The Campaign to End Loneliness believe that people of all ages need connections that matter. There are nine million lonely people in the UK and four million of them are older people. Many older people find constant loneliness hardest to overcome. They lack the friendship and support we all need. The Campaign have been experts in the field of loneliness and connection since 2011. We share research, evidence and knowledge with thousands of other organisations to drive positive change in older people’s lives. The Campaign to End Loneliness is hosted by Independent Age, who is responsible for the Campaign’s governance and management and employs its staff. We are also supported by National Lottery funding through the National Lottery Community Fund, and have also been funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, The Tudor Trust and donations from the general public. The Campaign is now in an exciting second phase of its development having been awarded a major National Lottery Community Fund award (£2.65m) for the period 2017-2020. This will see us drive innovation and share evidence; catalyse new action from a range of people and organisations and inspire people to Be More Us, as part of our public campaigning.
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Job Title: Marketing Campaigns Coordinator
Department: Marketing
Location: Whittington
Salary: Dependent on experience
Working Hours: 37.5 hrs Monday – Friday
Application Review date: 6th October 2019
Interview date: Week commencing 14th October 2019
This post has responsibility for the delivery of marketing campaigns for St Giles Hospice. You will be project managing campaigns from inception to completion in collaboration with our internal departments, particularly; Fundraising, Promotions, Lottery and Shops to ensure they fully implement their marketing plans in order to generate funds for St Giles. You will work with the Marketing Manager to devise, implement and report on campaigns as part of the annual income generation marketing calendar.
St Giles launched its 5 year strategy in April 2017, has successfully rebranded and is at an exciting point in its development. Fundraising will be key to its success and marketing is crucial to support this.
Company benefits:
To reward the hard work of our fantastic staff, St Giles Hospice offers an excellent benefits package as per the below;
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27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 35 days with service)
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Contributory pension scheme
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Free car parking
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Training and development opportunities as well as progression within the organisation.
About us:
St Giles Hospice is a registered charity offering high-quality specialist care free of charge for people living with diseases which may not be curable as well as providing support for their families and carers.
Services include a team of community-based St Giles clinical nurse specialists, two state of the art in-patient facilities, Day Hospice, Hospice at Home, Bereavement and Family Support, and an internationally renowned Lymphoedema Clinic.
Patients come from across the hospice's catchment area, which ranges from Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Atherstone in the east, to Cannock and Walsall in the west – and from Burton and Uttoxeter in the north, to Sutton Coldfield and Coleshill in the south.
Care is offered at the hospice's centres in Whittington, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall and in patients' own homes across the region.
St Giles spends over £9 million a year providing its specialist services and with little more than a third of this funded by the Government, the registered charity relies heavily on donations and income generation from the local community.
St Giles employee approximately 450 paid staff and over 1,500 volunteers.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.
All correspondence in response to applications will be sent via email. Due to the number of applications received, it is not always possible to respond to every application. Therefore, applicants who do not receive a response within 14 days of the review date should assume that they have been unsuccessful.
St Giles Hospice, Fisherwick Road, Whittington, Lichfield, WS14 9LH. Registered charity 509014 Company limited by guarantee 1430090
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Who are we?
Recently named Third Sector Charity of the Year 2018, we are a rapidly growing charity seeking to accelerate change for those affected by brain tumours, which kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer. Our five-year strategy is ambitious and sets out plans to double survival from brain tumours and halve the harm they cause to quality of life.
Our exciting job role!
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an active interest in the broad political environment and a specific interest in health and influencing health policy to drive forward a positive agenda of change for everyone affected by a brain tumour. The successful candidate will help raise the importance of finding a cure for brain tumours in the political arena and thus ensuring the delivery of The Brain Tumour Charity’s campaigning and policy objectives.
This role is full time - 37.5 hours and will be based in our Farnborough office, with some out‑of‑hours working.
What we'd like from you:
It's simple - all you need to succeed in this role is talent, ambition and energy. You must completely embrace our values, offer a great cultural fit, inspire us every day and deliver amazing results in a fast paced environment.
According to the job description you should also have a third for effecting positive change through innovative campaigning and influencing that will mobilise support for our campaigns and to inspire people to take action. If this is for you, we’d love to hear from you!
What we'd like to give you:
- Salary c.£24,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – pro rata for part-time contracts (we also close at Christmas as a ‘thank you’ for volunteering your time at some of our events throughout the year*)
- Generous pension contribution*
- Life assurance cover*
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Loads of other great benefits, plus an amazing culture to work in, a great team and lots of fun (and cake!)
How to apply to join our amazing team:
Please apply online attaching your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours.
Advert close date: Friday, 11th October 2019
First interview date and location: tbc via Skype
Second interview date and location: tbc at our Farnborough Office
More about us:
Don’t forget to check out our short video (you can find it on our You Tube channel) to find out more about our culture and what it is like to work at The Brain Tumour Charity.
Did you know we have won a variety of awards for our HeadSmart campaign including the NHS Innovation Award, Third Sector Excellence Awards and Charity Times Awards and have been ranked a top global organisation by renowned management consultants McKinsey?
For more information, please visit our website.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of receiving a sufficient number of applications and may extend the advert if we don't find our perfect team mate!
We process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. For full details, please read our privacy policy for job applicants.
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Coming from either a campaigning or communications background, you must have a proven ability to write great copy, the digital skills to make the best use of our website and social media, and the energy and ideas to organise campaigns.
This role is responsible for making our constituency and the general public aware of JM’s work through the media (print and digital, social media, blogs, direct communications and other online platforms etc.) and giving them a chance to engage in campaigns which can help to apply pressure for change where it is needed to achieve our campaign goals. Central to this purpose is the need to communicate in an appropriate and relevant way the mission and values of Jesuit Missions as a Catholic, Ignatian organisation.
You will help devise and deliver a strategy which identifies opportunities and stories which build the profile of Jesuit Missions with existing and new audiences. While the work is challenging, this is an unrivalled opportunity for a rising campaigning or communications professional to build on their experience and make their mark on a great cause.
The role is varied and involves drafting and producing materials; developing campaign actions;, as well as keeping up to date with all relevant issues relating to our work in this area.
For over 50 years, Jesuit Missions has been working with poor communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Their story deserves to be told and we’d like you to help us do it.
We provide financial support for projects in poor communities across the world. We work in schools and parishes in the UK promoting reflection and action in line with the Jesuit commitment "to serve the faith through the promotion of justice."
Our small team of nine staff is based in South London. We have an annual income of c£1 million and lots of ambition to grow our work.
As the Jesuits are a global religious order, we’re also part of an international network which creates real opportunities for collaboration so that we can maximise our impact.
If you'd like to be part of our life-changing and inspiring work, we'd love to hear from you.
You will be supporting lobbying activity and delivering a diverse range of high quality written communications
Client Details
A Professional body
Description
You will be:
- Preparing persuasive and reasoned responses to government consultations
- Presenting elements of draft Bills, Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments, and Regulations in forms that can be easily understood by external and internal stakeholders
- Building and maintaining an awareness of the sector landscape and being highly organised to manage deadlines for written responses to a variety of consultations and calls for evidence
- Assisting with lobbying Government, MPs, AMs, MSPs and other relevant parties on issues affecting the property industry
- Creating fact sheets to support member compliance with legislation.
- Creating persuasive and engaging written content to support campaign messaging and wider external affairs.
- the point of contact for a wide range of policy issues
Profile
Essential skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills with a wide range of people and audiences
- Strong analytical skills
- Working knowledge of legislative processes and procedures, preferably across the UK
- Demonstrable ability to draft formal reports and position papers
- Experience of developing policy lines
- Proactive, ambitious and professional
Job Offer
£25k-£35k (DoE)
Salary: Starting salary from £26,112 - £30, 290 (plus £4000 London weighting allowance if applicable)
Hours of work: Full time, 37 hours per week. Flexible
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne or London
Role type: Permanent
Traidcraft Exchange believes that there’s a problem with world trade right now and we have big ambitions to change that.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic campaigner to join our Campaigns & Communications team. Depending on your level of experience, we can offer the role as either Campaigns Officer or Senior Campaigns Officer.
You’ll be someone with the ability to turn ideas into great campaigns which motivate large numbers of people to get involved so together we can deliver real change. You’ll be ambitious for change, flexible in approach and enthusiastic about working with others. Above all you’ll be passionate about making a difference through trade for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
The role will be located in either of our modern offices in London (Vauxhall) or central Newcastle and there will be some travel expected between the two.
We are currently looking to appoint one person and will consider applications for either role. Job descriptions for both roles are available on our website. Please make it clear on your application form which role you wish to be considered for.
Interested? You can download the job descriptions and application form on our website or click on the additional documents.
Please be advised we will only accept a completed application form for this role. Once you have completed the application form please submit it to us via email/post.
Closing date for applications: 10am, 30th September 2019
Provisional date for interviews: 8th or 10th October 2019
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Summary
Diabetes UK is looking to recruit a full time Senior Campaigns Officer. As part of the Policy, Campaigns & Mobilisation team, you will play a vital role in bringing about change to improve the lives of people with diabetes and those at risk of developing Type 2.
Package
What we can offer you:
- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
- A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,600 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
- Early finish Friday and flexible working
- Discounts on gym membership and days out
- Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
- Annual season ticket loan
- Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
- Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
- Cycle to work scheme (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.
Main Responsibilities
Your role will be to centrally oversee and coordinate planning for our influencing campaigns, to bring about change in a range of areas and to ensure diabetes is at the top of the political agenda. This will be a fast-paced and varied role, which involves informing the planning of new campaigns, delivering campaigns in collaboration with a range of other teams, engaging different external audiences in our campaigns, as well as ensuring we evaluate campaigns and monitoring our impact. You will be creative and flexible, passionate about campaigning for change, and able to juggle multiple projects at the same time.
Ideal Candidate
- Significant experience in campaigns, public affairs or policy related fields.
- A record of developing strong relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Using social media, digital platforms like Wordpress and knowledge of, or experience using online campaigning platforms including in engaging and interesting ways.
- Working with politicians or in campaigning/influencing environment.
- Significant experience in managing and evaluating projects.
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Wilder Campaigns & Events Officer
Salary circa £23,000 - £24,000 pa (depending on experience & qualifications);
Full-time, 35 hours per week; permanent contract; post based at Curdridge, near Botley, Hampshire
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is the leading local nature conservation charity and is one of the largest of the county-based Wildlife Trusts with a lively, dedicated and passionate team of just over 100 staff and around 1,400 volunteers.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of delivering engaging campaigns and events to be part of creating a wilder future for our two counties.
Wildlife is in freefall both locally and nationally and we are facing a nature emergency. In order to put nature into recovery, we need many more people on nature’s side.
We are looking for a highly motivated, creative and enthusiastic person to join our team and help us deliver an exciting new programme - ‘Team Wilder’ – encouraging thousands of individuals, groups and communities to take action for wildlife. The programme includes working with local communities to create wilder towns and cities, encouraging more people to garden for wildlife and inspiring more young people to get involved. This role will support our important new programme through the delivery of creative materials, communications and campaigns as well as helping to organise events and other engagement activity.
The role would suit someone with a passion for environmental and conservations issues, who enjoys finding creative and effective ways of inspiring and mobilising people to act.
Our ideal candidate should have experience of developing and delivering effective public-facing engagement campaigns, using both on and offline tools.
This is a new role within the Advocacy and Engagement team and will work closely with the Engagement Manager as well as with colleagues in Marketing and Communications and across the Trust. The ability to build positive working relationships, both internally and externally is a must.
If you have the skills and experience to help the Wildlife Trust create a movement of people taking action and would like to play a role in nature’s recovery, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: Midday – Friday 11th October 2019
Interviews: Wednesday 16th October 2019
The Wildlife Trust (TWT) value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. We believe that a diverse workforce will help us create our vision of ‘people close to nature, with land and seas rich in wildlife.’
To apply for the role of Wilder Campaigns & Events Officer, please apply via the button shown.
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Additional Keywords: Wilder Campaigns & Events Officer, Campaigns & Events Officer, Campaign & Engagement Officer, Campaign Engagement Executive, Campaign Executive, Engagement Executive, Marketing.
Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.
Position: Public Affairs and Campaigning Officer
Location: Belfast
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £25,300 to £27,682 (Depending on skills & experience)
Closing Date: 26 September 2019
Interview date: Wednesday 9th October 2019 in Belfast
About the Role:
This role will play a crucial part in ensuring the delivery of the Society’s objectives by raising the importance of dementia in the political arena, among civil servants and opinion formers working in the health and social care field. This will be achieved in three key ways:
- Providing specialist knowledge of the Northern Ireland Assembly to ensure Alzheimer’s Society maximises its influencing opportunities
- Delivering the Society’s Political and Influencing strategy, which seeks to strengthen commitment among Ministers across all political parties, and by advising on tactics for targeting them in the new Assembly
- By working with the Senior Public Affairs & Campaigning Officer and other members of the Campaigns & Partnerships team to devise integrated campaign strategies to ensure the effective communication to key opinion formers
About You:
You will have an excellent knowledge of the Northern Ireland political system, parliamentary structures and the range of mechanisms for accessing Ministers and Assembly members. Significant experience in a campaigns/ policy / parliamentary related role and in a role that seeks to influence and persuade opinion formers, in particular Ministers and Assembly members.
You will have experience in organising well focused events to achieve agreed public affairs objectives, ranging from parliamentary receptions to small-scale stakeholder seminars. Together with strong IT skills, excellent oral and written communication skills in order to communicate the work of the Society to different audiences.
You will have the ability to build positive relationships and engage with staff across the Society. Proven experience of working with members of a network and experience of supporting volunteers and grassroots campaigners together with excellent organisational skills.
You may have experience of the following: Public Affairs Officer, Senior Public Affairs Officer, Campaigns Officer, Policy Officer, Political Assistant, Government Policy, Local Government, Community Engagement, Public Relations Officer, Communications Advisor, Communications Officer, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc.
Do you want to work for an organisation with a difference? Our client is looking for an experienced IT Officer to provide effective technical support for their offices and Desktop/Office Suite support to all staff.
Our client is the national membership organisation for the third sector and volunteering in Wales. Their aim is to work towards a future where the third sector and volunteering thrive across Wales, improving wellbeing for all.
Position: Senior ICT Officer
Location: Cardiff
Salary: £27,945 increasing to £29,616 per annum following 6-month probationary period.
Duration: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week. A flexi time scheme is in operation and time off in lieu is permissible for any work required to be undertaken outside the normal hours.
Closing Date: Monday 30th September, 2019
Interviews: 10 October 2019
A workplace with a difference:
A job with our client offers you flexible employment that makes a difference. They operate a flexi-scheme to help you fit your career around your life commitments, as well as 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and an additional five discretionary days leave (usually used to cover office shutdown over Christmas).
They also offer a generous pension contribution, have been awarded ‘Investors in People’ and are Firm believers in equal opportunities, the ‘real living wage’ and workplace wellbeing. You really could not find an employer more committed to their staff!
About the Role:
As Senior IT Support Officer you will provide technical support for our client’s offices, as well as Desktop and Office Suite support and training to 90 end users. You will ensure a comprehensive service that meets business requirements.
You will effectively manage the relationship with any ICT contracts and retain compliance with relevant national standards and frameworks, manage implementation of projects, provide in-house training and assist with the annual review of the ICT policy and its implementation especially with regards to Cyber Essentials assurance.
This is not an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked to carry out additional duties from time to time or, as required, by the developing needs of the service or organisation.
About You:
The Successful IT Support Officer be a self-starter, with the ability to work under pressure with excellent work management skills. You will bring with you the following skills and experience:
- An up to date and relevant ICT qualification or a minimum of 3 years ICT support experience in a multi-site organisation.
- Experience of working in an ICT Service desk environment
- Experience of providing 1st level and 2nd level support
- Experience of managing ICT support contracts ensuring that Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are maintained.
- Technical ability and intuitive troubleshooting skills.
You will be able to communicate clearly, confidently with staff and external organisations both orally and in writing in a non-technical way and have the ability to travel to remote locations when necessary.
Although not essential, a working knowledge of the Welsh language would be highly desirable, as would knowledge of GDPR.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: IT Service Desk Engineer, ICT Officer, Database & IT Officer, Service Desk Analyst, 1st Line Support, 2nd Line Support, Information Officer Jobs, IT Technical Support, IT Support Desk Officer
This is an immediate start on going interim role working for a developing charity based in London.
Reporting to the IT Manager and working as part of a team of 7 people, it'll be the role of the Senior IT Support Officer to provide 2nd/3rd line support, and administration support on ICT infrastructure, and assist the IT manager in the delivery of ICT strategy.
Your duties as the Senior IT Officer will include;
- Providing excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders
- Delivering excellent Audio - Visual support - covering set up for all venue's that are hired out
- Assisting the ICT manager in developing, implementing and delivery of systems, security, and ICT policies
- Ensuring that all ICT infrastructure is secure, updated and compliant with best practices
- Undertake and coordinate ICT projects
- Resolve all 2nd line and 3rd line support issues ensured everything is documented and maintaining best service delivery
- Ensuring all systems and processes are properly documented and up to date
Applicants for the position of Senior IT Support Officer must be immediately available. This temporary role will go on until a suitable permanent options has been appointed and the successful candidate for this role can also apply for the permanent role.
If you have a proven track in 2nd/3rd line IT support role than you must apply by sending your CV to [email protected]
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Extraordinary campaigners wanted to protect people and the planet!
We’re looking for 2 experienced Campaigners to join our team to deliver world-changing campaigns for a just world where people and nature thrive.
As a Campaigner with us you will join our plastics or climate ambition team, working with others to develop and deliver people-powered campaign strategies and plans that will deliver real-world change.
We’re looking for individuals who can demonstrate strategic thinking in developing and delivering campaign strategies – analysing the situation to identify what sort of pressure for change is needed, and where and when it should be applied to achieve our campaign goals.
With an understanding of politics and power in the broadest sense, including but not limited to understanding the UK Parliament and using the law to campaign, you will have experience in working with and building coalitions and mobilising people to effect change.
For more information please visit our website.
Closing date: Sunday 22nd September 2019 (23:59)
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.
Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Duties will include:
Key Responsibilities:
Monitor the Campaign and email inbox, responding to enquires with support of Campaigns Manager.
Follow up with companies who have registered an interest in installing the campaign sign with resources/partnership pack and support implementation.
Follow up on organisations that are yet to install and further campaign work to get them on board.
Assist in the preparation and dissemination of campaign briefings and supportive materials for relevant staff and volunteers.
Proof read content and identify appropriate images for campaign assets.
Assist the Campaigns Manager in monitoring, analysing and reporting on the impact of our campaigns.
Support on maximising reactive opportunities to encourage our campaigners to have a say on what matters to them most.
Work in conjunction with Campaigns Manager to ensure campaign liaison cross other teams and departments.
Attend meetings and events when required, necessitating travel within the UK, occasionally working outside of regular hours and with occasional overnight stays.
Skills and experience:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise with a range of stakeholders.
Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office programmes (Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
Highly organised and efficient with the ability to manage a wide range of tasks and work well under pressure.
Experience of working in an administration role managing external enquires and supporting a team/organisation.
Experience of managing own workload to meet deadlines.
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Harris Hill is excited to be partnering with the National Literacy Trust in its search for a new Campaigns Manager to lead on its behaviour change campaigns with local communities across the UK.
Based in London but working nationally, the NLT's Campaigns Manager will be responsible for planning and delivering behaviour change campaigns in their national Hubs and other target areas. This includes innovative campaign strategies to spread impactful key messages among communities and affect behaviours among target demographics.
Partnership working is a key element of the National Literacy Trust's success, and the Campaign Manager will be expected to build relationships with partners including the media, local businesses, schools, libraries, sporting clubs and more, as well as organising community engagement events and initiatives involving local children and families.
In relation to the inherent variety of Campaigns Manager positions, this particular role has a core mix of project management, behaviour change, community engagement and communications/marketing, along with broader partnership working. As such, the postholder will need to demonstrate significant experience of these aspects, as well as, ideally, knowledge of local or regional campaigning. The Campaigns Manager will be expected to line manage a Campaigns Officer; although line management experience is not essential, you'll need to demonstrate capability to take on this responsibility (perhaps you have managed an intern, for example).
This is a full-time, permanent position paying 36,000 p.a., with an application process of a CV and cover letter to Harry Marven at Harris Hill. A shortlist of applicants will be submitted on Monday 16th September and interviews will not be conducted before this date. If you are interested in this position, please send your most recent CV to Harry Marven to get the ball rolling.
About the National Literacy Trust
One person in six has poor literacy skills that impact on every area of their life. A child without good reading, writing and communication skills will struggle to succeed at school, and as an adult they could be locked out of the job market. Poverty doubles the likelihood that, by the age of five, a child's literacy skills will be below average.
We are an independent charity dedicated to raising literacy levels in the UK by giving disadvantaged children the literacy skills they need to succeed. Our research and analysis make us the leading authority on literacy. We run projects in the poorest communities, campaign to make literacy a priority for politicians, businesses and parents, and support schools.
We are a rapidly growing organisation, with ambitious plans and amazing staff. We have 25 years' experience of delivering programmes and campaigns to improve the skills and confidence levels of those most in need of support. Partnerships are an essential part of our work with the education sector, with businesses and with community partners. We work closely with both national and local government. Our funders and partners include high street brands such as McDonald's, WHSmith and Clarks Shoes, and large multinationals such as Lanc me, KPMG and PwC. We have our main office in Vauxhall, London, as well as people working to support our community activity around the country.
London, N1
Closing Date: 7th October 2019
Interview Date: 14th October 2019
Are you looking to develop a career in human rights campaigning? Are you excited by the prospect of working autonomously in a team focused environment that makes a real difference to people’s lives? If so, then this could be the role for you.
The Organisation
Free Tibet is a visionary NGO that believes in, and is actively campaigning for, a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own future; this is a future in which all human rights will be respected.
Free Tibet campaigns for an end to China's occupation of Tibet and for international recognition of Tibetans' right to freedom; we mobilise active support for the Tibetan cause, champion human rights and challenge those whose actions help sustain the occupation.
Working for Free Tibet will provide the successful Campaigns Assistant an invaluable opportunity to play an integral role in the wider free Tibet movement.
The Rewards
- £19,000 (pro rata)
- Pension (employer contribution of 6%)
- 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Flexible working hours and potential to work from home
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Free tea and coffee
This is an incredible opportunity to be at the forefront of several online and grassroots campaigns to counter human rights abuses in Tibet. You will have the chance to see a direct correlation and link between your efforts and results within the international community and in Tibet itself.
You will work closely with the Free Tibet team, reporting into the Campaigns & Advocacy Manager and working in close proximity with the Media Officer and Digital Team. This openness and agility in our team structure affords all our team members continuous learning and development opportunities, providing consistent prospects for professional and personal growth.
The Role
As a Campaigns Assistant for Free Tibet, you will play a central role in the delivery of effective online and offline campaigns. Playing an active role in the planning and implementation of Free Tibet’s outreach work, you will deliver our message to new audiences.
With a strong work ethic, ‘can do’ attitude and ability to work on your own initiative, you will assist in managing and updating our online communications to supporters, including our Social Media, e-mail list and website.
Additionally, you will:
- Maintain Free Tibet’s library of files, photographs and documents related to campaigns
- Represent Free Tibet at public events such as festivals, exhibitions and cultural events and engage with new supporters
- Assist with, and on occasions manage, the delivery of public events such as protests, vigils and other forms of direct action
- Identify opportunities for campaigns and outreach activities in response to external news and developments
- Participate in the planning and delivery of other campaign activities as directed by the Campaigns & Advocacy Manager
- Assist in overseeing the work of campaign volunteers where appropriate
The above duties and responsibilities do not represent an exhaustive list, and there will be ample opportunities to get involved in multiple aspects of Free Tibet’s work. One key area for contribution is the opportunity to draft effective, professional and motivational copy which will be utilised across multiple forums.
About You
This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate human rights advocate and/or activist to join an organisation which makes a difference to Tibetans’ lives every day.
To be considered as a Campaigns Assistant, you will need:
- Demonstrable experience of delivering projects to a high standard within agreed parameters and timeframes
- Detailed knowledge of campaign techniques and the changing face of campaigning
- Experience of assisting in the organisation of public events
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce persuasive and informative copy against tight deadlines for different audiences
- An understanding and experience of using social media, email and other digital platforms
- A commitment to Free Tibet’s vision and an understanding of human rights
In addition, strong photography and/or video skills would be advantageous to your application, however this is not essential.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, we want to hear from you! Make sure to apply for the role of Campaigns Assistant today via the button shown.
Please note we do not accept CVs as part of the application process. Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the application form only. The application form is in digital form and we will also require you to fill out and attach an Equal Opportunities form to your application.
Other organisations may call this role Marketing Assistant, Communications and Campaigns Assistant, Marketing Campaign Assistant, Advocacy Assistant, Campaign and Events Assistant, Campaign Project Officer or Campaign Assistant.
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