Deadline: Sunday, June 18th 11:59pm
We are looking for a Campaign Assistant (contractor) to support our Senior Campaigner's work in the United Kingdom and English language campaigning. Work is flexible - averaging approximately 16 hours a week, however, at some times this may be greater. The job is based in London or Brussels, and most of the work takes place from home. Below you will find more information on the person requirements, pay and contract type, and how to apply.
About us
We are a European online campaigning organisation. Our idea is to respond to the crisis of European democracy with creative online campaigning. Having launched in September 2015 with great success (more than 600 000 members so far), we are now focused on continuing our fast growth – and we are looking for a campaign assistant to support our work in the United Kingdom, and our English language campaigning.
You would be joining a team of nine dedicated activists located all over Europe e.g. France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland, UK, Belgium and Slovenia.
You would be based in either the UK (preferably London), or in Brussels.
More information about our project can be found on: http://wemove.eu/wemove.pdf.
About the role
You will be responsible for UK, and English language member communications and social media management.
Your tasks will include
- Communicating campaigns on social media.
- Responding to questions and requests of members sent by email or on social media.
- Support setting up online campaigns using drupal.
- Support managing our Italian database using CiviCRM.
- Support other campaign activities such as research, partner relations, offline actions.
- Support organisational growth through campaign promotion in the United Kingdom.
- Support policy monitoring and research on Italy but also including EU-wide processes & identification of campaign opportunities.
About you
You are a brilliant communicator with outstanding writing skills, you are tech savy and able to learn quickly how to use our online tools, you are a passionate and effective agent for political change.
You:
- Are a native English speaker or C1 level or equivalent.
- have experience working with social media in a professional context
- have experience with political/issue campaigning.
- are quick to understand new software and online tools
- are happy to work in an exciting “startup” environment, with all its opportunities and uncertainties
- are open to working in an intercultural, decentralised team
- look forward to working in a team where we all strive towards learning from each other in order to have the biggest possible impact
Ideally you have a strong understanding of one or more other European countries, gained from personal or professional experience.
Additionally, the following skills / experiences would be a plus:
- Drupal
- CiviCRM
- Statistics / Data analytics
- Well networked nationally
- Online campaigning
- Additional European languages
- Street actions & protests
- Lobbying of decision makers
Terms and conditions
- approx. 16h a week (but can vary) starting as soon as possible.
- As we are building a virtual organisation, this position will be based at a home office or from a co-working space.
- The salary for this position will be £13.50 (gross) an hour if based in London, and €12.15 (gross) per hours if based in Brussels.
People from communities that experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity; women; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people are especially encouraged to apply.
We do not share the implicit belief that online campaign assistants necessarily have to be very young and encourage also people who left their twenties and thirties behind to apply.
How to apply
If you are interested in this position, please send an application before midnight on Sunday, June 18th 11:59pm to jobs@wemove.eu (max. 10 MB). Please include
- Motivation letter in English. Please include mention of your experience with voluntary political activism, and provide 3 references.
- CV in English. Including your language skills in other languages according to a scale from A1 to C2.
- Relevant samples of your work (if applicable)
Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a written task, and then a subset of this short-list will be asked to attend an interivew.
Any questions can be directed to jobs@wemove.eu.