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Project and Policy Officer
Closing date: 12 September 2025
National Voices is recruiting a Project and Policy Officer to join our team.
The purpose of the Project and Policy Officer role is to:
- Provide vital project management support to substantial and often fast-paced projects that National Voices runs across its whole organisation including the policy and external affairs team and the evidence and improvement team
- Assist senior members of the policy team to develop policy projects and outputs which support the adoption and spread of equitable and person-centred health and care services.
- Work with voluntary sector organisations and people with the greatest health and care needs to ensure they are engaged in National Voices’ work.
Person specification:
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication skills, used to speaking with a wide range of people.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, including demonstrable ability to prioritise workload and maintain quality.
• Experience of creating, preparing for and facilitating events and workshops.
• Proactive and able to anticipate, plan and prepare in advance of requests.
• Strong listening skills and ability to identify themes within interviews, focus groups and workshops.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office programmes, Hubspot, online conference/meeting software and more.
• Experience of working under pressure and to deadlines in a high performing team.
The button below downloads the full job description and person specification for the role.
How to apply:
The deadline for applications is 12 September 2025. Visit Charity Job to find out more about the role and apply. Have questions? Email us at info@nationalvoices.org.uk.
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Lived Experience Partner
Closing date: Friday 12 September 2025
National Voices is recruiting Lived Experience Partners to join our team.
Our Lived Experience Partners are people with either:
- direct personal experience of living with long term physical or mental health conditions/disabilities and health inequalities; or,
- experience as an unpaid carer of a family member who is living with long term physical or mental health conditions/disabilities, and who experiences health inequalities.
Our Lived Experience Partners work with us to inform and influence National Voices’ work, providing unique insight and expertise, and bringing a diverse variety of experiences and skills. They support us to deliver our work in a way that balances power with people with lived experience. This ensures our work is rooted in the reality and experiences of people on the ground using the health and care system.
Essential attributes for Lived Experience Partners:
- Direct personal experience of living with long term physical or mental health conditions/disabilities and health inequalities, OR experience as an unpaid family carer of a person living with long term physical or mental health conditions/disabilities who experiences health inequalities
- Dedication to equality, and to upholding our vision, mission and values and commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression
- A commitment to confidentiality and not disclosing shared information
- Enthusiasm to positively influence the health and care system for the benefit of all, and particularly for the benefit of people and communities who experience the greatest health inequalities
- Ability to work collaboratively and constructively with other Lived Experience Partners, the National Voices team and all external stakeholders
- Curiosity and willingness to explore, learn about and consider issues from different viewpoints and experiences
- Ability to place your own personal lived experience within the wider context of the whole health and care system, and work to influence strategically – across all conditions, inequalities and experiences
How to apply:
The documents below are designed to give you all the information you need, to help you decide whether to apply for the role of Lived Experience Partner with National Voices.
The above document gives you information about National Voices and our lived experience work.
The above document explains what our Lived Experience Partners do, how we work with our Lived Experience Partners, and the type of person we are looking to recruit as a Lived Experience Partner.
The above document explains the process we will follow to recruit Lived Experience Partners, and what you can expect if you apply.
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To apply for this role, you will need to download and complete the three forms described below.
Application Form: This document gives you the questions we’d like you to answer in your application. This form is for you to fill in and return to us.
Contact Form: This document asks for the information we need to stay in contact with you about your application. This form is for you to fill in and return to us.
Demographics Form: This document asks you to share information about your identity. This information will be used to monitor our recruitment process and ensure that we are reaching as wide a range of people as possible. This form is for you to fill in and return to us.
The link below downloads all three forms needed to apply.
If you have any questions, or would like the documents provided in a different format, please let us know by emailing livedexperience@nationalvoices.org.uk.
The closing date for applications is Friday 12 September 2025. Please return all three forms to us by 12/09/2025 to be considered for this role.
Completed applications can be sent to us by email to livedexperience@nationalvoices.org.uk or by post to National Voices, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London, SE11 5RR.