Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is a leading public policy think tank advancing market-oriented reforms in education, livelihoods, and governance. Our education work focuses on student-centric financing, regulatory reform, and expanding choice and accountability in schooling systems.

Role: Policy Impact & Outreach Manager

Team: Policy Impact & Outreach (PIO)
Reports to: Senior Fellow 

Role Overview

We are looking for a strategic, high-energy Policy Impact & Outreach Manager to drive policy engagement, stakeholder influence, and ecosystem building for CCS’s education reforms.

This role is central to ensuring that CCS’s research and ideas:

• Reach the right decision-makers
• Shape policy and public discourse
• Translate into real policy uptake and reform momentum

The role will play a key part in advancing reforms such as Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT), regulatory changes, and school choice frameworks through structured outreach and sustained engagement. 

Key Responsibilities

1. Policymaker Engagement & Policy Influence

• Design and execute targeted engagement strategies with: Senior bureaucrats, advisors, and ministers
• Support and coordinate: High-value policymaker meetings and consultations
• Identify and nurture: Champions and entry points within government systems
• Ensure CCS inputs are: Timely, relevant, and used in real decision-making contexts

2. Strategic Outreach & Dissemination

• Develop and manage: Outreach decks, policy communication materials, and briefing notes
• Ensure effective dissemination of: Policy papers, research outputs, and reform ideas to stakeholders
• Maintain and actively use a high-quality stakeholder database (400+ stakeholders)
• Drive visibility of CCS work across: Government, media, and policy ecosystems

3. Discourse Shaping & Thought Leadership

• Support positioning of CCS as a credible voice in education policy discourse
• Coordinate: Media publications (articles, op-eds), Speaking opportunities and panel participation
• Ensure CCS presence in: Conferences, forums, and policy discussions

4. Stakeholder & Ecosystem Building

• Build and manage relationships with: Policymakers, academics, school leaders, and civil society actors
• Convene: Webinars, roundtables, and stakeholder discussions
• Support coalition-building efforts across: Reform-oriented actors in education
• Engage and expand: Communities of practitioners and policy influencers

5. Programmatic Outreach Initiatives

• Support initiatives such as:
  • School leader cohorts and engagement programs
  • Partnerships with universities and institutions
• Leverage networks (e.g., schools, researchers) to: Support evidence generation and reform advocacy

6. Policy Adoption & Impact Tracking

• Track and manage: Progress from engagement → influence → adoption
• Identify: High-potential policy windows (budgets, elections, reforms)
• Support teams in: Moving ideas from concept → pilot → policy integration
• Maintain structured systems to track: Stakeholder engagement and policy impact