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Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) is looking for an exceptional policy professional to become our Policy Manager. The successful candidate will play a key role in our policy and public affairs work at a critical time for prison education policy. This is a new, fixed term role until December 2026.

The Policy Manager will report to the Head of Fundraising and External Affairs and work closely with them and the Chief Executive to ensure that PET’s expertise and the views of our learners inform and influence prison education policy. They will draft briefings, consultation responses, blogs and reports, working closely with our Media and Communications Manager to maximise their visibility and impact.

There are a significant number of opportunities throughout this year and next to influence prison education policy and to improve the educational experiences for learners in prison. We are looking for an experienced policy professional who can hit the ground running to make sure that PET can shape this important agenda. If you have the experience and skills to make a difference to this crucial area of policy work, we encourage you to apply.

We are committed to building a truly diverse workforce and are working hard to make equality, diversity and inclusivity part of who we are and everything we do.

• Reporting to: Head of Fundraising and External Affairs
• Salary: £47,392
• Hours: Fixed Term until December 2026, full time – 35 hours per week. We are flexible about how these hours are spread during the working week (8am – 7pm, Monday – Friday)
• Location: Hybrid, with the ability to travel to London for internal and external meetings

Read the job description here

To make an application please follow this SurveyMonkey link. Answer the following four questions in the boxes provided:

1. Why are you interested in working at Prisoners’ Education Trust? (Maximum 500 words)
2. What do you think are the most important issues in criminal justice or education policy at the moment? (Maximum 500 words)
3. What is important to consider when analysing existing policy and developing proposals for change? (Maximum 500 words)
4. Tell us about a time you identified an opportunity to influence policy. What did you do and what impact did you have? (Maximum 500 words)

Please note a score will also be awarded for:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent written communication skills

Please consider the person specification when drafting your responses. We recommend drafting your answers offline before submitting them on SurveyMonkey.

If you have queries about the role or application process, please email: policy@prisonerseducation.org.uk

Closing date: Monday 18 August 2025 at 5pm

Interviews: week commencing Monday 1 September 2025

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