Job detail for Policy Support Officer

About Us

At CIPFA, we're driven by a singular purpose: to transform lives through exceptional public financial management. As a leading international accountancy body, we champion integrity, transparency, and efficiency in the use of public funds. We believe that every pound spent should deliver tangible improvements to public services, creating a better future for individuals and communities worldwide. Join us in shaping a world where public money truly makes a difference.

About the Role

The Policy Support Officer plays a key role in supporting CIPFA’s Public Financial Management Directorate by contributing to the development, coordination, and delivery of high‑quality policy work. The postholder provides research, analysis, and administrative support to enable the Senior Policy Manager and wider policy team to deliver CIPFA’s strategic objectives. This includes supporting events, preparing briefings, coordinating stakeholder engagement, and ensuring effective communication.

KEY

• Coordinate engagement with internal and external stakeholders, including arranging meetings, maintaining contact lists, and supporting relationship‑building activities.

• Provide project support to the Senior Policy Manager and wider policy team, ensuring timely delivery of outputs and effective communication across projects.

• Draft internal and external communications related to policy work, ensuring clarity and accuracy.

• Maintain accurate records, contribute to project tracking, and ensure documentation is organised and accessible.

• Carry out independent research and delivery of reports including presentation to stakeholders.

• Support the organisation of events, roundtables, and workshops by providing administrative and logistical coordination.

About You

• Educated to degree level or equivalent or practical experience in a similar role.

• Experience conducting structured research, using a range of sources to gather, analyse, and synthesise information.

• Demonstrated experience providing high‑quality administrative support.

• Proven experience contributing to the preparation of briefings, reports, or analytical outputs.

Our Employee Offer

In exchange for helping us to make a difference we offer:

• Reward – Giving you fair pay and generous benefits, which includes completive salary, generous pension scheme, holiday scheme, family friendly benefits and more!

• Wellbeing – Empowering you to work flexibly, balancing your personal and professional live through our permanent 4-day working week (work 4 days, get paid for 5) and hybrid working, alongside with a range of health benefits, such as access to an Employee Assistance Helpline and the opportunity to join our Health Cash Plan.

• Purpose – Connecting the work you do with its social value and impact through paid volunteering days and charity and community work.

• Growth – Enabling you to develop your skills and knowledge through access to training opportunities, paid professional membership subscriptions, and career break options.

• Culture – Our culture is one of respect. We give you a sense of belonging, supporting you to work with autonomy, openness, and collaboration.

We know that not all people come from the same background, or think the same – so why should we? At CIPFA, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse group of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want you to feel empowered to bring your best self to work.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.