Campaigns Officer - media

Location: The position is remote, however, the Head of Campaigns and Campaigns Officer posts do require being based in London. This is to facilitate attending and organising London-based events. The role will also require occasional travel to enable face to face meetings

Salary: £33,650 pa (pro rata)

Working hours: Part-time/full-time 3-5 days per week negotiable

Contract Type: 6 month contract with potential for permanent contract

Benefits: Successful London based applicants will receive London Weighting in addition

Introduction
Since 2005 Keep Our NHS Public has campaigned to save the NHS from privatisation, de-funding and damaging restructuring of services. In that time we have saved numerous hospitals and NHS services from closure, and positively impacted the discourse around the NHS through our press work and much more. With our sister organisation Health Campaigns Together we’ve organised some of the largest demonstrations and political events in the country fighting for our NHS. 

The Campaigns Officer plays a significant role as part of a team of professional activists in our work to protect and restore the NHS to a universal, free-at-the-point-of-use, publicly owned and publicly run service. The role is primarily designed to support the Head of Campaigns with ongoing campaigns and to support the development of new campaign initiatives. 

The Campaigns Officer will be responsible to the Head of Campaigns and will work with the KONP Executive Committee (EC), Steering Group (SG), the two co-chairs, and the national team to support our campaigning activity, with a focus on digital communications and on building and maintaining relationships with local groups.

Job Description
Alongside campaign work led by the Head of Campaigns, the role requires

• A focus on digital campaigning activity

• A focus on recruitment, and fundraising

• Supporting and maintaining close liaison with the KONP groups around the country as well as helping set up new groups

• Helping build stronger links with unions, campaigns, and political parties

• Working towards increasing diversity in KONP

• Commissioning, creating and sharing relevant propaganda, promotional material and content
   

Key responsibilities
Working with the team to increase our membership, expand our supporter and mailing lists and increase our reach 

1. Working alongside the Head of Campaigns to play a leading role in content creation such as making video or audio content (including clipping interviews and subtitling) and graphics for social media 

2. Managing our social media output and increasing our reach

3. Supporting the Head of Campaigns in tasks related to events planning and organising meetings, conferences, protests and so on. For example; communicating with speakers for events, managing bookings with venues, supporting in person and online events by taking responsibility for setting up and managing  Zoom meetings, Eventbrite pages, Facebook Events etc.

4. Supporting the Head of Campaigns in producing campaign materials such as posters and leaflets

5. Work with local KONP groups both to involve them in national initiatives and to provide support for their own local work

6. Gathering information from local groups and disseminating good campaigning ideas and useful knowledge through regular communication and meetings

7. Support putting together regular newsletters for our members and supporters alongside the Head of Campaigns and the National Administrator

8. Where necessary take on minor administrative tasks on the CRM platform designed to optimise and expand our digital campaigning alongside our National Administrator

9. Depending on knowledge of a given subject, you may also be asked to speak at meetings or to the media 

10. Assist the team in covering other tasks when requested by Head of Campaigns

About you (skills and experience)

Essential 

• You will have good interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively by email, on video call, phone and in person including networking at public meetings, rallies, protests and picket lines etc. 

• Commitment to the core values of KONP. You must understand and agree with the essential aims and bring an understanding of these aims to the role

• Understanding the importance of working with other campaigns and alongside trade unions and elected representatives where appropriate

• Team working skills are essential, with a strong and proven capacity to build and maintain good working relationships with others – either with allied organisations or within KONP

• Good IT skills including Word and Google Sheets

• Familiarity with and ability to use social media platforms

• Ability to learn to use the platforms including WordPress, WooCommerce, CiviCRM, MailChimp, Zoom and Eventbrite 

Desirable 

•  Significant campaigning experience in progressive social issues is preferable

• Good multi-media campaigning experience

• Experience using social media platforms in either a formal or informal campaigning capacity

• Experience of working with other campaigns and alongside trade unions and elected representatives

• Some prior experience using the platforms we use including WordPress, WooCommerce, CiviCRM, MailChimp, Zoom and Eventbrite is desirable but not essential

• As the role develops it may evolve to include other more in-depth IT skills such as Photoshop, Canva, InDesign, Adobe Premier, iMovie or Final Cut Pro X, for graphic design and basic video or audio editing tasks, such as subtitling

• Desire and willingness to learn new skills

Values and behaviours

• Personal commitment to our aims of fully funded and fully public healthcare

• Personal commitment to social justice and equal opportunities

• Ability to reflect and learn, including sharing failures and uncertainties

• Positively receive feedback from the colleagues and managers

• Ability to work with others and demonstrate a team-player and ‘can do’ attitude

• A commitment to anti-discriminatory practices