Job Advert: Policy Officer

June 27, 2025

Responsible to: FDA Assistant General Secretary

Hours: 35 hours per week to be worked flexibly

Salary range: £48,000 – 58,000

Pension: Good quality defined benefit career average pension scheme

Location: This post will be open to remote/hybrid working with an expectation to attend the FDA Headquarters in London from time to time.

FDA Policy Officer Job Description and Person Specification

Your chance to support and help shape an organisation that defends public servants and promotes public services.

About the FDA

For over a century the FDA has been a strong, pragmatic trade union representing public sector leaders and professionals working in the civil service and parliaments across the UK. The FDA is not party-political and seeks to improve members’ working lives and the public services they deliver through negotiating and campaigning. We act as a powerful voice for public services and the people who deliver them, with an influential membership of more than 22,000 senior managers, policy advisers, diplomats, tax professionals, economists, solicitors, prosecutors and other professionals working across government and the NHS.

This is a great time to become a part of the FDA. We are a growing, exciting and vibrant union with many different opportunities to improve the working lives of FDA members. Whether that’s defending civil servants against attacks on their impartiality, leading the campaign for an independent complaints process for dealing with Ministerial misconduct or campaigning to improve pay outcomes for key public servants.

Your role

We are looking to recruit a policy officer who will be core to supporting our negotiating agenda, increasing our influence with central government, employers and ensuring we deliver change for our members. This is a new role that is about delivering improvements to the working lives of our members through advancing our thinking and reputation as a solutions-focused trade union.

The FDA offers a good package of terms and conditions including 31 days annual leave and a high quality defined benefit pension scheme. The FDA is committed to equality of opportunity and treatment both in the service it provides to its members and as an employer. The salary range for the role is £48k- 58k. The starting salary will be dependent on experience.

To apply

To apply, candidates should submit a curriculum vitae together with a cover letter of no more than 750 words, outlining why your skills, experience and motivation make you the right person for the job. Submit your CV and cover letter by email, for the attention of (FAO) Esther Farnese, to info@fda.org.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications (CV’s and cover letter) is: midday, 18^th July 2025