Location: Based remotely, with some travel expected to Guildford 

Salary: £26,520 per annum

Contract: Full time, 12-month fixed term contract with possible extension

Excel within an innovative and engaging organisation that is working towards bettering the lives of others through cycling. Cycling UK is the national cycling charity. We campaign nationally and locally for safe and attractive cycling conditions, as well as promoting cycling in all its forms for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities through our local volunteer groups and nationally co-ordinated projects.

We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and committed person to drive Cycling UK’s campaigns, all aimed at removing barriers to cycling. The role includes lead responsibility for coordinating our May election 2022 campaigns, and our infrastructure campaigning. Excellent written, interpersonal, and communication skills are a must for this role, to support our vision to get millions more people cycling.

If you’ve got the political nous, campaigning skills, and enthusiasm to champion cycling and get the UK cycling, then we want to hear from you! The campaigns officer will report to Cycling UK’s head of campaigns.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity.

Visit our website and explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team (contact details available on our website).

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 10 December 2021.

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

If you think that this describes you and you are excited by the prospect of joining our team, please do get in touch to find out more.

Head of Policy and Campaigns

Reporting to:  Director of Communications and Marketing

Direct Reports: None at present

Location: Remote/Flexible, but must be able to travel in the UK (including to London) from time to time as required

Hours of work: 4 days per week. Dementia Carers Count is a flexible employer and will consider flexible working patterns around agreed core hours.

Benefits: 25 days holidays incl. Bank Holidays (Pro rata), Workplace company Pension and Group Life Assurance, Flexible working

Person Specification Head of Policy and Campaigns

The Head of Policy and Campaigns is a new, senior role at Dementia Carers Count. It represents a vital opportunity to drive forward DCC’s position as an expert in the field of family dementia care. We are seeking an experienced and ambitious individual, who is looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to build and grow an exciting part of the organisation.

DCC’s vision is to nurture a generation of family dementia carers to feel confident, supported and heard. This includes campaigning to increase awareness about the challenges that family carers face; with government, the general public and the third sector.

The Head of Policy and Campaigns will lead on DCC’s overall organisational positioning within the sector, influencing, and campaigning themes for DCC as part of the organisation’s strategy.

The Head of Policy and Campaigns will play a central part in building and maintaining DCC’s reputation for excellence and expertise. The role will report to the Director of Communications and Marketing, as well as sitting alongside DCC’s Service Delivery team.

Job description

• Developing policy and positioning for DCC on appropriate themes and related to government policy, public attitudes, and profile within the third sector

• Setting the direction for proactive campaigns for DCC, developing these into marketing campaigns where relevant, together with the communications and marketing team

• Enabling the organisation to respond reactively to public policy announcements and the news agenda

• Seeking opportunities to give DCC a platform for engagement and influence, to increase DCC’S reach and impact

• Representing DCC as part of the above opportunities, for example leading presentations or speaking at public panel events

• Effective influencing through external collaborations and partnerships, building relationships with key individuals across varying sectors and organisations

• Working closely with DCC’s Service Delivery and Income Generation teams to provide a holistic view and pull together all elements of external engagement

• Engagement with DCC’s Carers Advisory Panel, to ensure that the carer’s perspective is included in all our work

About you

We are looking for an experienced policy and campaigns professional, able to push the boundaries through innovative campaigning that ‘gets onto the agenda’. We are a small charity with big ambitions, and we’d like yours to match. You will feel an affinity with the 700,000 families in the UK who are living with dementia and have a passion for their cause. You will have deep understanding of the political landscape, with knowledge and experience of campaigning and influencing at all levels, to drive real change. You will be adept at working with senior stakeholders and partner organisations and understanding how their priorities align with DCC’s.

Ideally you will have some knowledge or experience of dementia and/or the healthcare landscape, though this is not essential.

CV's and covering letter to be emailed 

Deadline 23 December 2021

Head of Policy and Campaigns

The Single Gifts Campaign Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing the Single Gifts Campaigns team to deliver campaigns that maximise income for the organisation and also maximise the number of new recruits through various media channels, whilst monitoring quality and cost of acquisition. The role will develop the supporter journey for all supporters to reduce attrition, maximise lifetime value and create a world leading supporter experience.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. 

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Proven experience of budget setting, monitoring and re-forecasting, including making recommendations on areas for investment. 

• Good understanding of direct marketing principles and techniques. 

• Experience of briefing and interpreting analysis. 

• Very competent in Excel. Competent in Word and PowerPoint.

• Good understanding of the charity sector. 

• Up to date knowledge of Gambling Commission legislation.

• Good understanding of Gift Aid. 

• Experience of effective new product development. 

• Experience of online marketing

For the complete list of essential criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

About us 

Foxglove is a non-profit that exists to make technology fair for us all. In just over two years, we’ve brought several ground-breaking cases taking on Big Tech and government – and won. 

We’ve forced disclosure of secret contracts between tech giants and the NHS, stopped a racist Home Office visa algorithm, helped make grading fair for all A level students in the UK, forced the government to pause the NHS data grab and helped hundreds of Facebook workers speak out against workplace exploitation.

We are a small, growing team of lawyers, activists and communications specialists. We investigate, litigate, and advocate for justice in technology. We’re just getting started. We hope you want to join us. 

The role 

The Digital Campaigner will play a critical role in Foxglove’s public-facing work. You’ll support our ambitious growth plans and significantly increase Foxglove’s supporter base and income from the public. Your creative and technical skills will help us amplify our cases and projects. 

You already work at the cutting edge of digital campaigning. You have experience in digital engagement and a strong track record in using it to achieve results. You are a positive person with a can-do attitude. You’re happy to muck in on a task, big or small, and you have the skills and ability to bring Foxglove campaigns to new audiences. 

Responsibilities: 

You will be responsible for the following: 

1. Fundraising 

• Planning and delivering online fundraising activities and campaigns to ensure that targets for one-off and regular donations are met 
• Working to understand our audiences to ensure our fundraising activities are as effective as possible 
• Using our CRM to manage relationships with supporters and to deliver campaigns
• Generating ideas and new tactics for our campaigns and fundraising

2. Website 

• Managing Foxglove’s website 
• Working with our Communicator and the management team to coordinate and contribute to high-quality web content 
• Managing our relationship with our external website developer

3. Creating digital content for Foxglove cases and campaigns  

• Creating materials for social media to support every case and campaign.
• Contributing to and overseeing the creation of engaging website and campaign content, including video and graphics 
• Identifying, where appropriate, other non-social campaign opportunities to engage the public in Foxglove’s issues

4. Supporter engagement and growth 

• Maintaining and expanding Foxglove’s public profile and supporter base 
• Producing copy and visual content for supporter emails and online actions 
• Monitoring and reporting on the performance of emails and actions 

Person specification 

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in digital campaigns or communications. 
• Familiarity with a range of digital campaigning techniques, including email communications, petitions and social media. 
• Experience of producing compelling multimedia content to engage and mobilise a variety of audiences. 
• Excellent written communication skills: able to produce compelling, persuasive, concise written material for a range of audiences. 
• Excellent attention to detail. 
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills: able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines and adapt priorities at short notice. 
• Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Innovative and creative mindset, eager to find novel approaches to digital storytelling. 
• Right to work in the UK. 
• Passion for tech-justice issues. 

Length and salary 

The is a fixed term 18-month contract. There will be a six-month probationary period. The annual salary is £40,800 per annum less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. Please note that our pay is transparent and non-negotiable. This role will be based in our London office.

How to apply 

To apply please send a copy of your CV and a 2-page cover letter detailing why you are best suited to the role. Foxglove conducts blind shortlisting with identifying information removed from application forms for all roles.

Please send these documents as attachments by the application deadline. We would be grateful if you could complete and return our diversity monitoring form alongside your application. 

Foxglove is new and we are growing. We are striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We will create a diverse and adaptable environment where we support people to do their best work. We believe an effective and creative team is made up of people from different walks of life.

If any part of this process causes you difficulty, please get in touch with us. 

Greenpeace is an international non-profit global campaigning organisation. Our independence and global reach enable us to stand for positive change through action in order to defend nature and promote peace. We investigate and expose global environmental problems, confront those in positions of power and present alternative solutions.

This is a great opportunity to draw on all your campaigning know-how and your belief in effective communications to support our project work in core programme areas.

You will join a team working towards the successful achievement of campaign objectives in an issue-based area such as Forests, Oceans, Oil and Plastics. Making an active contribution to everything from strategic and tactical development to the immediate delivery of agreed projects, it will be a key part of your role to ensure the well-researched and leveraged communication of campaign issues.

You'll have

• Knowledge and experience of campaigning and an understanding of how campaigning can achieve change.
• Understanding of the importance of the role of communications in campaigning, with the ability to devise innovative, high quality communication in campaigns.
• Understanding of the importance of direct action in campaigning, and/or public communication and engagement activities, use of traditional/new media, political/corporate work, and use of science/the law.
• Ability to analyse environmental issues in terms of campaign opportunities and overall strategic objectives.
• Ability to manage external consultants, volunteers and staff, and to plan, manage and report on the progress of projects.

You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it’s like to work for us and why you should apply.

We are happy to consider flexible working requests as part of the recruitment process.

How to Apply: For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Greenpeace UK is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law.

CLOSING DATE: 9am, 6th December 2021
INTERVIEWS: 16th/17th December 2021

National Campaigner

REQ001458

£29000- £31000 per year

East London

Permanent - 35 Hours per week

This is an exciting role as part of a growing team at Scope. The Campaigns and Mobilisation team engages members of the public on the issues which matter most to disabled people to help create everyday equality for disabled people in the UK. We seek to support and engage disabled people and other members of the public to create change. Through our campaigns we influence policy-makers, business leaders, politicians and the public.

The National Campaigner will play a crucial role in delivering engaging campaigns activity to make this change as big and impactful as possible. They will lead on Scope’s digital campaigner engagement, including designing and delivering email journeys to build involvement with campaigners, and creating accessible e-actions which empower the public to get involved with Scope’s campaigns. This is an ideal role for someone with a flair for creative campaigning, a passion for disability equality, and an interest in digital engagement.

The Role

You will create engaging, accessible digital supporter journeys and e-actions to involve and grow our campaigner base in Scope’s campaigns, and support our campaigns’ objectives.

You will continue to improve Scope’s digital campaigning. This might involve everything from the use of our campaigns software (Engaging Networks) to our emails, to how we manage our supporter data, to working with teams on key platforms like social media and our website.

You will develop creative, engaging, accessible and objective-driven campaign content, working with teams like marketing, storytelling, and social media.

You will think how we can translate online journeys offline, where appropriate, and deepen our relationships with campaigners.

You will use insight to inform plans, and evaluate and monitor progress of our campaigns.

You will be an ambassador for the Campaigns team across Scope, working with lots of different teams to involve them and their stakeholders in our campaigns.

About You

We are looking for someone who has a passion to fight for disability equality, and work with disabled people towards this.

You will have experience of delivering impactful campaigns content, and building supporter journeys. You’ll be comfortable working with digital software and databases, ideally with experience of Engaging Networks or similar campaigning software.

You will have an understanding of the theory behind campaigning, experience of campaigning, and how to achieve change. 

You’ll have a can-do attitude, and experience building great relationships with colleagues and customers. You’ll have great communication skills, whether written or verbal.

Please make sure you explain in your application, with examples, how you can meet these important skills.

If you want to make a difference and become a Disability Gamechanger, we'd love to hear from you. Apply Today!

Close date: 7/12/2021

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our mission and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We work hard to ensure that we are making exciting opportunities available to all, and everyone feels valued, heard and respected so that we continue to build a high performance, high engagement culture.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria. Please let us know in your application if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you would prefer an application form or need any of the job information in a different format such as large print or braille. Please contact us via our website.

Our Values - Pioneering, Courageous, Connected, Open, Fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we empower our colleagues to make decisions. By giving our colleagues freedom and space to spark creativity for innovation, we can push boundaries, change mindsets and be empowered to change the game with grit and determination and a sense of urgency.

Scope Benefits

We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and embrace our values of being open and fair, courageous, connected and pioneering. We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition and offer a wide range of benefits including 35 days annual leave in Retail, 27 days plus Bank Holidays working in our Head Office, flexible working (where we can), company pension, excellent training and career development, strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+, wellbeing incentives like a discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, and much more.

We are looking for a dynamic, creative and organised political campaigner to join the Greenpeace Politics Team. You will help us monitor and analyse political opportunities in the UK to help win campaigns. You will work with our campaign teams, network of supporters and volunteers to help them campaign for action to protect our climate, oceans and forests. You will work with politicians from all parties to champion and deliver policies and political change for a green and peaceful world.

Your day-to-day work will involve advising campaigners in the development and implementation of political strategies and lobbying for their projects. You will help to develop policy positions in key campaign areas, and advocate for agreed policies to political audiences, and in the media. And you will help with research, intel-gathering and networking to help to maximise the impact of Greenpeace’s political tactics.

The person we are looking for will have experience and knowledge of the UK political scene, and be a great communicator who works well in teams and thrives in a fast-moving environment.

Greenpeace is an international non-profit global campaigning organisation. Our independence and global reach enable us to stand for positive change through action in order to defend nature and promote peace. We investigate and expose global environmental problems, confront those in positions of power and present alternative solutions.

Please read the full job description and person specification before applying.

The role is based in our London office but may be remote initially. As we progress to a hybrid working model you may have flexibility to work from home but will need to commute into our Islington head office on a regular basis.

Requirements

You will need:

• In-depth knowledge and interest in UK politics, including experience of working with Parliamentary processes.
• Experience of political lobbying at a national or international level, including the ability to establish and maintain effective contacts and relationships with senior and influential external individuals and bodies.
• Experience of development and implementation of successful political strategies in association with campaign work.
• Ability to work constructively and effectively with other team members.
• Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a wide range of people, both verbally and in writing - including the media, volunteers and other NGO representatives.
• Lastly, and most importantly, you will need to demonstrate a genuine passion for Greenpeace’s mission, an understanding of how we seek to achieve change, and enthusiasm for learning about our campaigns.

We give you: 
We offer a range of opportunities for you to continue to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it’s like to work for us and why you should apply.

Our commitment to diversity: Greenpeace UK is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class now or in the past.

To Apply

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

CLOSING DATE: 9am, 4th January 2022
INTERVIEWS: 13th/14th January 2022

Summary

SumOfUs is looking for a senior Campaigner, Palm Oil to help us win campaigns against corporations behaving badly. This role will primarily focus on making corporations clean up their supply chain to rid them of deforestation, specifically in the palm oil industry. 

If you love fighting for change, if you are excited about global economic justice, and if you are hungry to experiment with technology to change the world, then this might be the role for you. Our members power our work and they are at the center of everything we do. This role will be responsible for identifying impactful campaigns, developing winning tactics and leveraging our member’s power to create fundamental shifts in corporate behaviour and to reshape the global economy for the benefit of people and the planet.

This position is fully remote and can be undertaken by anyone located between GMT -5 (East Coast Americas) and GMT +7 (West Indonesian Time).

A bit about us

SumOfUs is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new and sustainable path for our global economy. We are a movement of more than 15 million people, brought together by a global team of 35 campaigners, fundraisers and operations staff. Our purpose is to challenge corporate power everywhere. We hold the biggest corporations in the world (and their political allies) to account by mobilising millions of people to take collective action.

We are aiming to fundamentally reshape the global economy to put people and planet over profit, but we know we can not do it alone. We build partnerships with on-the-ground activists and organisers, and we follow their lead. We innovate, experiment and embrace professional and organizational growth. We invest in people and we invest in how we work, because our vision calls on us to build the most effective, global, diverse, and talented team possible.

We highly value a diverse and inclusive team and an equitable work environment where every member of our team is set up to thrive. We have taken steps to nurture this environment including an Anti-Oppression Leadership Team that leads work to transform injustice within the organization. We expect all team members to take responsibility for co-creating an equitable work community where everyone is able to do impactful, world-changing work. We offer benefits including additional sick days for parents and caregivers, flexible working hours, and professional development stipends. We review our policies and practices for equity frequently. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply.
 

What you’ll do as part of our team

• Identify, research and develop campaigns targeting decision makers, corporations and financial institutions globally and regionally;

• Write and edit (and/or translate) compelling emails and campaign material to engage and mobilize our members to take action, fundraise, and build our power globally;

• Lead on 2 campaigns at a time (on average) and collaborate within your regional team and with other campaigns teams, along with our fundraising, communications and product teams;

• Identify and develop fundraising opportunities to raise money to grow our movement and create real-world impact;

• Collaborate with partners and coalitions around campaign opportunities, manage relationships, and advance SumOfUs’s goals;

• Draft press releases and (with support and training) pitch reporters to cover our campaigns; 

• Assist with managing our membership lists, including monitoring and interpreting how people engage with the emails we send, if the emails are effective in generating action or raising money, and if the email list is growing.

Skills and experiences you’ll need to bring:

We have no formal education requirements – if you can meet the responsibilities of the role and are willing to grow, that’s all that matters. 

All roles at SumOfUs require you to be:

• Dedicated to building a fairer and more sustainable global economy;

• An excellent communicator in written and spoken English, this is our primary working language;

• Committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace culture;

• Able to work remotely (SumOfUs provides funds to set-up a home office or to work from a co-working space).

And, this role in particular will require you to:

• Be able to identify and develop inspiring and impactful campaigns;

• Have experience in using research tools to gather information and analyse data and present this in compelling formats, e.g. producing comprehensive reports to be used in advocacy; 

• Have excellent writing and storytelling skills with a solid understanding of campaigning;

• Have an understanding of political process and how change happens on a global level (particularly in North America, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia - you will likely have an understanding of 1 or 2 of these regions);

• Be keen to learn and develop new skills, be flexible and solutions oriented.

Big pluses

We know that no one can possibly have all these skills and experiences - you will likely be able to bring 2 or 3 of the following to our team:

• Experience and understanding of supply chains and their impact of the environment, especially in the context of agricultural commodities such as palm oil;

• Strong relationship building skills, able to forge and manage relationships with people and organizations working on similar issues or projects;

• Experience designing and running experiments and A/B tests;

• Experience in working with media (e.g. with writing press releases and doing interviews)

• Experience with market campaigns, shareholder activism or corporate accountability issues;

• Experience in working with politics (decision makers);

• Understand basic data analysis;

• Fluency in Spanish, German, French, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia.

How to apply

We don’t find cover letters particularly helpful in seeing the way you might fit with this job. Instead, use the form on our application page to upload your resume and your answers to the following three questions in English:

• Why are you applying for this job? (Suggested word limit: 200);

• Name two campaigns you think SumOfUs should be running (suggested word limit: 300 words each). One campaign should be something you think is going to engage all of our members around the world, and one campaign should be something related to palm oil. Make sure to include the target of the campaigns and the “ask”. Check out examples of our campaigns on our website for inspiration;

• List which of the “Big Pluses” qualifications above you believe you bring to your work at SumOfUs, with a few words of explanation.

Applications close on November 29, 2021.

Further details

Compensation is competitive and will be determined based on a combination of experience, seniority, and where you live. (For some context: this position in the United States would pay $52,000 - $65,000 USD and in France would pay between €42,000 - €53,000 EUR per year depending on experience and seniority; the compensation level will be adjusted in other regions based on cost of living). 

SumOfUs is a fully remote and distributed team, as such we offer stipends to offset cell phone and internet costs. We offer stipends to set-up home offices or to rent space in a coworking environment. We offer five weeks paid vacation (plus additional sick leave and all major public holidays off and 6 months paid parental leave), contributions to retirement, and the ability to work from home and work with a degree of flexibility outside our core hours of operation. We cover private health insurance premiums for employees and dependents who live in countries without public insurance. We are happy to answer any questions you have about our parental leave policies and other, similar benefits in interviews.

SumOfUs is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of SumOfUs to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants for employment and employees and not to discriminate because of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, personal appearance, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, genetic information, or political affiliation. Equal employment opportunities will be provided in employment, recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

The role

This is an exciting new role at the charity to lead our advocacy work, challenging decision makers, policymakers and society as a whole, to recognise and accommodate the needs of all those affected by Crohn’s and Colitis, including those from seldom heard groups.

You will be responsible for our policy and campaigns teams, driving an integrated programme of advocacy with a growing budget. In this, you will be supported by our new strategic focus to build an evidence base to underpin our programme for change, led by another new role, the Head of Research and Evidence, with whom you will be working closely.

About you

You will be a seasoned campaigner who has delivered effective public facing campaigns with a thorough understanding of how campaigns and policy work together to deliver demonstrable impact, ideally in healthcare. This role will interact with leaders in the NHS and elsewhere at the highest level and you will need to be a credible presence speaking to our agenda. 

The future

The charity is at a really exciting point. We are in excellent financial health and moving to a new strategy which will give you the chance to put a personal stamp on the actions we are taking to improve the quality of life for people with Crohn’s and Colitis. 

Campaign & Gift Aid Officer

Reports To Senior Accounts Technician

Hours of work: 35 hours per week Monday to Friday

Overview of the Diocese

The Diocese of Portsmouth comprises 90 parishes across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire (except Slough), South Oxfordshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. Formed 19th May 1882 by the division of the Diocese of Southwark, the Diocese of Portsmouth has a presence in every community and can offer ministry and mission to all who come to us, working towards the Bishop’s vision of Bringing people closer to Jesus Christ through his church.

Background

The prime responsibility of the Diocesan Finance Office is to support our parishes in the smooth functioning of all financial matters. This includes managing transactions with and for parishes, supporting their access to banking and credit cards and providing systems and guidance for financial reporting and claiming Gift Aid. Parishes approach us for advice and support on a wide range of activities relating to fundraising, Gift Aid, the payment of staff, pension scheme rules, handling charitable collections and administering restricted funds. The aim and mission of our team is to provide the highest possible quality of support to parishes, and to the priests and volunteers that serve them. We also provide a support function to other Diocesan central departments, assisting with financial transactions and with budgeting and financial monitoring. We are responsible for producing statutory accounts and supporting the audit process.

Overall Job Purpose

The Gift Aid function is an important role within the Diocesan finance team. The purpose of this role is to undertake the bulk of the day to day responsibility for claiming Gift Aid for the Diocese. The value of the Gift Aid claimed annually from HMRC is around £2 million. Gift Aid is organised locally in parishes by volunteers, and it is a key responsibility of this role to ensure that these individuals are trained and encouraged to perform this service. Training and communication will therefore be of primary importance as a new way of working is promoted to users across the Diocese. It is essential that the post holder has the ability and communication skills to build strong working relationships at all levels across the organisation. The role will report to the Senior Accounts Technician

Additionally, the role will be responsible for collections/donations/direct debits for all campaign fundraising. The Diocese has embarked on a 5 year campaign (Closer to Christ) which is anticipated to raise in excess of £10 million. The administration of the cash collection and accounting for this campaign is very important and will be a key element of this role

Key Responsibilities

Gift Aid

• Maintain user access to the Gift Aid Claim System database, processing new users and issuing passwords

• Maintain communications and contact details of all members of the Gift Aid community within the parishes

• Take the lead on maintaining the ongoing relationship with the Gift Aid Claim System software provider

• Manage the monthly claim process, including working with the Senior Accounts Technician to ensure the accuracy of funds passed back to parishes

• Ensure the correct analysis is undertaken to apply Gift Aid to restricted funds within the Diocese

• Organise an annual Gift Aid seminar as part of the Parish Volunteers day. This also serves as an AGM for the scheme

• Work with Gift Aid volunteers and finance team to continue and develop a system of self-auditing for Gift Aid to comply with HMRC requirements

• Access updates and training as required to ensure that our guidance is technically up to date with all HMRC changes reflected

• Ensure that an efficient filing and data storage system is maintained

• Prepare accounting journals for both Gift Aid and Collections/Donations

Closer to Christ Campaign

• Maintain excel spreadsheet of campaign pledges and enable efficient electronic filing of pledges

• Process new Direct Debit collections and ensure smooth running of existing direct debit mandates

• Pay in cheques on day of receipt

• Liaise weekly with CCS

• Reconcile monthly with bank account and journal entries onto accounting system

• Respond to queries from donors

Person Specification

(Personal attributes essential to performing role: e.g. skills, competencies, expertise, knowledge, experience.)

Competence, expertise & Knowledge

Essential

• Good communication skills, with the ability to provide instruction, guidance and advice to other staff and volunteers

• Numeracy and attention to detail

• Ability to self-motivate and undertake a wide variety of tasks

• Able to meet deadlines and identify and resolve problems

• Collaborative approach to working, willingness to support other Finance team members

• Basic accounting experience preferred

Please apply by sending:

A Covering letter:  Please tell us how your motivation, values, skills, experience, and personal qualities demonstrate your suitability for the role (around 500 words) and why you would like to work for the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth.  

Current CV and the details of two referees: This should include full education and employment history (including dates, with no gaps left unexplained). Please include your current or most recent employer as one of your referees.

Please send applications via email 

Closing date for applications: Friday 10th December 2021 at 1700 hours 

Notes to candidates

1. Interviews: all shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a face-to-face interview.

2. Unsuccessful applications: if you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of your application, we regret that you will not have been offered an interview on this occasion.

3. General: this post will be subject to review under the relevant Diocesan Terms and Conditions of Service.

4. New employees to the Diocese will be subject to a probationary period of six months.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Magic Breakfast team as we expand our efforts to reach more children at risk of hunger in the UK. In the past year we have doubled the number of schools we work with and tripled the number of children we reach each school day. We have an ambitious strategy which will continue to see all areas of the charity grow in order to end child morning hunger for good.

The Policy and Campaigns team consists of a Parliamentary Officer, 2 Policy Officers, a Head of Policy and Campaigns, as well as a Campaigns Officer. The team works with decision-makers, civil-society and public supporters in building political and public support for greater, sustainable government investment in school breakfast provision. We also have a group of ten volunteer Youth Campaigners (aged 15-21), some of whom have lived experience of food insecurity.

The Campaigns Officer directly manages these Youth Campaigners, their development, and their involvement in shaping and delivering Magic Breakfast’s campaigning work. They will also develop our campaign strategy and design and  execute campaign actions (both in-person and digital). Occasional out of hours evening meeting and weekend work is required.

More information on this responsibilities of this role can be found in the attached job description.

The closing date for this role is  29 November 2021. Interview dates w/c 6 December 2021.

Salary: £28,000

Position:  Permanent

Location: London (hybrid working with 1 day per week in the London Office)

Deadline for Applications: Open until filled 

The Campaigns Officer Position:

Our client is a dynamic charity and this post of Campaigns Officer will develop and deliver high impact national public facing campaigns, mobilising supporters to take action through building our client’s email network of campaigners, project managing creative campaigns activities and ensuring that the voices of those people represented by our client are heard by decision makers.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of how national campaigns can influence decision makers.
• Knowledge of how policy, public affairs and campaigns create positive change.
• Ability to write creative and accessible content for a range of platforms and publications (experience of e-campaigning software, Google Analytics and content management systems would be ideal)
• Strong, confident interpersonal skills.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Campaigns Officer to join our team and develop and co-produce local and national campaigns with blind and partially sighted people through the Sight Loss Councils across the UK and help us to communicate those plans.

You will need to be organised, be able to manage conflicting priorities and deliver results without close supervision. You will need excellent communication skills and have the ability to build and maintain relationships.

Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) is a national charity dedicated to delivering positive change for blind and partially sighted people.

A knowledge of the issues effecting blind and partially sighted people will be a distinct advantage in this role.

This role is home based with some job related travel.  This would include attending meetings at the TPT Hub in London.

TPT has great benefits to offer including a very generous annual leave entitlement plus public holidays and a 5% employer  contribution into the pension scheme.

The role:

To plan the public campaign activities – mainly online but also offline – to maximise the impact of individual campaigners.

To produce strong campaigning content and materials with strong calls to action.

To use digital campaigning software and website to increase the effect of individual campaigners.

The candidate:

Solid experience in comparable public campaigning and activism with knowledge of various campaigning techniques.

Good digital skills and an understanding of how to engage online effectively with supporters

An excellent communicator and relationship builder with good political awareness.

Deadline: Monday 6th December