About this vacancy

Vegetarian for Life is the leading authority on diet and healthy living advice for older vegans and vegetarians. We work with a diverse variety of stakeholders, including some of the UK's biggest care chains and food suppliers; government; and partner NGOs, to support and protect older vegans and vegetarians.

As we continue to expand our work, we have an opportunity to create the charity’s first Head of Research and Policy. This critical role will help to drive our lobbying, campaigning, advocacy, and research forward at a critical time for our organisation.

We are looking for an exceptional and passionate individual with proven experience of managing and developing successful integrated campaigns and campaign strategies.

The ideal candidate will drive our impact by using their skills and experience to effectively shape policy and research interventions. They will help Vegetarian for Life to make a real and tangible difference to the lives of older vegans and vegetarians across the UK – both now and in the future.

You will have experience of developing and implementing successful research and campaign proposals and activities. With a good understanding and experience of the UK legislative, regulatory, and governmental framework, you will understand how to navigate and steer stakeholders to achieve legislative change. You will understand how to drive public and media awareness to enable this.

You will be used to working with a variety of stakeholders, and will be a confident and effective communicator at any level – from the general public, through to business leaders, senior government, and regulatory bodies. Management experience is preferred.

Candidates will ideally be based in, or close to, either Greater London or Greater Manchester. The role will include regular travel to both cities and may include overnight stays. Other UK travel may be required, and you must be prepared and willing to travel for this role. The role is primarily home based, with regular attendance at the Manchester office.

In line with the charity’s core values, you should be a committed vegan or vegetarian.

Salary and benefits:

• From £35,000 p.a. (£17.95 per hour)
• In the region of 37.5 hours per week – full time
• Flexible working hours
• 6% contribution to group personal pension plan
• Generous 38 days of annual leave p.a.
• Supportive and positive working environment

Closing date: 31 May 2021

More information: For more details, including the Person Specification, please download our Job Description. Applications should be made with a covering letter (no more than 2 pages of A4) along with a CV and details of current salary.

2021 is shaping up to be a significant year for climate action. With major international climate talks planned for November and governments and businesses alike making big announcements, change is in the air.

Bioregional’s communications team is vital to ensuring that we play our full part in maximizing the opportunities of unprecedented environmental awareness and action, and helping set the world on a path to net zero emissions.

We are looking for a strategic communicator. Someone who can help us cut through the noise to reach our target audiences within the built environment, retail and local government sectors, and to lead our small but mighty communications team in raising our profile, promoting our services, and sharing our brilliant stories. Our aim: to show others that a better future is still within our grasp, and inspire them to take bold action now.

Responsibilities and experience required

Our Head of Communications oversees all communications and marketing activities. This includes working with our advisory teams to promote their services and expertise through digital communications and PR, overseeing a programme of events, and supporting our CEO to add our constructive voice to relevant policy debates.

They are also responsible for promoting wider use of our internationally recognised sustainability framework, One Planet Living®.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A strong track record of achievement in a communications, marketing or PR role
• Excellent writing and editing skills for a range of audiences
• A good working knowledge of a broad range of digital communications channels and tools
• Experience in leading teams, able to bring out the best in people
• Experience of working within a sustainability or purpose-led organisation
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
• A deep personal commitment to sustainability

About Bioregional

Bioregional has been winning awards and creating cutting-edge solutions to sustainability for over 25 years. Our ambition is simple. We want to inspire people to live happy, healthy lives within the natural limits of the planet, leaving space for wildlife and wilderness. We call this One Planet Living.

Bioregional is known for being an exceptionally friendly place to work, with a strong team culture that continues to thrive even during the pandemic.

Diversity and inclusion

Bioregional is committed to increasing diversity within our organisation, and the environmental sector as a whole. We welcome job applications from everyone, and treat all applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic. We expressly welcome applications from people of a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background.

More information

The post is permanent and full-time and is normally based at our offices at BedZED in South London, on the mainline Victoria and Thameslink train lines.

Salary: £49,000 to £55,000 depending on experience, plus 6% employer’s ethical pension contribution and 25 days of annual leave, rising by one day a year up to five years’ service.

Deadline for applications

9am, Monday 24 May 2021

We aim to hold interviews on either 3 or 4 June 2021. We regret that as we have limited resources, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

We are seeking an experienced and committed individual to join us as Executive Assistant, providing comprehensive support to the Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns (PAC).

In the PAC division, we fight for children every single day. We drive political agendas at national and global levels. We integrate lobbying, policy, research and campaigning into one agile, powerful engine for change. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done. 

As Executive Assistant, you will sit in the heart of the PAC, providing wraparound support to the Executive Director and also working with the PAC coordinators to help ensure smooth running of the department as a whole. Reporting to the Strategy and Operations Manager, this role will support the ED by managing their time, diary and priorities, liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders using judgment and authority. They will also take on leadership of key departmental operations projects and serve as a key point of contact for colleagues around the organisation when they have questions about the division. This is an extremely exciting time for the division as Save the Children embarks on its next strategy period and the Save the Children Movement begins its next Global Campaign in 2022. This role will have a front-row seat to discussions being had and decisions that are being made to help solve some of the most complex social change issues of our generation.

To be successful you will have significant personal or executive assistant experience, demonstrated passion for social change and an extreme thirst for knowledge. With excellent organisation and administration skills, you will have the ability to plan and prioritise work for yourself and others. Excellent time management skills are essential as well as: 

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills – confident and assertive, flexible and pragmatic, with the ability to advise and support the Executive Director in managing relationships internally and externally. 
• Proven ability to work closely with senior level staff (internally and externally). 

• Ability to apply sound judgement and political nous in order to appropriately judge people and situations. 
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt style to different voices and audiences. 
• Professional and calm under pressure with the ability to think quickly in an ever-changing environment, with the ability to meet changing and challenging deadlines while maintaining a ‘can do' attitude. 

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure. 

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Closing date: 31 May 2021 

Here at Doorstep Library we believe in the power of words to take you places. We are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to bringing the gift of books and the joy of reading into the homes of families across London who need our support, reading with them and their children to inspire a love of books, of stories and storytelling, and to instil a lifelong passion for reading.

Equipped with a reading stool and a supply of books, our volunteers are right on the doorstep, ready to use books to fuel children’s natural love of stories, fire their imaginations, and encourage their appreciation of reading. Our goal is to help each child develop the self-confidence and essential skills they need to access all the opportunities that will come their way in life. Whether in person, or online, we are there to support children and families who need us most. 

The organisation has gone from strength to strength and the postholder would be joining the organisation at a time of growth. In 2020, we had a successful year of fundraising in which we met targets and expanded our donor base. Now in our 10th year, we will shortly be expanding into our fourth London borough as well as launching our new Virtual Reading Corner service – bringing our unique service to even more families. In the 3 years ahead our organisations income will need to increase to support these plans and extend our reach.

Job Purpose:

• Strategic responsibility for fundraising, including partnership development and maintaining the charity’s strong relationships with our wide range of funding partners;
• To work closely with the SMT and actively contribute to the overall strategy and direction of the charity;
• To manage and build upon the income streams for the charity;
• To manage the charity’s fundraising operations including coordinating prospect research and prioritisation, managing workflows, and ensuring effective stewardship of donors, corporate supporters and trust and foundations grants.

Responsible to: CEO;

Responsible for: Fundraising strategy, partnership development and relationship building.  Managing the Fundraising Manager.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising and Partnerships to report to the Chief Executive Officer. The successful candidate will sit on the Senior Management Team, working closely with the CEO, Head of Operations, Head of Programmes and Head of Marketing & Communications.

You will have substantial, proven experience of working in fundraising and of developing and sustaining partnerships, ideally in the third sector, and of how to build financial sustainability into a fast growing organisation. You will be a highly organised people-person and will be responsible for line managing the Fundraising Manager.

You will bring excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire others about our work.  With outstanding interpersonal skills, you will have the ability to forge new relationships and you will thrive on enhancing our current partnerships, and identifying and creating new ones. 

Finally, you will be truly passionate about the work that we do to support children and families in disadvantaged areas of London. As part of our expansion we are currently setting up new on-the-ground projects and launching our brand new online reading service (Virtual Reading Corner).

Role Specification

Development and delivery of the charity’s fundraising strategy

• To work closely with the CEO and trustee board to lead on the development, planning and delivery the Doorstep Library’s 3-year fundraising strategy, with further development of a longer-term strategy beyond this initial period;
• To manage and build upon the income streams for the charity;
• To take a lead on application bids, including managing, monitoring and evaluating all funding applications;
• To work closely with the SMT and actively contribute to the overall strategy and direction of the charity;

Grow, develop and sustain our partnerships and income streams

• To lead, deliver and grow our existing relationships with all of our funding partners; foundations, corporates, independent schools and individual donors;
• To identify new potential partners, working closely with the CEO and board of trustees to develop these partnerships;
• To establish a corporate supporters programme and individual giving campaigns, plus develop effective stewardship systems;
• To have responsibility for retaining and engaging the charity’s supporters, this includes providing formal reports and updates on the work of the charity;
• Working with the Marketing and Communications teams to effectively communicate the impact of our work to internal and external stakeholders;

Line Management

• To have direct line management responsibility for the Fundraising  Manager;
• To create an environment where the team feels fully supported and enabled to grow and develop under your management;

General

• To carry out all duties and responsibilities in line with Doorstep Library’s policies and procedures;
• To undertake additional duties as from time to time may be required.

Salary - £40,000 per annum – permanent

Hours – 35 per week

Benefits – 6% pension contribution, 25 days per annum annual leave, flexible working arrangements (including working from home part of the week).

The Royal Court is the home of the English Stage Company Limited (ESC) and is the UK’s leading theatre dedicated to new writing.  Up to 20 plays a year are staged between two theatre spaces (the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) at the Royal Court’s home on Sloane Square. Over 120,000 people visit the Royal Court every year and many more see our work offsite, online, in the West End, globally and on tour. Our unique sector-leading activity is the play development work which takes place year-round including an ongoing programme of Writers Groups for around 100 writers a year.

The Marketing Manager (Campaigns) is a key role in the Communications Team and will work closely with the Head of Marketing and Sales and the rest of the team towards three key goals – fulfilling financial targets; reaching as diverse an audience as possible nationally and internationally; and offering an enriched audience experience, continually working to find new ways to tell the Court’s story, communicate the work, and share the values.

The Marketing Manager (Campaigns) will create, implement and monitor high profile marketing campaigns; manage the Marketing Officer; support the Head of Marketing and Sales in establishing the visual identity and messaging for each season and production within it; and lead on specific audience development projects. 

The Communications Team consists of Head of Marketing & Sales, Ticketing & Sales Manager, Marketing Manager (Campaigns), Marketing Manager (Digital and Brand) and a Marketing Officer, all of whom work alongside our Head of Press and Publicity and Press Assistant.

Head of Policy (Public affairs, advocacy, lobbying)

Industrial animal agriculture is at the root of many of the most pressing global issues of our time, from climate change and global hunger, to antibiotic resistance and poor animal welfare.

The Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) is at the forefront of the movement to use food technology to replace the products of industrial animal agriculture with plant-based and cultivated alternatives. Please check out our U.S. affiliate’s website (gfi [dot] org) and read the 2020 Year in Review (gfi [dot] org/2020) to find out more about who we are and what we do.

We are at an exciting stage in our growth, and are looking for a Head of Policy to lead and build our growing policy team in Europe. For more information about this role and the team you will be leading, please read the Head of Policy job brochure here: shorturl.at/ilrAP.

How You Will Make a Difference

Your role will have high responsibility and high impact. You will significantly influence how quickly Europe and the world moves to a more ethical and sustainable food system.

You will be responsible for leading, coordinating and growing a team to drive policy impact on alternative proteins at EU and national levels across Europe.  You will provide strategic oversight and manage a team that works directly with policymakers, non-profits, and other stakeholders.

Specific work-streams that the policy team are working on include, amongst other things, delivering a fair, evidence-based regulatory path-to-market for plant-based and cultivated proteins, driving significantly more public investment into Research and Development for plant-based and cultivated meat, and ensuring that the labelling of plant-based food products is not unfairly restricted. Our team recently played a key role in defeating the "veggie burger ban" labelling proposals in the EU Parliament.

In addition to providing strong leadership and management, you will also be a senior external spokesperson for GFI. Depending on where you are based, you may also take up responsibility for some direct advocacy in your country, if appropriate. For example, if we hire a candidate who is based in the UK, you may take direct responsibility for some of our UK government engagement work. If we hire a candidate who is based in Brussels, you may directly support the team on some EU-facing lobbying.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and support our growing and high-performing policy team in Europe.
• Provide strategic direction, oversight and coordination of GFI Europe’s policy work.
• Help plan and organise our policy work by overseeing objectives, key results, and action plans, and ensure that we deliver on those plans.
• Manage and support our policy team, including performance assessment, professional development and other aspects of line-management.
• Oversee policy team budgeting, growth planning and, in collaboration with our Operations team and the Managing Director, recruitment of new policy team members.
• Personally contribute to lobbying efforts in some areas, where needed.
• Oversee and assist the policy team in developing and coordinating lobbying strategies to deliver positive policy change to support plant-based and cultivated protein, based on thorough research and mapping of decision-makers.
• Oversee external contracts relating to GFI Europe’s policy work, including with service providers such as political consultancies, and grant-funded partnerships.
• Act as a senior spokesperson and representative for GFI in meetings with stakeholders (including donors), in the media, and at public events, as needed.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior politicians and officials in relevant public institutions such as the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of the EU, and national level decision making bodies.
• Build alliances and work cooperatively with other organisations, companies and stakeholders, and engage respectfully with people who are still to be persuaded. You will cultivate relationships with non-profit organisations, industry, and other stakeholders, including those focused on the environment, global hunger, public health, animal welfare, and food safety.
• Together with Communications colleagues, work with the media and use social media to help deliver our objectives.
• Perform other tasks as required. 

Who we’re looking for:

You must have:

• A passion for GFI’s philosophy and mission.

• A demonstrated ability to drive policy change.
• Significant experience working on policy at the EU, national (within Europe - whether in an EU member state or a non-EU country) or multilateral level, for example in a government, public institution, political party, NGO, think tank, industry association, consulting firm, multilateral, or other relevant institution.
• Demonstrated experience as a supportive, collaborative, empowering line manager.
• An excellent ability to think and work strategically to set a compelling and optimised strategic direction for GFI’s policy work in Europe, including vision-setting, prioritising between competing workstreams and opportunities for impact, etc. 
• Excellent people-skills - the ability to influence, network, build alliances and work well in a team.
• Enthusiasm, a strong work ethic and self-motivation; a sense of ownership and responsibility to drive outcomes. A positive, can-do attitude.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

It would be an advantage to have some or all of the following attributes, but none of them are prerequisites, and we welcome applications from candidates without any or all of them:

• Experience leading and managing a team, potentially including leadership and management qualifications.
• Experience leading/managing teams working remotely across multiple geographies.
• Experience in one or more of the following policy areas: research and innovation, food and agriculture, legal and/or regulatory affairs, climate and environment policy, public health.
• Experience working on policy at the EU level.

• Comfort with, and a history of, interacting with and influencing senior officials and politicians.
• A strong network of high-level contacts in relevant institutions.
• A demonstrated ability to build alliances with NGOs and industry actors.
• Fluency in European languages other than English.

We want the best people and we don’t want biases holding us back. We strongly encourage people of every colour, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. Because we value a diverse workplace, we prioritize an inclusive climate absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.

The Fine Print:

• Terms of employment: Full-time, permanent
• Reports to: Managing Director of GFI Europe
• Location:  Flexible. This is a remote role - you will be working from home, or wherever you choose. We will consider candidates based anywhere in Europe. (If the successful applicant for this role is based in Brussels, they would be able to join the Brussels-based members of the policy team in their office, as needed). Once the COVID situation has cleared, the whole GFI Europe team will aim to get together in-person approximately twice per year for around 3-4 days at a time, most likely in the London area or Brussels.
• Salary and benefits: We offer competitive salaries and benefits, based on experience and prevailing rates for similar roles in non-profits in the country where you are based.
• Right to work requirements: You must have the right to work in the country where you are based.
• Application Deadline: 24th May 2021 at 11.59pm CEST. We will be assessing candidates on a rolling basis, so please apply now!
• Application process: Please complete the short form to upload your CV and cover letter. Your cover letter (of 1-2 pages) should set out:
  • what motivated you to apply for this role
  • how you meet each of the requirements for the role as listed in the job description
  • which bit of the job description energises you the most.

The full application process is outlined in the Head of Policy job brochure here: shorturl.at/ilrAP. We really look forward to hearing from you!

Any questions? If you have any questions about this role, please do reach out to us at europe [at] gfi [dot] org. If you’ve read this far but decided not to apply, please feel free to share this job description with someone else in your network who you think might be a good fit for the role! Thank you.

We're looking for a Movement Building and Campaigns Lead to develop our programme to grow purpose-driven finance, building the financial system of the future - one that puts people and planet first. 

About the Lab

The Finance Innovation Lab is a UK charity working to transform the financial system for people and planet.

Dysfunctions in the financial system lie at the root of many of today’s challenges, from climate change and economic crises, to poverty, marginalisation, and inequality. We believe it doesn’t have to be this way. We work for deep, lasting change to the financial system to make it democratic, sustainable, just and resilient. We create this change by building the power of a community of systems-changemakers and developing ambitious initiatives that transform the financial system for people and planet.

This role will head our programme to build the financial system of the future, today. 

About the role

To truly transform the financial system, we need financial organisations that put social and environmental purpose at the centre of their mission, not profit. You will develop our campaign to rapidly scale up the exciting ecosystem of organisations that do this already so that they become the mainstream. You will work with our dynamic community of purpose-driven finance leaders to overcome regulatory and policy barriers, change public perceptions, and help them work together to change the financial system for good. 

As Movement Building and Campaigns Lead you will build on strong foundations, a dynamic community and great collaborative relationships, and will inject energy, new ideas and drive to create meaningful change.

In this role you will:

• develop the Lab’s programme to grow purpose-driven finance to help build the financial system of the future, that puts people and planet first. You will work with leaders in the field and allies to grow the scale and impact of financial organisations that have a social and environmental mission, supported by purpose-driven models of governance, ownership, leadership and culture. 

• devise an effective strategy for systems change, working to remove key barriers to growth of purpose-driven finance. This could include raising public awareness, tackling the power of the mainstream status quo, and changing government policies. 

Some key activities in this role are to:

• drive the Lab’s strategy to grow purpose-driven finance, including developing our campaigns to change public perceptions, remove regulatory barriers, and tilt the playing field towards purpose. 

• build alliances and coalitions with leaders in the field, experts and allies.

• grow your programme, including identifying funding targets, developing new initiatives, tracking the impact of your work, and recruiting new members of staff.

• support the Lab’s other exciting programmes, including helping design a Fellowship programme to support the leadership and organisational development of purpose-driven financial organisations. 

This is a new role, and we are open to discussion about what the best job title should be.

Working with us

The Lab aims to embody the kind of organisations we think should be the norm - fully human, collaborative and compassionate. Working at the Lab will feel like a mix of work, play and vocation. You'll build relationships with colleagues you respect and admire and who feel the same way about you. You'll feel part of a broader community of inspiring change-makers.

We are committed to: 

• flexible working arrangements - time and location (see also below). This is a full-time role, but we are open to applications from those looking to work from 0.6 FTE to 1.0 FTE (21-35 hours per week), or job-sharing applications.

• investing in personal growth - everyone has a £1,000 p/a training budget, an average of 1 day a month to complete learning, plus up to eight days per summer to complete a specific learning project.

You will also get a 5% pension contribution and 25 days holiday (+ public holidays).

A bit more on location: This role is UK-based but does not need to be London-based - but you should expect to travel to our office in London 1-2 times a month if needed.

The team will be working remotely until at least July due to Covid-19 restrictions. Longer-term, we're expecting to spend at least 50% of our time working from home - but that can flex depending on the needs of each role and individual.

We can only accept applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

Do you have the skills and experience to drive positive change for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) as our Head of Policy and Public Affairs?

As Head of Policy and Public Affairs, you will devise and lead the Trust’s UK-wide policy and influencing plans on issues including access to treatments, financial support, and mental health. You will inspire the Policy and Public Affairs Team and the wider organisation to deliver high-quality, well-targeted policy and advocacy activity, informed by deep engagement with the CF community. Horizon scanning, developing evidence-based positions, engaging with senior stakeholders, producing content for a range of audiences, and acting as a media spokesperson are just some of the elements that make this such an exciting and varied role.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to create a life unlimited for people with CF through this role, then we would love to hear from you.

*Please note: the starting salary is dependent on experience. There is an option to be home based for which the salary range is £47,330 - £52,665 pa plus £300 pa home working allowance. Please also note that at the moment, if you chose to be office based, due to COVID-19, you will be working from home until further notice from us.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from people with cystic fibrosis, disabled people, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and LGBTQI candidates.

Closes at 11:59 pm 26/05/21

Job title:  Policy and Research Lead

Reporting to: Head of Policy and Campaigns

Location: 54-74 Holmes Road, London, NW5 3AQ (currently working remotely)

Hours: 35 hours per week (flexible working requests welcomed)

Salary: £37,000

Overall purpose of the post

The Policy and Research Lead will play a crucial part in helping Gingerbread achieve its mission, working towards a world where single parent families are valued and have the opportunity to thrive. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing policy and research projects which achieve positive change for single parent families.

You will need be a strong self-starter and able to plan and direct your own work, including managing primary research projects, and developing and implementing influencing strategies to achieve change for the UK’s 2 million single parents.

You will have a central role on Gingerbread’s varied policy and research activities including:

• Leading research projects, developing robust policy recommendations, and acting as a source of expertise both internally and externally on the issues affecting single parents.
• Developing impactful policy influencing strategies to improve the lives of single parents, looking to influence Westminster and other audiences to achieve change.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders to communicate Gingerbread’s policy and research activities.

• Working with colleagues to secure funding for the organisation’s policy and research activity.

 

Key tasks and responsibilities

Policy expertise

1. Acting as a source of expertise on the issues for single parents, lead work on specific policy projects, and maintain up to date knowledge on research relating to single parent families.
2. Build and maintain up to date knowledge of policy, parliamentary and other legislative developments affecting the lives of single parents.
3. Communicate effectively and regularly with Gingerbread services and Communications team to ensure a two-way dialogue of emerging issues and changes to policy and practice which will affect the information and advice Gingerbread offers single parents.

Research, policy development and influencing

1. Communicate the key concerns of single parents to policy makers through the production of written materials and responses to consultations (including oral evidence), completed to a high standard.
2. Manage relevant research projects, and budgets where required, to inform policy development, and provide expertise on quantitative research within the charity.
3. Identify and build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including civil servants, Parliamentarians, and policy contacts within the charity and research sectors, and seek partnerships to maximise Gingerbread’s impact and influence.
4. Develop influencing strategies to ensure Gingerbread maximises the impact across priority policy themes and research projects and achieves tangible and identifiable change in policy and practice for single parents.
5. Ensure the Head of Policy and Campaigns, Gingerbread’s Senior Management Team and Board are kept up to date with policy and research projects, influencing activities, and emerging issues.
6. Contribute to the development and delivery of Gingerbread’s organisational strategy.

Media and campaigning

1. Contribute to media work, maintaining and building Gingerbread’s public profile both in undertaking interviews and in media planning across key policy areas.
2. Take an active role in supporting Gingerbread’s campaigns, including working with the Head of Policy and Campaigns, Campaigns Officer, and Communications Team to support the development of campaigning strategies and maximise the contribution of single parents to Gingerbread’s campaigning work.

Project management

1. Write and lead funding bids in key priority areas of policy work.
2. Develop and manage project budgets, taking responsibility for ensuring resources are used effectively and reporting on a regular basis and managing relationships with funders.
3. Take an active approach to managing and planning work in line with Gingerbread priorities, delivering work to a high standard and communicating effectively with colleagues throughout.

Managing work and contributing to the team

1. Manage and plan own work, in line with organisational and team priorities.
2. Work constructively within the Policy and Campaigns team and teams across Gingerbread, respecting and supporting colleagues and sharing policy and research expertise.
3. Work collaboratively with colleagues, external stakeholders and networks, to maximise dissemination opportunities for Gingerbread’s policy and research outputs, ensuring effective and timely communication, especially ahead of key moments such as report launches.

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Mind employs about 430 staff and we have a small team of volunteers. Most staff are based in Stratford, London, there is an office in Cardiff and there are a number of dispersed staff working across England and Wales.

The Head of Digital will own the digital strategy, be responsible for raising the profile of digital at Mind, increasing digital capability across the Mind federation, and enabling Mind’s organisational strategy and goals by delivering digital innovation.

You will be responsible for leading the Digital team, which includes the Digital Transformation team, and the Digital Platforms and UX team. The Digital team has recently moved from the External Relations Directorate (alongside the Communications, Digital Engagement, Policy and Campaigns, Information and Media teams), to the central Infrastructure Directorate. By sitting alongside Governance and Quality, Strategy and Insight, and IT, we expect digital to be core to the delivery of Mind’s new and ambitious strategy. This role represents a unique opportunity to embed the team and its work within the Directorate, ensuring that our digital transformation programme, UX capability and our platform.

With experience and strategic understanding of organsiational culture-change programmes, you will have demonstrable experience of leading change and transformation and acting as a lead change agent. You will have significant experience of the ongoing development of digital platforms, coupled with a sound understanding of UX and user-centered product development. Candidates will have senior managerial experience with outstanding leadership and management skills, with exceptional verbal and written communication skills and excellent IT Skills to include Microsoft packages. A direct or indirect experience of mental health problems and knowledge and understanding of the voluntary sector and mental health would be desirable, however is not essential.

Closing Date: 16th May 2021

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

Senior Campaigns Manager (UK)

Help transform billions of lives. Including yours.

We campaign on a wide range of themes ranging from welfare issues for farmed animals to the wider environmental impact of the current food system. Recent campaigns rallied over 1.4 million supporters for a European Citizens’ Initiative to end caged farming halted Scottish live calf exports and led to a review of the law in England and Wales pressed the case for recognition of animal sentience in UK law.

You will be a passionate, experienced and creative senior campaigner, able to construct imaginative and effective campaigns, inspire colleagues and mobilise our broad range of supporters.

You will work with other departments to ensure UK campaign activities benefit animals globally. You will also manage relationships with external NGO partners.

This exciting post requires proven campaigning and project management skills and may include international travel. It offers an opportunity to be part of a dynamic campaigning organisation with an increasing impact in reducing animal suffering and working for a sustainable global future for farming.

Senior Campaigns Manager Responsibilities:

• Construct effective and creative campaigns that persuade decision-makers and inspire our supporters.
• Supervise and support a Digital Campaigner to maximise the impact of online campaigning.
• Act as a key member of the UK Management Team, working closely with Media, Policy and Fundraising colleagues to plan impactful, integrated campaigning.
• Act as media spokesperson for Compassion as required for campaign work.
• Manage campaign budget.
• Commission and manage external suppliers as needed.
• Develop strong working relationships across the organisation
• Liaise with our Supporter Engagement Team to build on our powerful supporter relationships.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with other stakeholders.

Senior Campaigns Manager Requirements:

• Our ideal candidate will have sound knowledge gained in a similar position with a proven track record of leading and implementing successful campaigns along with a good knowledge of UK political institutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, organisational skills and excellent attention to detail are also key requirements for this position.
• It is also desirable that you have a knowledge of farm animal welfare issues.

About Compassion in World Farming International:

Compassion in World Farming International was founded in 1967 by Peter Roberts, a dairy farmer, who identified the threat of industrial agriculture to animal welfare and spearheaded campaigns to end it.

Today, we lead a global movement of compassionate people fighting to mend our broken food system and introduce a regenerative approach to agriculture – one that helps combat the climate crisis, prevent biodiversity loss, protect human health, and give all farm animals a life worth living.

With headquarters in the UK and offices in Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the USA, Compassion is a highly influential organisation whose 400,000 supporters help achieve meaningful legislative and corporate changes to policies and practices affecting farm animals.

Location: Godalming, Surrey – UK (remote/flexible working considered) -currently remote working during Covid-19

Job Type: Permanent/Full-time

Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 (Depending on experience)

Closing: Sunday, 9th May 2021. We would like applications as soon as possible as these will be reviewed regularly and interviews may take place on a rolling programme.

Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification detailed in the Job Description.

No agencies please.

Please see our website for a full job description and person specification

You may have experience of the following: Campaign Manager, Campaign Management, Project Management, Programme Management, Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Digital Campaign Manager, Fundraising Campaign Manager, Political Campaign, Politics, Animal Welfare, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector, etc.

The organisation:

An internationally focussed environmental campaign

The role:

To provide strategic management to provide a public affairs function that makes real change.

To lead and motivate effectively a team to make change nationally and in the EU.

To build alliances and coalitions with like minded organisations to affect change.

The candidate:

Demonstrable and successful experience in making public policy change at the national, EU or international institution level.

A superb line manager with the proven ability to maximise the potential and effectiveness of their staff.

An excellent relationship builder and communicator – both internally and externally

Deadline: Friday 21st May 2021

Duration: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Salary: 30-35k

Location:  Bite Back is London-based but location is flexible

ABOUT BITE BACK 2030

Be part of the creative and agile team behind Bite Back 2030’s exceptional teenage activists. Join us as our Campaigns Manager and contribute to a 10-year journey to help make the food system healthier and fairer and achieve our goal of halving childhood obesity by 2030.

Young people today are up against a flood of unhealthy food, pouring out of our highstreets, supermarkets and school canteens. As a result processed foods, snacks, soft drinks and takeaways, are playing too big a role in their lives.  Junk food is cheap and easy to access at a time when 3.3m young people under the age of 18 have overweight or obesity. Rates among our poorest are double those of our wealthiest young people.

Covid-19 has only further served to highlight the injustices in the food system and sharpen the focus on the impact obesity has on health outcomes.  There is a political moment now to accelerate change.

We believe young people are the key voice in driving this change in our food system.  It is a really exciting time to join the organisation - we are still a start-up but with ambitious plans for growth and impact.  Co-founded by Jamie Oliver and launched in October 2019, our Youth Board have already had campaign successes on a  range of issues including Free School Meals, a 9pm watershed on television junk food advertising and post-Brexit trade. 

We are now seeking a creative, self-motivated individual to join as Campaigns Manager reporting to the Head of Campaigns. You will collaborate across  our small and agile team and work closely with our young activists to develop campaigns that capture public imagination and secure impactful policy change.  We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and especially encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Campaigns Manager will be critical to developing campaigns that galvanise a wide range of stakeholders. You will work closely with the communications, policy and digital teams to ensure our campaigns are youth-led, evidence-based and creative.  Key responsibilities include:

• Research: Uncover audience insights, conduct landscape reviews of previous campaigns, share creative inspiration from other campaigns.

• Strategy development: Translate audience insights and policy context into campaign messaging, actions and timings.

• Campaign planning: Identify key actions for different audiences to take that will influence change. Work with the mobilisation team to build a journey that will motivate these audiences to participate and continuously build engagement.

• Stakeholder relations: Draft letters and briefing notes to policymakers, Government and NGO peers.

• Youth engagement: Work with the members of our Youth Board to develop their creative ideas and incorporate them into the campaign plan. Actively engage our youth supporters with our campaign planning and ensure all campaigns are youth-led.

• Campaign copywriting: Draft petitions, open letters and other tentpole campaign copy that must reflect a nuanced understanding of the policy landscape.

• Content support: Serve as a resource of audience and campaign messaging expertise for the mobilisation team as they develop campaign content. Lead on the development of central pieces of campaign content, working in coordination with the mobilisation and communications teams.

• Creative thinking: Work with mobilisation and communications teams to translate policy needs/objectives into publicly engaging content/stunts/activations. 

• Data: Apply data and interim campaign results to inform new campaigns and the evolution of existing campaigns.

• Campaign project management: Track team roles and responsibilities throughout campaign development and execution. Ensure progress and new tasks are kept up to date in the project management software system.

We are looking for someone with:

• A passion for young people’s health, nutrition and social justice

• A can-do attitude and great sense of humor

• Excellent writing skills

• Knowledge of the political landscape and understanding of how Westminster works

• Experience building campaigns to influence decision makers

• The ability to work flexibly and collaboratively across a small, dynamic team and Youth Board

• Understanding of the value of both traditional and social media to campaigns

• Experience of stakeholder relations, particularly in the NGO and political sectors

• Interest in what motivates the public, particularly young people, to take action for a cause

• Creative flair and proven track record of developing and commissioning high quality creative content (including on a tight budget)

We are open and flexible so this role can be a full-time role or can flex to 4 days per week depending on the availability and preference of the chosen candidate. Bite Back is London-based, but we are open to candidates based in other locations, provided you can occasionally travel to London as required.

Please apply with a CV and Cover Letter explaining why you are a good candidate for this position. Applications will be handled in line with our Recruitment Privacy Policy. 

Timelines

• Applications close Friday 7th of May at midnight

• Initial interviews w/c 10th May

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The Marketing Manager is the head of marketing for the organisation, responsible for devising and delivering cost-effective campaigns and activities that maximise box office revenue and contribute to long term strategic objectives. They lead on audience development, communications, brand strategy, paid advertising, video content, photoshoots and market research. They line manage the Marketing Officer.