Plan International UK is recruiting for an exciting new post in our Communications, Campaigns and UK Programmes directorate. 

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We work to give every child the same chance in life. To achieve this, we work in partnership with our stakeholders and supporters to push through change in practice and policy at local, national and global levels. We are going through an exciting period of transformation and this role is one of three newly created senior positions in the directorate.

As Head of Media and Campaigns, you will bring together three teams - media and PR, partnership communications, and campaigns and youth engagement – to create a high-impact, agile unit. Your team will deliver a real step change in media and campaigns output, generating wider and deeper engagement with the public, media and key stakeholders. You will play a vital part in producing an increasingly powerful humanitarian communications’ response and ensuring that Plan International UK models best practice youth engagement work throughout the organisation.

The experience we are looking for includes:

• Substantial experience in delivering high-profile media and social media activity, targeting a range of audiences 

• Demonstrable experience delivering cross-organisational campaigns from strategy to delivery, using a wide range of campaigning techniques to create change and wider support in society

• Managing and positively influencing relationships with existing senior contacts across media, communications agencies, government, NGOs and charities

• Developing a crisis communications strategy and managing communications risk issues

Exposure to humanitarian and international advocacy is desirable but what matters most of all is (apart from your expertise!) is that you are an inspiring people manager with a genuine desire to work with passionate and committed colleagues to make a real difference to the lives of millions of children, especially girls.

Please click on the button below to apply

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on 9 June 2020

First interviews are planned for the week beginning 15 June

Due to the nature of our work with children and young people, we follow rigorous child safeguarding policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

Are you a leader working in campaigns who wants to change the world? Are you passionate about social justice and feminism? We are looking for a creative and highly collaborative individual to lead the Women in Prison Campaigns and Public Affairs team. You will be taking us to the next level of influence, creating powerful platforms for women with experience of the criminal justice system to lead change and strengthen the women's centre movement.

About the Role

Christian Aid is looking for an outstanding individual to lead our UK advocacy and campaigns. The postholder will head a team of 15 people that influences government and parliament, leads our campaign strategy, mobilises our campaign supporters, and engages youth and child audiences in schools and churches. She or he will ensure that our advocacy and mobilisation is rooted in our policy and programmes, and leads to real change in the lives of people suffering from poverty and injustice. They will have the judgement, energy and experience needed to make Christian Aid a visible, robust and influential voice in the UK, who inspires our supporters and effectively engages those in positions of power. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, excellent communicator, and experienced in initiating and leading projects. They will represent Christian Aid externally, and be skilled at building networks and managing teams. They will be committed to Christian Aid's vision and values. We work with people of all faiths and none, to tackle poverty and injustice, and are an equal opportunities employer

Further information

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

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.

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.

US: Hi, we’re Possible – we bring people together to create bold, beautiful solutions in response to the climate crisis. Whether that’s connecting the world’s first solar railway, mining renewable heat from underneath London’s parks, leading calls for a televised climate debate or launching a ground-breaking employer scheme to incentivise clean holiday travel - we’re always thinking of new ways to cut carbon that involve and benefit the public. 

YOU: Are you someone with a passion for tackling climate change in a way that gets everyone involved? Are you a creative thinker with a positive, practical attitude able to turn ideas into reality? Do you get fired up by working with communities to breathe life into innovative climate solutions that improve lives today? Does solving difficult problems float your boat? If so, we should talk.

The world’s recent social and political awakening to the climate crisis has been overtaken by the much more immediate crisis of the pandemic, but in the background the climate emergency continues to demand urgent action. In this turbulent and challenging time, Possible’s work on inspiring climate solutions that everyone can contribute to is needed more than ever. Transport is a key area where the UK has veered a long way off track, with carbon emissions actually rising in recent years instead of falling. But with travel patterns turned on their heads by lockdown, new futures are now becoming visible where the car is no longer king.

Possible have secured funding for a major new campaign to reduce private car dominance in cities, showing how achieving the big reductions in motor traffic needed to meet climate change targets will also dramatically improve health outcomes and quality of life for people living in cities. The ‘new normal’ post-covid cannot be one where people shun public transport for private cars, or our climate goals will be impossible to meet. 

We need a senior campaign manager to lead the team delivering this landmark programme to kickstart the process of making private cars obsolete in our cities - accelerating the move to a zero carbon Britain built by and for everyone. We need an experienced leader who knows how to support local community changemakers as well as working with city authorities and local political leaders, leveraging bottom-up grassroots activism to drive city-wide transformation. Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record in campaigning and experience of successfully leading a team, including project management oversight and multiple line management responsibilities.

+ About the role

You’ll be a senior member of the campaigns team, working closely with and reporting to the directors, with responsibility for delivering Possible’s Car Free Cities projects for a minimum two year period starting in July 2020. You will be based in Possible’s London office in Camden Town (pandemic permitting), on either a full time or 0.9FTE basis, depending on preference. With the directors’ support, you will be managing annual budgets of hundreds of thousands of pounds and a team of up to six staff, some working remotely from other cities, alongside key relationships with academic partners and overseas consortium members in Paris and New York. 

You’ll work collaboratively with the communications team to spread our key messages far and wide, and leverage the greatest impact possible in our target communities and beyond. You’ll also work closely with the rest of Possible’s senior management team to cultivate and maintain a positive and supportive working culture amongst the whole workforce as well as within your own team. You’ll also work across the campaigns, fundraising and comms teams to develop the most effective mobilisations techniques, building capacity in our supporters to escalate action and bring their communities with them.

Working within strategy and project plans that have been collaboratively developed, you’ll be free to put forward your own ideas for campaign activities, particularly in response to changing events. You’ll be adaptable to overseeing delivery of different tactics based on need, from online petitions to research and report publication, lobbying of city administrations and politicians, grassroots community organising, pioneering innovation and publicity grabbing interventions.

As a key member of the Possible family you’ll be part of a small, passionate, nimble, unique and positive organisation that cares about its people, its projects and, ultimately, the planet.

+ Person specification

Competencies can be demonstrated by both paid and voluntary experience.

Must haves

• Track record of planning and delivering successful campaigns and projects.

• Experience of leading a team, including line management.

• High standard of written and spoken communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with colleagues and project partners such as campaigners, volunteers and funders, internally and externally.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

• Ability to think creatively and generate new campaign and tactic ideas.

• Ability to digest, understand and analyse information independently.

• Adaptability, enthusiasm, appetite for learning and ability to take initiative.

• Passion for working with the public to take action, and for helping increase the capacity of people to act and activate others around them.

• Commitment to Possible’s positive approach to climate campaigning and passionate about achieving climate justice.

• Working knowledge of UK climate and transport context and policy.

Nice to haves

• Experience of public meeting facilitation.

• Experience of working with distributed organising tactics focused on widespread public participation.

• Experience of working with mainstream media and social media.

• Event management experience.

• Community organising experience.

• Contacts in local government and existing networks of transport / environmental activists and NGOs.

• Experience of digital marketing or campaigns.

• Experience of international working.

• Understanding of cultural and behaviour change campaigns and strategies.

• Basic research skills.

• French language skills.

+ About Possible

Here at Possible, we have a vision for a low carbon Britain that has been built by and belongs to everybody.

To get there, we dream up projects, build tools and spread success stories to make sure everyone has the help and inspiration they need to play a role in tackling climate change. Our work cuts carbon, but because we work on cultural as well as technical levels, we get people talking about climate change action too. We want our projects to be infectious, so it is always about more than just a solar panel here, or an LED there - it’s about groups of people working together to change the world.

+ Our Values

Inclusivity  Trust and respect   Creativity   Shared ambition

Positivity  Caring and kindness  Integrity  Openness

Not just buzzwords to make us feel warm and fuzzy, these are the values we are guided by in our actions and our organisational culture. Away days help to keep these values alive and we work together to keep our team as supported, empowered and cared for as possible. We’re run by a team of directors rather than one single CEO, and we’re committed to reducing hierarchy wherever possible.

Workplace benefits include:

• 25 days paid holiday (+ bank holidays and three days at Christmas)

• Flexible working

• Paid volunteer leave

• Bike to work scheme

• Paid journey days for low carbon holiday travel 

• Childcare vouchers

• Good maternity and paternity leave

• Employer pension contribution

Small Axe is a not-for-profit with one goal: to create movements that are progressive, hopeful and powerful, to inspire people to act on the most pressing issues of our time. We bring together bold creative, communications and organising to run integrated end-to-end campaigns. No two days are alike.

Our team campaigns with humility, integrity and passion for the causes we work on. I can attest it's an amazing political project and organisation to be part of. 

We're now looking for an experienced campaigner to join our tight-knit team and lead on a variety of exciting projects we've got on. 

Someone with a passion for the work and building a progressive, people-powered politics. With a general election looming, it's a really exciting time to join the organisation and shape the battle to come. 

Deadline: 9am Monday 1st June

Do email if you'd like more information about the role. 

All the best,

Sam

We’re seeking a Policy and Campaigns Manager to support our ambition to influence government policy and decision-makers to recognise and support coaching in prisons as an effective rehabilitation intervention. 

You will develop our policy positions and voice, ensuring that we are listening to those with lived experience. You will initiate and lead our campaigns, helping to position Spark Inside as the number one coaching organisation in the criminal justice system. You will be our lead expert in prison policy and rehabilitation, and ensure there is a strong policy and research basis for all our campaigns. You will work across the organisation to ensure policy developments feed into our work, and to ensure that what we do is presented in an engaging way to policy-makers and relevant stakeholders.

This is an interim role initially for 6 months, with the potential to extend, as we navigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the delivery of our programmes in prison. We believe that more than ever, we need to be advocating for our work, so that those in prison are not forgotten.

Please see JD for details and how to apply.

The Today For Tomorrow campaign was founded by The Big Issue in 2019 to embed long-termism, prevention and the interests of future generations at the heart of UK policymaking, and to advance Big Issue founder Lord Bird’s private member’s bill, the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill, through the UK Parliament. We are looking for an experienced campaign manager to lead this project forwards.

Based in Lord Bird's Westminster office and The Big Issue's head office in Finsbury Park, the successful candidate will:

• Coordinate the overlapping arms of the campaign (parliamentary, government and partnerships) to maximum benefit
• Establish Today For Tomorrow as a respected cross-party, cross-sector campaign
• Set and deliver a political influencing strategy
• Seek to build a small team (over time)
• Lead on fundraising to sustain the campaign.

To succeed in this role, you must be an accomplished campaigner, with a track-record of success, a deep understanding of political advocacy and parliamentary processes, and the ability to work across party boundaries.

You will need to demonstrate a strong commitment to long-term, sustainable development or wellbeing policy, and have a passion for building successful partnerships. You will understand the challenges of long-term thinking in government policymaking.

You must have an excellent understanding of how to plan and influence decision-makers in government, Parliament and the media with excellent spoken and written communication skills.

You will need to be highly organised and prepared to manage the range of tasks involved in growing the campaign, adept at delivering to deadlines but with the ability to adapt to meet changing demands and priorities. Finally, you must be a self-starter with staying power who is excited to lead Today For Tomorrow and committed to the social objectives of The Big Issue.

The ideal candidate will also have experience of maintaining relationships and working closely with MPs, Peers and civil servants, plus experience of policy development and writing fundraising bids.

Big Issue staff benefits include a health care scheme, enhanced contribution to your workplace pension, life cover, unlimited access to our online Learner Library and up to 6 days paid leave per annum to care for a child or an elderly/sick relation.

As well as your CV, your application must include a letter setting out how your skills and experience are appropriate for this role, and how you would make this campaign successful. Please also include your current salary and the salary you are looking for.

Closing date:  Thursday 4th June 2020

Interviews (online if necessary): w/c 15th June 2020

Start date: July 2020 (negotiable)

JOB PURPOSE

Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of Amnesty International's (AI's) worldwide campaigning and advocacy strategies on the human rights impact of military, security & police transfers, to deliver impact in relation to agreed priorities, conducting research, and utilising political judgment and analytical, communication and representational skills. Provide authoritative advice to country and thematic specialists in the International Secretariat (IS), sections and structures to support the work of the AI movement and outside networks in order to maximize movement-wide and external impact

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of advocacy strategies on a transnational and global basis, managing and coordinating actions on human rights concerns related to military, security and policing issues, ensuring that advocacy is timely, has clear objectives and plans, targets the right actors, and delivers impact;

• To coordinate with AI membership structures to develop movement-wide campaigning strategies and action; coordinate relevant thematic network/s in order that the movement's resources are aligned and that our campaigning activities start with common objectives, targets the appropriate actors and thus achieve greater impact;

• To provide expert advice on military, policing and security issues to AI staff, sections/structures, and other AI membership bodies in order to ensure accuracy and relevance, and the integration of these issues into AI's work;

• To research the most effective ways to carry out advocacy on human rights concerns and monitor and conduct evaluations of campaigning strategies and plans;

• To originate and contribute to advocacy and campaigning materials, reports briefings, policy position papers, correspondence, action materials, press releases, and other internal and external documents to facilitate the effective implementation of AI's agreed strategies on military, security and policing issues;

• To monitor and analyse legal and policy developments and conduct research as appropriate into military, security and policing issues, including by participating in field research and through contact with partners on the ground;

• To maintain a comprehensive overview of trends and developments on military, security and policing issues and relevant specialist subjects;

• To represent AI at the UN and other IGO meetings, relevant forums and national/international events as an expert and carry out lobbying and targeted advocacy in order to achieve AI objectives in relation to military, security and policing issues;

• To communicate AI's concerns, positions and key messages to AI's membership, civil society organizations and at other forums, including through lobbying at relevant public forums in relation to advocacy/campaigning priorities;

• To contribute to the development of the team and Programme's strategies and plans for research and campaigning, providing input into internal discussions on AI's role, policy, organizational and other issues, in order to increase the effectiveness of AI's work;

• To develop and maintain contacts with national and international NGOs and other external partners in the development and implementation of advocacy and campaigning strategies and plans in order that AI's objectives are also taken up by other organizations;

NL Recruitment ins currently looking for a Campaigns Officer to join an education related charity based in London. Working closely with the Campaigns Manager, you will join a growing and ambitious team to deliver communications and behaviour change campaigns across the target areas.

As the Campaigns Officer, you will;

• Support the Campaigns Manager to develop campaign strategy and key messaging using behavioural science frameworks
• Plan and deliver engaging events for target audiences
• Build partnerships with local media and write press releases, media pitches and articles
• Develop social media plan to reach target audiences

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic Campaigns Officer who has excellent verbal communication skills and is an excellent writer and proofreader. You will also have;

• Recent experience working as a campaigns officer on in a communications role with campaigning responsibilities
• Experience in working with journalists to secure positive national and regional media coverage
• Experience in managing digital and social media accounts and writing for different audiences/ contexts
• Experience in planning, implementing and evaluating campaigns
• Knowledge in behaviour change campaigning

Inclusion London is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, skilled and experienced Deaf or Disabled person for the post of:

Policy and Campaigns Officer

Inclusion London is a leading disability equality organisation run by and for Deaf and Disabled people. We have built a national reputation for effective policy and campaign work and for providing innovative business and organisational support to local Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) in London.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with DDPOs to gather evidence and carry out policy and campaigning work on the impact of the Covid-19 emergency on Deaf and Disabled people including the experience of shielding and self-isolation, the impact on social care/independent living support and the implementation of the Coronavirus Act.

You will have experience of carrying out effective evidence based campaign and policy work and presenting data and policy work in an accessible and compelling way that supports effective campaigning and influencing. You will be great at developing effective relationships across different sectors and communicating with diverse audiences.

Inclusion London is committed to equality, diversity and human rights and reflecting the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from Deaf or Disabled people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

We support flexible working and large aspects of these jobs could be done remotely, however some travel to London to attend face-to -face meetings may be required depending on the Public Health advice. 

Salary: £34,000 per annum pro rata

Hours: 17.5 hours per week

Length of employment: 12 months fixed term contract  

Pension: Non-contributory pension 5%

Holiday:  25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata

To Apply:

Please click on the APPLY ON WEBSITE button below or above where you can download the application pack.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 15 June 2020

Candidates invited to interview will be informed by: 19 June 2020

Interviews will take place: Week Commencing 29 June 2020 via Zoom

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Campaigner/Resercher to join the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and develop our oceans programme in West Africa. You will be joining EJF’s growing international team that works to protect natural environments, wildlife and defend basic human rights. 

The campaigner/researcher will have shared responsibility for coordinating and implementing projects to document, expose and eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and improve the sustainability and equity of fisheries and the protection of marine and coastal environments in our target countries.

The role will involve mentoring, supporting and evaluating local teams in West Africa who are responsible for research and documentation; devising and overseeing the outreach within communities and the wider public (including through local, national and international media); and ensuring that our advocacy with decision makers is influential, appropriate and effective. This role will work within EJF’s team of researchers and campaigners.

The role will also support the development and strengthening of EJF’s fisheries information network in West Africa, which gathers, verifies and shares cases of illegal fishing with policymakers in the region and internationally.

The role requires key skills: strong project and people management; meticulous research, analysis and communications; media liaison and advocacy. 

This is an unusual opportunity to gain exceptional experience and insights within this international organisation. The role offers an unusual level of career development for the right person looking to excel and make a strong impact in international conservation and human rights.

Job spec and required skills and experience:

• A relevant degree and have demonstrable expertise in research and report-writing.
• Have a minimum of three years experience in project management and/or relevant professional work in Africa. You will have led and delivered high-quality development and/or conservation projects and implemented advocacy programmes that show measurable impact.
• Be a strong and dynamic leader able to work under pressure and remotely manage, mentor and motivate to get the best from EJF’s local teams and project partners. You will understand how to provide remote support to inspire a strong work ethic and secure consistent results.
• Have superb oral and written communication skills able to deliver winning presentations to diverse high-level audiences, media and local partners and communities.
• Be a superb negotiator, able to be diplomatic and tactful under pressure. You have good cross-cultural awareness and a genuine interest in working with communities to improve their lives and protect their environment.
• Have a comprehensive grasp of budgets, alongside the need for cost-efficient and transparent use of resources, and a meticulous eye for detail. Ideally you will understand the needs of institutional and private donors and grant reporting to show the impact of funding support.
• Be resourceful, adaptable, a strategic thinker and relationship manager capable of ensuring the long-term impact and durability of the programme.
• Share a genuine and demonstrable commitment to EJF, its Mission and goals of protecting people, wildlife and our shared planet.

Benefits:

• Private healthcare

• Generous pension rising with each completed year of service

• Generous personal leave entitlement increasing annually

• Home working 1 day per week

• Unique opportunities for career development within a high-impact international organization.

Applications:  please send your CV and a cover letter.

No other communications. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

First interviews will take place by video conference with the Directors in June 2020.  

Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

EJF is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.

We are looking for a Campaigns and Communications Officer to join the dynamic LRMN team. You should have at least 2 years’ experience in a campaign and communications role in a small to medium size non-profit organisation and a proven track record in developing and implementing campaigns and associated communication and advocacy strategies. Experience of engaging and empowering service users to participate and influence local and national campaigns is a must as well as experience of using social media and digital marketing, including data analysis.

You will take responsibility in our  Borough of Sanctuary campaigns  and collaborate with key local, regional, and national partners in shaping and promoting campaigns most relevant to LRMN’s service users.

You will work closely with LRMN’s Fundraising Officer in producing core messages and other relevant documents to support LRMN’s fundraising strategy and activities and will be responsible in implementing our Communications Strategy and developing our Campaigns Strategy.

To be successful you should be aware of issues and barriers faced by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in accessing appropriate services and support and have a good knowledge and understanding of legislations relevant to them.

LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugees and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing in south and southeast London boroughs.

Please note we will not accept CVs and we will interview as applications come in so please apply as soon as possible.

If you do not hear from us within 6 weeks after the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted this time.

Position Title: Digital Organiser [initial 9 months fixed term]

Location: London preferred, but we welcome applications from anywhere in the UK with the flexibility to travel to London when needed

Hours: 37.5 hrs

Start date: As soon as possible

Compensation: £27000 pro-rata

Application instructions: Email your CV and a supporting statement no longer than 500 words setting out in brief why you would like to join Green New Deal UK, how you meet the requirements below and what you would bring to the campaign for a Green New Deal. Give specific and relevant examples of past work and achievements to illustrate your skills and experience.

Application Process: Successful candidates will be sent a small exercise, and progress onto an interview over video conference using Zoom.

Application Timeline: Applications will be accepted for this position until 17th June 2020 and interviews will be conducted 1st-3rd July 2020. 

Introduction

We’re an independently registered non-profit organisation that campaigns for a Green New Deal in the UK. We strive to be a movement led organisation that provides an ‘organising hub’ to facilitate the efforts of ordinary people around the country who want to help campaign for change. We’re dedicated to stopping climate change in a way that improves peoples’ lives and builds a fairer, more democratic society and economy. 

We have a small but nimble team made up of two part-time Executive Directors, the Head of Organising and the National Organiser with the support of a coordinating group made up of volunteers.  This is very much a start-up and it’s hoped that any new addition to the team would help shape the direction, culture and vision of the organisation.

Position

We’re hiring a full-time Digital Organiser to develop and deliver a powerful digital organising and communication strategy to meet our campaign aims.

This means designing effective tactics and strategies that build our communication channels and activate people into local organising and mass mobilisations. It means working with our Hub Support team to empower local organisers to run effective digital strategies. And working within the comms team to amplify this work, to shift the Green New Deal conversation and inspire further action.

As a small organisation, this role will sit across our team and campaigning. We’re looking for a savvy digital campaigner, able to think strategically, respond to political developments and deliver, which can include managing teams of volunteers and directly producing content. 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Developing and delivering digital campaign strategies and tactics that support our campaign goals and objectives - activate a broad base of people to organise locally to build public support and socialise a  GND 

• Producing creative communications and digital tools to support a variety of campaign tactics online and offline, local and national 

• Management of the campaign website, digital tools and social media channels including:

  • Social Media Calendar: Maintain a content calendar for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Keep these channels up to date with fresh, relevant content, and keep on top of daily news cycles

  • Email lists and digital tools: designing and managing online user journey, using email and other tools to convert awareness and interest into active participation 

  • Maintaining and updating the Green New Deal UK WordPress site 

  • Content Creation: drafting and publishing social media content.

  • Testing and Improvement: Monitor and report on digital campaign performance 

• Supporting local hubs to implement coordinated digital strategies and tactics

  • Providing tools, information and training to local Hubs to support their local organising 

  • Managing digital tools to ensure their effectiveness for local Hubs 

  • Creating the digital user journeys that funnel people into local action

Required:

1. Demonstrated success in digital organising and campaigning 

2. Great at problem-solving, implementing new ideas quickly with solid project management skills and great attention to detail. 

3. A skilled writer, storyteller and visual communicator who also loves digging into the data to understand what’s driving target audiences to act.

4. A strong understanding of the role compelling communications plays in delivering social change.

5. Can effectively manage volunteers

6. Committed to climate justice and building an equitable movement; has a passion to help create content that is reflective of diverse communities; willingness to have real talk about race, class, and other layers of oppression in a climate justice movement 

7. Brings a spirit of positivity, flexibility, and resilience to situations with a lot of uncertainty 

Nice to have: 

• Experience working with either Action Network, Nationbuilder or CiviCRM software

• Experience working with Wordpress and basic HTML skills

• Demonstrated success in growing support for campaigns online using paid and organic methods

• A track record of creating impactful written and visual communications, including basic graphic design skills

• Solid experience managing and analysing data to inform campaign strategies and rapid response campaigning

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in progressive movements 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.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to provide research and campaign support to the Founding Directors of the Environmental Justice Foundation. EJF is a leading international organisation working to protect natural environments, wildlife and defend basic human rights. 

The Campaigns Assistant will provide essential campaign support to the Directors by undertaking research, writing, communications and outreach across all of EJF’s programmes. EJF’s work focuses on oceans, marine biodiversity and an end to illegal fishing and ‘seafood slavery’; climate, ‘blue carbon’ and mangrove forests; sustainable fashion; and wildlife trade.

This is a challenging, fast-paced and varied role demanding meticulous attention to detail, creative thinking, an ability to quickly grasp new issues, and a ‘can do’ attitude. The CA will have superb interpersonal and communications skills including excellent research and writing abilities, and a proven ability to quickly produce polished written documents. The CA will be ambitious with a strong commitment and determination to help deliver EJF’s vision to Protect People and Planet.

This is a unique opportunity to work exclusively with the Directors, gaining exceptional experience, skills and insights within this international organisation. The role offers an unusual level of career development for the right person looking to excel and make a strong impact in international conservation and human rights.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead research across multiple issues, including new opportunities and developing campaign projects; research will include scientific, socio-economic, legal/policy and other areas that can be applied to campaigns and projects.
• Produce high-calibre communications materials including campaign briefings and reports; web-copy and blogs; speeches and presentations on behalf of the Directors.
• Support research into the target audiences and contacts for campaign outreach; and maintain the detailed contacts history on behalf of the Directors.
• Represent EJF in external meetings and events with policymakers, industry, NGO and other expert or public audiences as requested by the Directors.
• Provide research and communications support to EJF’s special events and partnerships, helping to engage the public and public figures, industry and policymakers.

Essential skills and attributes:

• Degree-level education
• Demonstrable relevant research experience
• Outstanding research skills, intellectual and academic rigour. An ability to compile information make it easily accessible to multiple audiences (including non-expert).
• Ability to learn quickly and apply information to the specific needs of the campaigns and projects.  
• Excellent writing and presentation skills with a meticulous attention to detail, precision and accuracy.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Understanding that change is not easily won, but worth winning.

Benefits:

• Private healthcare

 • Generous pension rising with each completed year of service• Generous personal leave entitlement increasing annually

• Home working 1 day per week

• Unique opportunities for career development within a high-impact international organisation

Applications:  please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this job

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No other communications please.

First interviews will take place by video conference with the Directors in June 2020.  
Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

EJF is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.