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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.

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).

To Apply

Please click on the Apply button below for more information and to download the Job Description, and when applying please clearly state that you saw the role through the PubAffairs network.

Interviews: week commencing Monday 1 September 2025.

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  • Fill out the short form below and upload your CV.

Closing date

The closing date for applications for this post is 5:00pm on Monday 18th August 2025