Campaigns Executive

Do you want to work with a vibrant, dynamic and youth driven organisation that is committed to creating healthy futures for British children by improving the food system? Be part of the team behind Bite Back’s exceptional teenage activists. Join us as our Campaigns Executive and contribute to our journey to help make the food system healthier and fairer.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Bite Back, and support the delivery of our local, national and international campaigns. As Campaigns Executive, you will play a key role in building Bite Back’s Shape Our Streets programme, working with Local Authorities and young people locally to advocate for healthier food environments. You will support the coordination of Bite Back’s national campaigns to put youth voice front and centre, calling for a #CommercialBreak from junk food advertising, high streets that aren’t flooded with unhealthy products, and school food that supports young people to thrive. You will support the coordination of Bite Back’s youth model internationally to raise awareness of the global issue and build campaigns within different country contexts. You’ll be creating change and protecting every young person’s right to a healthy childhood. The Campaigns Executive will report to the Senior Campaigns Manager and will work closely with colleagues across Bite Back, in particular with our Programmes and Digital Communications teams.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day coordination and administrative support across national, local and international campaign workstreams.
• Helping to plan and deliver campaign events, such as in-person and online workshops: booking venues/managing online platforms, organising travel and materials, briefing staff and providing on-the-day support, occasionally outside standard working hours.
• Undertaking desk research, evidence-gathering and basic data analysis to inform our campaign activities, turning findings into briefings and/or presentations for internal teams.
• Contributing to brainstorms and ideation sessions with teams across Bite Back.
• Working with Campaigns and Communication colleagues to draft copy for supporter emails, social posts, web pages and briefing notes.
• Managing stakeholder lists (e.g. local council contacts, global partners) and occasionally joining meetings with external stakeholders.
• Providing ongoing support to UNICEF country offices throughout collaboration projects, building strong working relationships with country, regional, and HQ colleagues.
• Coordinating mentor sessions, for young people in several partnering countries on topics including research, policy and stakeholder engagement, community mobilisation, and media.
• Taking on additional tasks delegated by the Senior Campaigns Manager, contributing ideas and pitching in wherever needed during busy campaign moments.

Skills and Experience

The Campaigns Executive is a new role at Bite Back. We know that you might not have all the skills and experience listed below so please don’t be put off applying if you can’t demonstrate everything. Remember that skills and experiences can come from all sorts of different places that might include volunteering, paid-work, educational settings, or elsewhere. If you're passionate and excited about working for us and are willing to learn and build new skills, go ahead and apply. You could be just what we are looking for!

• Genuine interest in campaigning, social-change and the championing of youth voices.
• Experience of supporting the coordination of projects across multiple teams and external partners to meet deliverables within a set timeframe.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities, with excellent time management, ability to manage competing priorities with high attention to detail.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, with the ability to adapt messages and language to resonate with different audiences.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders at the individual level and in representation of the organisation, locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Ability to travel across England and Scotland when required (occasional).

Approach to Work

The ideal candidate will be:

• Creative with an open mind: coming at issues from new and unusual angles and being prepared to work hard on finding fresh approaches.
• Unafraid to speak your mind and challenge where you think we can be doing things better.
• Happy working in a fast-paced and often reactive campaigning environment.
• A team player who contributes to Bite Back’s collaborative culture.
• Up for a laugh - we believe work should be fun and that we all perform at our very best when we enjoy what we do.
• Committed to Bite Back’s values: Fresh, Resilient, Respectful, Energetic, Real.