About Global Witness

Global Witness wants to end environmental and human rights abuses driven by political and corporate elites. 

The planet and its residents face a crisis: the climate is being destroyed, and civic freedoms are deteriorating.  Rampant abuse of power is pushing the world to breaking point as Governments, and Big Corporations all too often go unchecked in their exploitation of our planet and its people. 

For us to succeed, we need to embody the principles we fight for. Global Witness strives for cohesion, solidarity, and inclusion as only together can we protect one another and the planet to build a better and more just future. 

About the roles

We’re excited to be hiring two Senior Campaigners to work on our Digital Threats to Democracy campaign. One role will be until the end of 2022, and the other until August 2023.

The digital threats campaign is designed to limit the power of Big Tech to undermine democracy and spread hate, polarization and disinformation.

As a Senior Campaigner, you’ll play a leading role to develop our campaign strategies and communications to ensure our campaign has the impact it deserves. You’ll design and promote key policy and advocacy changes, represent the campaign as well as being a central link in the team to influence and progress our campaign. 

About you

You’ll bring experience in digital policy with a brilliant track record in securing progressive change at the national or international level via innovative campaigns.

You’re a skilled communicator, having produced media content to a variety of audiences. You’ll also have a strong affinity to Global Witness’ values. Finally, the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and allies is critical in this role, so you must thrive in an environment where you frequently work with others to achieve impact. 

Working for us

Global Witness has a talented team of people worldwide with offices in London, Washington DC, and Brussels. We aim to be a diverse and inclusive place to work. We value new perspectives, original ideas and different ways of working. We believe that diverse views and experiences improve the way we do our work. We do our best to make our jobs accessible to all regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

We offer an excellent benefits package including a competitive salary and 25 days annual leave (excl. Bank Holidays). We also offer healthcare insurance, wellbeing days and policies to support you during key life events.

These roles are based in London and therefore to be considered for this role you must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK. We are currently trialling a new hybrid working model for 2022 that requires staff to be in the office at least 20% of the working week.

Applying

Please send in your CV (max 2 sides) and a one-page cover letter clearly outlining how you meet the person specification  by 25 May 2022 at Midnight BST.

Please indicate whether you are applying for the fixed term contract until the end of 2022 or August 2023 or that you have no preference.

Please use the following in the subject heading of the email: Senior Campaigner Digital Threats, and please use the following file name and protocol for our CV and cover letter: First name_last name_CV and First name_last name_coverletter

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make any reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please let us know.

You bring your strategic thinking and genuine enthusiasm for policy solutions that can improve young people’s lives. We’ll bring our fantastic team environment, a focus on staff wellbeing, and support for you to develop.

About us  

Youth Access is the membership organisation for youth information, advice and counselling services (YIACS). Our vision is that all young people can access free support on their journey into adulthood from community-based advice and counselling services that respect their rights and meet their individual needs.   

We:  

• Advocate with and for our members and young people, to influence national policy and funding decisions.  

• Facilitate networking and collaboration across our network, enabling challenges and solutions to be shared.  

• Develop and disseminate evidence, training and guidance to support members to develop their services and advocate for change locally.   

• Through centring young people’s voices, we support them to campaign for transformational change to ensure services and systems fulfil their rights.  

​  In our last staff wellbeing survey: 

• 100% of people rated their overall wellbeing levels while at work as 4 or 5/5.  

• 100% of people said they believe Youth Access helps them if they are stressed. 

• When asked to describe their relationships with co-workers, responses included “Great! Open, honest and kind”, “Encouraging, supportive, considerate and trustworthy” and “Open, honest, fun and reliable. We are a people focused team” 

About the role  

As a small organisation, our power lies in our community - over 160 youth organisations around the country, and the thousands of young people that they work with every year. Your role will be to identify strategic opportunities to influence, through empowering and engaging our network, building a strong case for change, and communicating it to the people who can make it happen. You will also play an important leadership role within the organisation, sitting on the Senior Management Team.   

This role will be critical in making sure the Youth Access movement is speaking to and working to the needs of young people who are falling through the gaps in other parts of the youth, mental health and justice systems.  

About you  

We’re looking for a strategic thinker who can also roll up their sleeves and get stuck into turning plans into action. You should have a genuine interest in the issues facing young people and the policy solutions that can improve young lives. You’ll be driven by our progressive values, believing in bold approaches that centre social justice, collaboration with those with lived experience of the issues, and a responsiveness to the ever-changing policy landscape.  

You might have experience in policy, community organising, campaigns, or public affairs. This could be your first step into a senior or management role. You might have leadership experience, but maybe from outside the workplace. 

You don’t have to meet every single requirement in the job pack. We are more interested in whether you can demonstrate your ability to do the job and pick up relevant knowledge along the way. There will be support and opportunities to learn.

We know that the policy and campaigns field lacks diversity. This is something we’d like to play a part in addressing through this recruitment. Driving equity in services for young people is a core part of our new strategy and essential to achieving our vision. That also means continuing our own journey as an organisation committed to tackling inequalities.    

Key dates  

Please see full job pack for details of how to apply. 

Closing date for sending CV and responses:  9am Friday 3rd June

Shortlisted applicants invited to interview by: Week commencing 6th June

Interviews: Week commencing 13th June 

Please note, Youth Access is committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for all staff and stakeholders and in line with our Safeguarding Policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. 

Are you an enthusiastic and creative campaigner? Are you passionate about the countryside and achieving positive social and environmental change?

CPRE, the countryside charity, is looking for a campaigner to join our fast-paced, supportive and driven campaigns team. The new Campaigns Officer will work alongside colleagues to develop and coordinate effective public mobilisation campaigns aimed at influencing national policy.

Campaigns Officer
Job ref: CO
Salary: Circa £28,000 per year (depending on experience)
Location: London N1 7NH office based, but there is the ability to work 2-3 days from home

As we near the mid-point of CPRE’s latest strategy, our award-winning campaigns are going from strength to strength. We have an exciting few years ahead in the campaigns team and the wider charity as we work to embed more diverse, inclusive, and progressive ways of working into our impactful campaigning.

The campaigns team work on a broad range of topics including:

• Hedgerows – calling on the government to expand and restore the hedgerows network to mitigate climate change.

• Renewable energy – calling on the government to triple onshore wind and solar energy to tackle the energy and cost of living crisis and for solar energy, to make the most of the space we have on our domestic and commercial roofs.

• Planning – campaigning against the government’s damaging proposals to dismantle the planning system and for a planning system that puts communities, homes people can afford and our climate at its heart.

• A countryside for all – breaking down barriers to accessing the countryside for marginalised groups.

The Campaigns Officer will:

• Work on progressive campaigns striving for a countryside that enriches all our lives.

• Gain opportunities to work across the environmental and climate sector, and help form wider partnerships with diverse groups across the campaigning landscape.

• Work with different people and teams at CPRE, coordinating activities around campaign moments.

• Join a team that values diversity, is committed to justice and is full of energy for our work.

CPRE is an equal opportunities employer.

Closing date: Midday on Thursday 9 June 2022
Interviews: Tuesday 21 June 2022

To Apply and for more information:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Beat are looking for a highly organised, proactive and engaging Campaigns Officer who is passionate about campaigning, excited about policy change and excellent at building stakeholder relationships.

FRC Group’s campaigning arm, End Furniture Poverty needs an energetic, multitalented, passionate new team member who will play a crucial role in our campaign to End Furniture Poverty.

Working with End Furniture Poverty’s Head of Policy, Research & Campaigns, the Policy, Research & Campaigns Officer will mainly focus delivering our research objectives. Developing research briefs, gathering qualitative and quantitative data, handling large datasets, analysing the results and writing research papers. These papers are used in Westminster and beyond so a very high standard is vital. They will need experience of using SPSS, R, Stata or similar software and have the ability to visualise complex data.

The Policy, Research & Campaigns Officer will also be involved with every element of our campaigns – from research and data analysis to developing campaign themes and messages, to assisting with our social media campaigns, devising and hosting campaign events and working on a one to one basis with partner organisations such as social housing providers.

The Policy, Research & Campaigns Officer will thrive in working in a complex environment and juggling multiple projects. They will have proven strong project management skills, clear communication skills, and will have a track-record of working independently to understand complex issues.

Responsibilities

Researching the prevalence, causes and effects of furniture poverty

· Designing and implementing primary qualitative and quantitative research

· Writing research reports and briefing notes to publication standard

· Conducting secondary research to draw on existing data sources to provide insight

· Mapping the existing provision of different solutions to Furniture Poverty

· Uncovering existing, and developing new, solutions to Furniture Poverty

· Creating and maintaining a library of relevant sources and publications

· Understanding and keeping up to date with the broader policy context

Campaigning to End Furniture Poverty

· Maintaining the End Furniture Poverty website and creating new content.

· Adopting different writing styles for a range of audiences and publications.

· Creating content for distribution through various channels including social media e.g. blogs, thought pieces, comment articles and research presentations.

· Working closely with the Head of Policy, Research & Campaigns to develop and deliver campaign events targeting specific influencers.

· Representing End Furniture Poverty at partner meetings, events and training to promote our issues and raise awareness to drive change.

General Information

· Carry out responsibilities as described in the FRC Group Health and Safety Policy, ensuring that activities are carried out in a way that is safe and without risk to health to yourself or others.

• Undertake any other work appropriate to the job as directed by your supervisor or training deemed necessary by the company.
• Attend all meetings as requested by your supervisor, unless with prior arrangement of absence, including monthly group communications meetings.

Decision Making Authority
You are required to clear any issues relating to policy with your supervisor. You are also required to obtain clearance for any expenditure not in line with agreed budgets.

Remote working with monthly visit to Liverpool, induction at based Liverpool and costs covered for induction and training.

You'll lead and coordinate our local campaigning work across the North of England. Your work will help the charity improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s and those who care for them. 

You'll listen to the needs of our local communities to inform your campaign work, and empower them to make change where they live. You’ll work with colleagues across Parkinson’s UK to deliver political campaigns and meaningful advocacy for our community.  Through your campaigns you will ensure that the voices of people with Parkinson’s, their families and carers are heard.

What you'll do

• Recruit and manage a sustainable network of local campaign volunteers.
• Be a first point of contact for supporters and campaign volunteers who want to improve services in their local communities.
• Provide expert advice and support to colleagues and campaign volunteers on how best to challenge and influence decision makers.
• Build close working relationships with our field staff and our local networks.
• Use our national campaign priorities to deliver related local campaign activity.

What you'll bring

• Experience of campaigning and an understanding of the basic tools and techniques used in campaigning.
• Experience of working with volunteers and people with lived experience of a cause including how best to support them to achieve their campaigning goals.
• Experience in organising events.
• Ability to network and build supportive relationships with volunteers, MPs and health bodies.
• Experience of delivering training to volunteers and staff.

Interviews to be held 6-7 June 2022

Please note: supporting statements must fully demonstrate how you meet all the essential criteria of the role ("What you'll bring").

The successful candidate will also be required to provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK.

Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Can you drive change to help improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness?  If so, you may be the person we are looking for!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Campaigns Officer to join our Campaigns and Communications team that’s main objective is to increase the public profile of Rethink Mental Illness, engage colleagues and supporters across the charity and mobilise public and parliamentary support to bring about change. 

Your role will be an agile position meaning you can work flexibly between 2 days at a fixed base in London and from home. You will work full time, 35 hours per week on a permanent contract with a salary of £30,734.05 to £32,911.34 per annum (including London weighting).

About the role

As a Senior Campaigns Officer, you will be at the heart of our campaigning to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness, planning and delivering impactful campaigns online and offline by:

• shaping the development of effective campaign strategies alongside the Campaigns Manager and the Head of Campaigns
• managing campaigning projects, such as leading smaller campaigns or leading significant aspects of major campaigns
• developing and implementing clear and effective communications and digital content plans for our campaigns, in coordination with colleagues in the Communications Team
• leading on writing campaigns content, writing powerful copy and presenting complex information in a clear and persuasive way for a range of audiences such as our campaigners, members, services and groups
• working with public affairs colleagues to ensure that our online and offline activism supports our work in parliament and vice versa
• leading on supporting people with lived experience to campaign at a national and local level including identifying issues to campaign on, meeting with local decision makers, speaking at parliamentary events taking part in media opportunities and sharing their stories online

What we are looking for

You’ll  have the essentials covered:

• passion about the power of campaigning to make a difference to people’s lives and the potential to change things for the better for people who are severely affected by mental illness
• experience of devising and using a range campaign tactics (both online and offline)
• ability to manage complex projects
• experience of website content management systems and know how to create engaging web content
• experience of using petitions, email-to-target actions and other tactics
• ability to use social media in support of campaigns and keep up with social media trends
• ability to use email marketing software to communicate with warm audiences

You may also have:

• Experience of working for a charitable or campaigning organisation or of working with people affected by mental illness, other disabilities or social exclusion.
• A good understanding of parliamentary processes and the political context, as well as opportunities to influence them.

Who are we?

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this.

Campaigns Manager
£32,000 - £36,000, 8% pension, generous annual leave and life insurance 
Full-time, permanent 
Location: London Bridge and flexible home working

Help us campaign for sustainable transport and a greener, fairer society.

The country's leading transport charity, Campaign for Better Transport has worked for almost 50 years to improve transport, tackle climate change and create a more inclusive society. We are looking for a Campaigns Manager to help us bring our campaign messages to politicians, transport operators and the public. 

We are looking for a confident, effective communicator who writes clearly and accurately. You will have a commitment to sustainability and a good understanding of the UK political system and policy-making processes.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Helping to devise and implement campaigns to further the charity's aims with the public, politicians and the wider transport world
• Building and strengthening relationships with key stakeholders, including parliamentarians 
• Monitoring political and other transport-related developments 

This role could be homebased or based in the UK in the London office (with the opportunity to work from home on some days each week in line with Christian Aid's hybrid working approach). The salary quoted is for homeworking but if based in our London office, the salary will be £38,003.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

About the role

Campaigns and Activism Officers lead multi-disciplinary projects that help deliver Christian Aid campaigns.

They engage Christian Aid's target audiences (primarily Christians and people in churches) in campaigning activities, such as signing petitions, lobbying MPs, and taking part in creative campaign actions to achieve strategic policy, legislative and culture change

They also help build the power of our supporters and key audiences to campaign.

They work collaboratively across the organisation, with particular dependencies on the campaign strategy leads and UK advocacy hub, for political impact, and with our fundraising and supporter engagement department to reach a wide range of supporters.

This role is to be offered on a secondment basis or a fixed term contract. If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please seek approval from your line manager. If this role is offered as a secondment and the post is a higher pay band, you will receive the salary as advertised. You will receive this salary for the period of the secondment and then revert to your substantive salary. If this secondment is on a lower salary than your current salary, you will retain your current salary for the period of the secondment. You will not have your salary reduced.

About you

You are a motivated self-starter with a passion for making change happen. You will bring knowledge and experience of mobilising people to take action and influence decision makers, and of building people's power and capacity to make change.

You will have proven project management skills and be a collaborative team-player

A full list of skills required for the role can be found in the role profile

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

From 1 July 2021, the process for completing right to work checks has changed and we can no longer accept EU passports or ID cards as valid proof of right to work, with the exception of Irish citizens.

There are now two types of right to work checks: a manual check and an online check. A manual check can be completed against relevant documentation as outlined by the Home Office. An online check can be completed if you hold digital proof of your immigration status in the UK. We will require your share code and date of birth to carry out this check. Please see Government website for more information on acceptable documents.

All successful candidates will require either a Basic or Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. Information will be forwarded to you by the HR team with your offer.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid's Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid's Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

- Tell us of a time when you had to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with a wide range of contacts and networks

- Give us an example of a time when you communicated something complex in a way that could be easily understood by others

- Tell us about a time when you planned, prioritised and monitored your own work to meet the team's objectives to the standards required

This role will primarily be responsible for sharing our work, successes and aims with a range of public audiences in creative and authentic ways. On a daily basis, you will be collaborating with colleagues across the organisation to help raise awareness of brain injury and all that Headway East London does. You’ll also have rich assets in the form of our membership to support this work, and you will collaborate with them directly to set the direction and tone of our external comms activity. Supporting an exciting new strand to our work, you will also be responsible for helping us to introduce campaigning as a key strategic aim for the organisation, as we increase our engagement with social justice and political issues. This is a wide-ranging and creative role, tasked with building upon successfully established communication channels whilst also exploring new ways to engage both our community and supporters.

Detention Action is a growing organisation working to challenge immigration detention, unjust deportations, and other areas of the Hostile Environment in the UK. 

We provide emotional and practical support to people detained in detention centres and prisons through in-person visitors and a casework service which is accessible through a freephone helpline. We also provide holistic and accessible advice and support on-site at detention centres and prisons by holding regular advice workshops.

We campaign for reform to immigration detention policy and practice, drawing on evidence obtained from our frontline work, and we also train and support people with experience of detention to campaign and lobby for change. We currently facilitate two lived experience campaigning networks – Families for Justice (FFJ) and Allies for Justice (AFJ).

We campaigned for an end to the Detained Fast Track asylum process, successfully bringing a strategic legal challenge which led to the suspension of the process in 2015 and we continue to campaign against its re-introduction.  In 2020, we brought several prominent legal challenges, preventing the removal of those due to be deported on a charter flight to Jamaica in February, and pressurized the Government into releasing the majority of people detained during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022 we continue to campaign and take action to challenge the Hostile Environment and are currently involved in a strategic legal challenge around the Government's plans to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda.

We are looking for a Communications and Campaigns Officer to join our busy Campaigns Team.

Our successful candidate will work across our communications and campaigns activities, taking on a varied set of responsibilities. Alongside working with the rest of our Campaigns Team to develop strategies to achieve our longer-term goals of the organisation, they will also provide ongoing policy support, and work on our press office function, acting as the first point of contact for media enquiries.

They will take a leading role in managing our social media channels and work to build and engage our support base, deliver digital campaigning activities and contribute to the creation of fundraising appeals. 

They will also work closely with our two lived experience campaigning networks, helping to train and support people with experience of the detention, asylum and the deportation system to campaign and lobby for change.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate individual who is looking to make their mark and join us in defending the rights of people in detention at a critical time for our organisation and the wider immigration and human rights sector.

Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer

Do you have experience of running public campaigns on international development issues, and a good understanding of how UK parliament works? Our small but driven advocacy team is looking for a Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer to lead our engagement with the public and decision makers on the pressing global challenges of hunger, climate change, and conflict. Apply now, if this interests you!

Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer Responsibilities:

The Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer will be responsible for leading strategic development and implementation of Concern UK’s campaigns on our three main priorities of hunger, climate change, and conflict, and engage UK public to take supportive action. They will also lead Concern Worldwide UK’s engagement with decision makers in Westminster and Whitehall on these issues, to deliver lasting change in the lives of people facing extreme poverty.

Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer Requirements:

You will have a track record of delivering successful public facing campaigns, preferably on international development issues. Experience of developing strategies to influence UK decision makers. You will have experience of parliamentary engagement, including strong knowledge of how Westminster and Whitehall operate. The successful post holder will possess strong project management and coordination skills and show a willingness to travel overseas when required.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at the time of application.

The successful post holder will be required to complete a criminal records self-declaration form and Basic DBS check.

About us:

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Our mission is to transform the lives of people living in extreme poverty. We work with 25 million people each year, in some of the hardest to reach and most fragile places. Places prone to conflict, natural disasters, climate change and extreme hunger. When an emergency strikes, we are among the first on the ground. We use our voice to bring the stories of extreme poverty to world leaders.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

Concern Worldwide encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality.

Location: Our London office is located 10 minutes’ walk from Clapham Junction Station, a riverside office with great views, tranquil surroundings and easy access to local amenities. Concern UK is currently trialling a hybrid working model, which is a blend of weekly office attendance and remote working based in UK.

Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £40,489 - £44,751 per annum

Closing Date: 27 May 2022

All candidates who are short-listed for an interview will be notified via email after the application deadline.

You may have experience of the following: Public Affairs Officer, Senior Public Affairs Officer, Campaigns Officer, Policy Officer, Government Policy, Engagement, Public Relations Officer, PR, Senior PR Officer, Communications Advisor, Communications Officer, Public Relations Executive, Campaign Officer, Stakeholder Management, Relationship Management, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc.

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NEF are looking for a talented Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to lead our advocacy work on fiscal reform in Europe and a Green New Deal in the UK. The majority of this role will focus on policy impact in the EU, both at the level of the commission and member states. In particular, this will involve implementing an advocacy plan and supporting the coordination of a coalition of campaign organisations, think tanks and trade unions focused on changing fiscal rules in Europe. In the UK, the post will be responsible for delivering an advocacy strategy with our campaigns team in the run-up to the general election campaign for key NEF policy proposals that underpin a Green New Deal such as tax reform, home insulation, aviation policy and a living income.

This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn from and work with a variety of experts in fiscal policy, across government, academia and civil society including grassroots movements. You will be passionate about NEF’s commitment to delivering advocacy and policy reform that helps build progressive movements and make change happen on the ground, as well as at a national and EU policy level.

Advocacy and Campaigns Officer

Full time

Salary: £35,833 - £37,167

You will work with colleagues to achieve political and policy impact on fiscal rules and the Green New Deal by working with coalition partners and NEF research staff to implement a high quality advocacy strategy. You will work on a diverse set of relevant and critical themes like preventing austerity and delivering higher levels of green public investment – all aimed at highlighting how fiscal reform is fundamental to achieving the ‘new economy’ goals of a green and socially just transition.

You will bring advocacy skills and a proven ability to manage a varied workload while working both independently and as part of a team. You will also have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present complex ideas clearly and for a number of different types of audience. You will have a good understanding of European policy decision-making processes and a desire to learn those of the UK.  

Deadline for applications: 31st May 2022, midnight

Interviews: 13th of June 2022

Start date: ASAP

Location: Flexible. We encourage applicants from outside of London and the South East but require 2 days a week in our London office.

To apply and to see more details see the ‘about us/job vacancies’ section of our website.

NEF is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in research and policy making and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic people; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class or have done so in the past. We are also aware that many highly capable prospective candidates nonetheless rule themselves out of work in research and policy because they underestimate their own ability to do the role. With this in mind, we strongly encourage applications from anyone who is prepared to learn and grow on the job and would like to stress that past experience of working in think tanks is not required.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.  We make use of positive action to select between candidates of equal merit as a way to address under-representation in our workforce.

NEF believes in diversity

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Are you able to influence, support and steer cross-organisationally to strengthen Amnesty International's ability to deliver global campaigns and achieve human rights impact? Do you want to be the person who helps drive the team's projects responsible for Amnesty's next Flagship Campaign on the Right to Protest and People's Movements?

JOB PURPOSE:

The Project manager will support the implementation of Amnesty International's Flagship Campaign on the Right to Protest and People's Movements aims to ensure all people can take peaceful action and make their voices heard safely and without repercussions. Provide strategic, operational and technical support to the Global Campaigns team to implement their projects and plans. Design and deliver tailored support packages to prioritised projects to help them achieve campaign objectives. Deliver specialised support and capacity building in project strategy and planning, reporting and evaluation. Please see the attached job description for more information on the required responsibilities, skills, and experience.

ABOUT YOU:

An organised, methodical project manager with substantial experience managing and supporting the timely delivery of cross-organisational projects for a large organisation. You will have a very good knowledge of project management methodology and practices. You will be comfortable ensuring colleagues understand and respect set timelines and deliverables and effectively manage project slippages as part of a project team. You will have a proven track record in delivering projects on time and progress according to the agreed timelines.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide leadership, overall management and delivery of priority projects - including setting clear objectives, timeframes and KPIs for these projects and ensuring integrated planning.
• Manage inter-dependencies across teams and entities, scheduling work and priorities appropriately.
• Lead on building relationships and communicate effectively across stakeholders - including at senior level - resulting in a commitment to and understanding of the overarching plans and requirements of the wider project.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Significant experience and a successful track record of project management in a complex organisation from concept to delivery (qualification in Project Management desirable).
• Excellent political judgment and interpersonal skills with a wide range of stakeholders, including at senior level, and including the ability to negotiate and influence and build and maintain cooperative relationships.
• An ability to make quick and confident decisions or recommendations, ensuring projects do not stall even in complex environments.

ABOUT US:

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who campaign for a world where all enjoy human rights. We reach almost every country in the world.

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through influential research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

Benefits include 37 days of annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), a pension scheme, an employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this in a professional, engaging environment.

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WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world, then we would encourage you to click 'Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.