Campaigns Officer

Location

Stratford, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

4,000 professionals, 0 days wasted, 1 incredible purpose. Together we will beat cancer. ​

CAMPAIGNS OFFICER

Salary: Circa £35,000 per annum

Reports to: Campaigns Manager

Department: ​Policy, Information and Communications​

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract / Secondment

Hours: ​35 hours per week. We're open to a variety of flexible working options including job share, compressed hours, and flexible hours with core hours of 10am - 4pm.

Location: ​Stratford, London​ with high-flexibility (1 - 2 days per week in the office)​

Closing date: Sunday 17 March 2024, 23:55*

* This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found ​

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

​​We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you. ​

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Campaigns Officer. We need you to use your communications skills and mobilise our supporters and the wider public to influence politicians and policymakers across the UK.

Working with the Campaigns Manager and other Officers, you'll develop and deliver our campaign activity through campaign planning and strategy, creative development, digital communications and events.

Our policy department at Cancer Research UK develops evidence-based policy to inform Government decisions related to cancer and research and communicates our views to key decision makers. We are the largest charitable funder of cancer research in the world, and one of the most trusted charities in the UK.

We are uniquely placed to inform political debate. We work with Parliamentarians across all four seats of government in the UK - Westminster, Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. By doing so, we ensure that their policies tackle the major risk factors for cancer including tobacco, obesity, and alcohol.

Further to this, we focus on a number of other areas of policy including supporting science, access to treatment, early diagnosis and cancer services. We advocate to ensure that the UK can produce world class research, that people with cancer can access the best available treatments and care and that diagnosing cancer early remains a priority in our health service. Through our global policy programme, we work with partners around the world to improve global tobacco control and HPV vaccination.

This role will be key to supporting and driving our flag ship 'Smokefree UK' campaign, which sets to tackle the number one cause of cause - tobacco. You will also be supporting our annual lobby day event in June, and working towards an anticipated General Election later this year to keep cancer as a top priority for any new UK Government.

What will I be doing?

• Planning and delivering campaigns across different priority policy areas in line with Cancer Research UK's campaigning principles
• Plotting out supporter journeys to recruit, retain and activate campaigners across a range of communication channels
• Developing bold campaign messaging and creative to drive awareness and engagement with our campaigns
• Writing and building innovative campaigning communication and actions using our campaigning tools and databases (training will be provided)
• Supporting the development of campaigning materials and events
• Coordinating day-to-day management of campaigning work
• Evaluating our communications, campaign actions and campaign strategy and developing new insight-led strategies to acquire, retain and mobilise supporters
• Involving and representing patients and volunteers in our work, ranging from consultation to co-production
• Communicating our campaign work, driving forward campaigns and enhancing the Campaigns team's reputation with supporters, cancer patients, researchers, the wider public and Cancer Research UK staff.

What skills are you looking for?

• Demonstrable understanding and/or experience in campaign strategy and influencing at a national level
• Effective planning and project management skills with the ability to set and work to deadlines in complex, matrixed environments
• Ability to adapt to a changing external environment , pivoting when needed be and able to balance multiple priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience of producing clear, accurate and convincing communications and/or marketing skills
• Ability to use data to analyse and report on communications or campaigning performance
• Strong relationship management and influencing skills with the ability to adapt style, build rapport and resolve conflict.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

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£35k per annum