Join The Alliance for Police Accountability (APA) as Development Officer

The APA is seeking to employ a Development Officer who will be responsible for the day to day running of a dynamic and supportive business support and governance service, with an integral role in shaping and implementing improvements in line with our strategic goals. You will be a team player who supports the values of our organisation and is committed to our overall aims.

The post is funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Clothworkers’ Foundation initially for 12 months.

The APA’s Steering Group, led by Chair Lee Jasper, provides guidance for its work. Action for Race Equality is the secretariat for the group.

Key priorities:

• To build good relationships with APA stakeholders at city and national level to ensure their input into APA’s charter processes and campaigns.
• Support APA public campaigns by providing insights and contributing to communication materials.
• Liaise with funders and draft and submit high quality funding proposals.

Ongoing priorities:

• To provide secretariat support for the National APA Steering Group.
• To ensure information is shared both ways between APA city and national partners.
• Keep up to date with developments in policing and race equality.
• Represent APA on appropriate external meetings and events.
• Help to identify and support your own continual professional development and cooperate with performance appraisals.
• Contribute to the success of ARE by participating in performance management arrangements, fundraising and research proposals and by applying the principles and practices associated with equality in employment, equality in service delivery and health & safety in the workplace.
• Undertake any roles or tasks that are consistent with the level of this post or that fall within the scope of the role thereby ensuring that the overall business and operational priorities of ARE are delivered in a timely and effective manner.

The successful candidate will have experience supporting diverse stakeholders and be committed to addressing race inequalities in policing and violence reduction. They should be comfortable communicating to general and specific audiences and have excellent writing and presentation skills.

The post holder will be actively interested in what is happening in policing, Black organisation empowerment, local accountability and the wider criminal justice system and be alert to opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues to advance APA’s aims. 

Experience:

• Experience of managing diverse stakeholders and working with Black-led organisations.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree level qualification or equivalent professional and/or lived experience.

Skills

• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Experience of project management.
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries and develop constructive relationships with key stakeholders.
• Effective interpersonal skills including influence, persuasion, assertiveness, and sensitivity.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the systemic issues affecting Black and Mixed heritage communities.
• Awareness of the role of government and various government agencies in shaping policies and programmes affecting the criminal justice system.
• Awareness of the diverse role Black-led organisations can play in improving outcomes.

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Contract length: 12 months fixed term, initially

Hours: 35 hours per week (full-time) Hybrid – 3 days in King’s Cross office or Brixton

Please note that Action for Race Equality is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.