Policy and Campaigns Manager
Salary £ 35,464 - £40,063 FTE
Working between the SYP Office and Hybrid
Vacancy listed 14/10/2026
Application deadline 02/11/2026
Details
SYP provides a national platform for young people to discuss the issues that are important to them, and campaign for changes to the nation that they live in. We support our members in their work by training them, supporting their personal development, and empowering them, using a youth work ethos. 

The Policy and Campaigns Manager plays a vital role in supporting young people to lead bold and impactful campaigns on the issues that matter to young people in Scotland. The postholder will lead the planning and delivery of SYP’s campaigning and influencing activities, ensuring that young people’s priorities are translated into effective campaigns, clear communications and meaningful opportunities to influence decision-makers.

The Policy and Campaigns Manager provides line management support for officers within the Policy and Public Affairs team and contributes to wider organisational planning and delivery as a member of SYP’s Managers Forum.

If you are passionate about amplifying young people’s voices and have the skills to support young people’s meaningful participation in decision-making, we would love to hear from you. 

What you'll be doing day to day:

Campaigns and Influencing 
  •  Supporting young people to lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of SYP’s campaigning and communications activities.
  • Expanding and strengthening young people’s skills and capacity to create lasting change and translating these skills into meaningful campaigns.
  • Supporting young people to develop deeper knowledge of issues they care about, as well as translating complex policy through briefings and training to take part in public affairs opportunities, including Cabinet and Executive Takeover.
  • Developing key stakeholder and partner relationships across Local Authorities, the Scottish Government, public authorities, and the third sector.
Strategic Communications
  • Work with colleagues to develop and coordinate communications plans for priority campaigns, aligning with SYP’s wider communications approach.
  • Identifying opportunities to raise the profile of young people’s priorities through digital communications, media engagement, stakeholder communications and relevant public affairs opportunities.
Policy
  •  Working with the Head of Policy and Public Affairs to develop, implement, and evaluate, and report on the impact of the policy, public affairs and communications activities within SYP Strategic Plan.
  • Working with Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament to manage the work of SYP’s Convener’s Group and several Subject Committees to create change on young people’s priorities in Scotland.
  • Managing SYP’s internal policy-making processes, ensuring that young people’s views are accurately and fairly represented across SYP’s work.
  • Working with young people to co-design and deliver research and analysis activities.
Benefits

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) offers a range of benefits to employees as part of our commitment to make SYP the best place to work and to motivate our staff to ensure that MSYPs are best supported to represent young people in Scotland. Please find out more about what it’s like to work at SYP here: https://syp.org.uk/vacancy/working-at-the-scottish-youth-parliament

Notes

Applications close at 2nd November at 9am
Interviews will be held on 9th or 11th November in person at our Edinburgh offices.

Attached documents
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SYP Policy and Campaigns Manager Job Description SYP_Policy_and_Campaigns_Manager.pdf
Dear Scotland's Future SYP Manifesto SYP-Manifesto-R4_Digital-1.pdf
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