Organisers at 38 Degrees are responsible for supporting thousands of 38
Degrees members to meet with MPs and other politicians on a regular basis.
We believe that democracy is better with more people involved, so we help
people from all walks of life and from all over the UK to influence decision-makers.
We’re looking for outstanding organisers with proven abilities to work creatively,
with a track record of designing innovative processes, delivering big programmes
of work and brilliant communications skills.
Organisers will probably have at least 1-2 years of relevant experience.
Your experience doesn’t necessarily need to be in an NGO or campaign group,
it can be from work that you have done on a voluntary basis or in your own
community.
Responsibilities:
Deliver brilliant meetings and events: Facilitate thousands of 38 Degrees
members meeting with hundreds of MPs across a variety of campaigns and topics.
Support 38 Degrees members from start to finish, and liaise with MPs? offices.
Organise logistics and materials for events and meetings, such as filming
and photography.
Design efficient and innovative processes: Help develop the MP meeting programme
to scale-up the numbers of meetings and numbers of 38 Degrees members involved.
Make sure the programme is an efficient spend of 38 Degrees members? money.
Regularly help evaluate the programme to spot opportunities to innovate.
Integrate with campaigns: Work closely with campaigns teams to find opportunities
for MP meetings or other political organising, such as hustings or parliamentary
events. Provide strategic advice on organising opportunities.
Your skills and experience
These is a challenging role that requires hard work, flexibility, good judgment,
initiative and an ability to deliver results in fast paced environment.
You will have a deep commitment to our mission of empowering people everywhere
to win campaigns on critical issues.
Your core skills and experience will include:
Professionalism, efficiency and results-oriented delivery on short timelines
The ability to write fantastic, clear, persuasive copy, quickly
Commitment to social change and people power
Fantastic teamwork skills and the ability to work quickly and collaboratively
The ability to multi-task and thrive in an organisation where our campaign
priorities change with the news agenda
The ability to quickly understand and engage with complex logistics and
campaign plans
The ability to quickly learn and understand new campaign areas without getting
lost in unnecessary detail
A willingness to take risks, fail and adapt
Identifying, designing, and winning a campaign with on or offline tactics
Facilitation experience – this job will require working with lots of different
members and experience in making sure everyone can participate is important
Event management experience
Creativity for campaign tactics and strategies
A proven ability to get to grips with new technology (like a mass email
platform or the Facebook ad platform) quickly and calmly
How to apply:
Send us your creative and succinct CV (no more than 2 pages) and covering
letter detailing how you meet the above criteria, to [email protected],
by 12pm on the 2nd January 2018.
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