An exciting opportunity has arisen at the National Housing Federation (NHF) for a fixed-term Policy Officer position due to internal secondment. The NHF is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people. You can find further information about the NHF here: https://www.housing.org.uk/about-us/
Interested in applying your skills and knowledge, and working in a fast-paced environment on an important area of housing policy?
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Key elements of the role:

– Playing a key role in the work of the policy team – creating briefings, working closely with our members and helping to develop policy ideas and solutions.
– Engaging with members and stakeholders to identify and respond to key opportunities and challenges facing the sector, now and in the future.
– Keeping up to date with the current policy environment, latest thinking and issues that impact the sector and housing associations.
– Providing policy input, support and advice to other parts of the NHF through events and project groups.

The successful candidate:
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

– An understanding of the processes policy development, experience of working in a policy team.
– Experience of building and developing relationships with stakeholders
– Strong analytical and communication skills

Equality, diversity and inclusion
The NHF has published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff – https://www.housing.org.uk/about-us/transparency/who-we-are/.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and are working to increase the diversity profile of our workforce. We are currently under-represented by ethnic minorities, people with a disability or disabilities and LGBT+, and would particularly welcome applications from people in these groups.