and be able to produce compelling public affairs materials. You will bring substantial experience in public affairs or a parliamentary environment and a strong understanding of the Westminster political landscape, as well as passion for making a difference. This is an excellent opportunity to ensure no one faces dementia alone.
Salary
£40,000 – £42,000
Contract
permanent, full time
Hours
37.5 hours per week
Location
hybrid - a minimum of one day a week in our Aldgate, London office
Closing date
Sunday 18th October 2026 at 11.59pm
Annual leave
33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
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Benefits
- enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
- life assurance cover at 3 x annual salary
- health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
- access to a wellbeing app
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more
- learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning
- commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
Our culture
In addition to offering a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a workplace culture that looks after our people to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation lead and positively contribute to our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
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Our supportive and nurturing workplace culture has recently earned us recognition as the Sunday Times Best Place to Work in the non-profit and charities sector 2025 (big organisation).
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We celebrate differences and individuality and encourage everyone to feel comfortable being themselves at work.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident employer. If you would like support to make an application, contact recruitment@dementiauk.org.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
When you apply for a job at Dementia UK, we will collect certain information about you to process your application and assess your suitability for the role. Further details can be found in our privacy notice.
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