Senior Public Affairs Officer

Who We Are

The British Palestinian Committee (BPC) is an organisation bringing together British Palestinian citizens who are active, and often in leading or representative positions, in relevant organisations and across fields such as policy, advocacy, human rights, law, academia, and journalism. Our mission is to advocate for Palestinian rights by ensuring that British Palestinian voices are integral to public discourse and policymaking on Palestine.

The BPC is an independent, donor-funded non-profit. We are not affiliated with any individual political party, religion, or ideology in Palestine or the UK. While we make no claim to represent British Palestinians as a whole, our members represent a broad and diverse range of British-Palestinian experiences and perspectives.

Where you fit 

We are looking to hire a Senior Public Affairs Officer, who will play an important role at an exciting and evolving stage of the BPC, as we continue to build the organisation and execute on our strategic plan for 2024-2027.

Reporting to the Director, you will be responsible for supporting our work with policymakers at the local, regional, and national levels. The ideal candidate will have proven experience and deep demonstrated knowledge of the British political landscape as it relates to Palestine. You will possess excellent research, analysis, and communication skills, be politically-minded, proactive, creative, able to work independently, and willing to work flexibly as part of a small team. 

This position could be full or part-time depending on circumstances and experience.

Responsibilities 

• Monitoring British political and public landscape, identifying key entry points, intersections and creative opportunities for engagement on issues of relevance to the Palestinian community

• Contributing to developing a parliamentary engagement strategy for the organisation

• Reacting swiftly to parliamentary business, providing briefings and recommendations to the team 

• Carrying out research and analysis on issues of relevance to Palestine and the UK - including history, current policy, domestic and international law, etc.

• Developing and maintaining working-level relationships with parliamentary staff, committee clerks, advisors, local government officials, public bodies

• Compiling background briefings and talking points for Director and EC/AC members ahead of meetings and other engagements, note-taking, follow up

• Drafting policy pieces, letters, factsheets and other materials, in coordination with Policy Advocacy Officer

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Essential

• Extensive parliamentary experience or similar experience working in the British political landscape

• Postgraduate degree, ideally in politics, human rights, law - or equivalent experience

• Demonstrated interest in current affairs and understanding of British political system

• Familiarity with Palestinian cause, history, current events, relevant law

• Excellent English written and oral communications skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships on behalf of the organisation

• Attention to detail

• Commitment to BPC core principles

How to apply

Please click the button below to apply via our website. We will need:

• A cover letter (no longer than one page)

• A CV (1-2 pages max) including details of two referees we can contact 

• 2 examples of relevant work (e.g. briefing, public letter, published article/blog post)

Deadline for submission is Sunday 25 February. As a small team, we regret that we can only respond to shortlisted applicants.