Deputy Head Of Politics

This Deputy Head of Politics role is an ideal chance to leverage your in-depth understanding of the relationships between politics and the media – and how these can be used to create change.

Greenpeace UK is an independent national/regional organisation within the global Greenpeace campaigning network, which acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. The global network of Greenpeace organisations comprises 26 independent national/regional Greenpeace organisations with presence in over 55 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating and supporting organisation, Greenpeace International.

You’ll work with the Head of Politics to lead on, oversee or take responsibility for the development of political strategies within and across our campaigns, in line with the overall organisational and political team strategy.

The key to successfully delivering against our objectives will be to play a constructive and cooperative team leadership role, ensuring the optimal functioning, development and coordination of our political work in order to identify and exploit political opportunities for the benefit of our campaigns.

Location: Islington, London. Our hybrid working model enables us to enjoy the benefits of both office based and remote working. We ask that staff work from the office in Islington 40% of their time, with 20% required as a minimum. Reasonable adjustments as well as specific office based needs will be considered for those with long term health conditions and disabilities.

What we're looking for:

• Experience of political lobbying and effective political stakeholder influencing at a senior national or international level.
• Ability to manage and lead projects relating to political work, including maintaining effective administration and information systems.
• Ability to identify and exploit political opportunities for the benefit of our campaigns.
• Demonstrable ability to manage staff in line with our values of: relationships first, lifting all boats and we want to win.
• Experience of developing policy positions for a campaign organisation and understanding of the factors bearing on that.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people (including politicians, staff, media and volunteers) both verbally and in writing, while maintaining attention to detail.
• Personal belief in and support for the aims and activities of Greenpeace, including an understanding of how we seek to achieve change.

We give you: 

You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it’s like to work for us and why you should apply.

Our commitment to diversity: Greenpeace UK is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGBTQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class now or in the past.

To Apply

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

Greenpeace UK is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law.

CLOSING DATE: 9.00 am 8th July 24.

INTERVIEWS: 18th July 24.