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Employer and Stakeholder Engagement Lead

Can I borrow 30 seconds?
When we speak to people thinking about roles like this, they often tell us they’re:

• Frustrated that their relationship-building skills aren’t used for real purpose.
• Disappointed when “partnerships” mean surface-level activity, not real change.
• Unsure how to build a career that combines leadership with impact.

I get the impression none of these apply to you?
They do? Thought so. Well, I’ve had my 30 seconds. Give me a minute more and read on…

The role
This is a leadership role - but with purpose. Instead of creating partnerships for appearances, you’ll be building networks that open doors, fuel careers, and deliver visible social value. From placements to co-production, every connection you make will help change lives.

You’ll:

• Shape and deliver our employer and stakeholder engagement strategy.
• Secure purposeful opportunities: work placements, job offers, CPD, social value partnerships.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with employers, community partners, and public sector bodies.
• Represent Get Set UK with professionalism and care across meetings and networks.
• Ensure all activity meets safeguarding, quality and data standards.
• Work closely with internal teams so opportunities are routed, tracked and celebrated.

The person
Let me ask you:

• Do you have experience in employer engagement, stakeholder management or community partnerships?
• Do you bring knowledge of employability, social value or workforce development?
• Can you influence, negotiate, and build trusted relationships with ease?
• Are you organised enough to coordinate multiple partners, events, and opportunities?
• Do you thrive when your work has clear, inclusive impact?

If you’re saying yes, this is built for you.

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of £29,000 - £33,000 DOE.
• Location: Belfast.
• Contract: 35 hours, Monday to Friday.
• Immediate access to wellbeing tools (GP, counselling, Headspace).
• Enhanced healthcare, lifestyle rewards, pension, and salary sacrifice options.
• Structured development through “Your Career, Your Journey.”
• The chance to build a career where partnerships create lasting impact.

Our values
We live them every day:

• Be Ambitious: act with drive and purpose.
• Be Inspiring: empower and uplift others.
• Be Proud: take ownership and celebrate success.
• Be Considerate: collaborate and respect others.
• Own it: show up and do what’s needed.

So let’s finish with one last question:
 If we could give you the chance to use your leadership and connections to create opportunities that change lives - is there any reason you wouldn’t apply today ?

What to Know Before You Apply

• We reserve the right to close this advert early, so apply soon to avoid disappointment.
• We’re a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re committed to supporting you.
• This role is subject to our safeguarding and vetting process including enhanced criminal record check through AccessNI
• We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.

See the Get Set story here:

Learn more about working at Get Set here:

We are looking for a new trustee, preferably with public affairs and stakeholder management expertise, to help us deliver on our ambitious new strategy.
What difference will you make?

As part of our Board, you will be key in helping us to set our strategy particularly with regards to influencing and informing public policy on family reunification and supporting children in care. There are more than 100,000 in care today and we estimate more than 30,000 have family overseas.

What are we looking for?

• Public Affairs Strategy
• Experience developing and advising on public affairs strategies that influence policy and public service priorities.
• Understanding of how to align public affairs with organisational goals and impact measurement.
• Policy Understanding
• Strong grasp of local government structures, priorities, and decision-making processes.
• Knowledge of policy areas relevant to the charity's mission (e.g. safeguarding, family services, children's welfare).
• Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement
• Ability to identify, map, and prioritise key stakeholders including local authorities, elected officials, council executives, and public sector partners.
• Strategic thinking around managing and nurturing high-value relationships over time.
• Local Authority Relations
• Experience working within or alongside local authorities.
• Understanding of commissioning processes, partnership frameworks, and funding mechanisms in local government.
• Advocacy and Influence
• Experience in shaping public debate, contributing to consultations, or influencing policy outcomes.
• Confidence in representing the charity at public meetings, sector forums, or roundtables.
• Communication Skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for engaging with senior stakeholders, writing policy briefings, and contributing to thought leadership.
• Ability to distil complex policy issues into accessible messages.
• Strategic Governance Insight
• Understanding of the role of a trustee in public affairs oversight (e.g. ensuring activity is compliant with charity law).
• Ability to challenge and support the executive team in shaping an ethical and impacƞul engagement strategy.
• Political Acumen
• Awareness of the political landscape at local and national levels, including the ability to identify risks and opportunities for engagement.
• Insight into how local priorities may shift due to political changes or economic pressures.
• A clear commitment to CFAB's values and beliefs and the fulfilment of its mission

What will you be doing?

What Makes CFAB Special
CFAB is the only charity in the UK with a specially qualified children's international social work team. We use expertise gathered over 70 years to ensure that vulnerable children are cared for and protected, no matter where they come from. We operate through our International Social Service network to professionally evaluate care options in more than 120 countries – giving children with family overseas the best possible chance of a secure, stable and loving home – and wherever possible reuniting them with family members.

CFAB runs the UK's only professional, free Advice Line dedicated to international child protection, and provides specialist consultancy to help resolve complex international cases. CFAB also provides training to disseminate learning on how best to manage inter-country social work cases involving children and families. We also advocate for legislation and best practice to meet children's needs and to ensure families separated by international borders are supported to reunite when this is in the child's best interests.

Who We Are Looking For
If you have an interest in child protection or children's rights, as well as a background in public affairs or stakeholder management, we'd love to hear from you. This is a chance to be a trustee for a well-known charity that is making a real difference in children's lives. You'll be joining a dedicated and friendly group of trustees with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds. The board recently agreed on an ambitious new strategy that emphasises the enhancement of CFAB's public profile. We are looking for trustees who can help us deliver on that, through their expertise and enthusiasm.

We welcome applications from those who are experience trustees as well as those who do not have previous experience as a trustee, but who have relevant personal experience and are willing to show a commitment to CFAB and our mission.

To make an application, please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the Person Specification requirements. We will be holding interviews on a rolling basis, with a view to appointing someone by October 2025.