Role: Six month fixed-term contract, between 14.6 hours to 21.9 hours per week depending on availability of successful candidate. The Mental Health Network (MHN) is looking for a Senior Policy and Engagement officer to join their team to help ensure policy developments and their implications are communicated to its members. This six-month role would suit someone looking to develop their mental health policy skills and knowledge at a national level. As the Senior Policy and Engagement Officer you will: Gather and analyse information to inform policy development and debate Support the effective running of high-level meetings and events Support the scoping, discussion and production of policy briefings, consultation responses and other products Develop and maintain positive working relationships with relevant partner organisations. Draft member-facing products such as blogs and other comms outputsAbout you You will have a passion for improving mental health services and an appetite and interest in building knowledge of policy areas within mental health services. Along with your excellent communication skills you will also be great at building relationships with a variety of stakeholders. You will also: Have knowledge of the current mental health landscape Understand the value that people with lived experience of mental health problems bring to the work of MHN Have experience of supporting high level meetings and events