Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager

Location: London

Salary expectation: £45,000 to £50,000

This is a full-time role.

We are a small and agile campaigning organisation on a mission to rescue UK rivers from a toxic cocktail of agricultural, sewage and industrial pollution and water shortages. We support community action, galvanise and mobilise public opinion, influence government policy, take legal actions and call out destructive industrial practices to incentivise changes that end river pollution and secure freshwater.

We are building a talented team of positive disrupters and stakeholder mobilisers to deliver our strategy to urgently protect and restore our rivers for the benefit of communities, rivers and wildlife.

Britain's rivers are our life support system and they are dying. We need urgent action to bring them back to life.

We are expanding our political influence by introducing this new position, which will work closely with our existing Policy and Advocacy Manager to bolster our strategic reach particularly in the areas of water scarcity, security and justice, sewage and chemical pollution, and water sector reform.

• Drive forward policy and advocacy work to protect rivers and secure sustainable water outcomes.
• Expand political influence and strategic reach in areas of water scarcity, security and justice, sewage and chemical pollution, and water sector reform.
• Engage with decision-makers, industry, government, and media, holding polluters and relevant actors to account with a professional and diplomatic approach.
• Blend analytical problem-solving with intelligent advocacy to drive meaningful policy changes.
• Draft complex policy documents and develop top-line arguments for broader communications.

• Strategic thinker with strong policy insights and the ability to translate analysis into advocacy outcomes.
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to draft complex policy documents as well as concise arguments for wider audiences.
• Dynamic, self-motivated, and capable of working in fast-paced environments.
• Professional and diplomatic approach with experience engaging across sectors, government, industry, and media.

Wednesday 15th July 2026