Campaign Manager, Energy Transition Programme 12 months FTC

ShareAction is an independent charity and an expert on responsible investment. We work to build a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people. We set ambitious standards for how financial institutions, through their investment decisions, can protect our planet and its people and campaign for this approach to become the norm. We convene shareholders to collectively push companies to tackle climate crisis, protect nature, improve workers’ rights and shape healthier societies. In the UK and EU, we advocate for financial regulation that has society’s best interests at its core.

We are seeking an experienced campaigner that is confident to develop and lead campaign strategies that advance the objectives of ShareAction’s Energy Transition Programme to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to a clean, affordable, and fair energy system by targeting the investment system as a key driver of change. This is a fixed term contract for a period of 12 months. Extensions to the contract are subject to future funding.

We’d love to hear from you if you have experience of building and implementing impactful climate or environmental campaigns, if you can bring fresh ideas and campaign tactics to maximise the impact of our work, and are a versatile and passionate change maker that can work at pace as part of a high performing team. Ideally, you’ll bring significant experience of campaign strategy development, communicating to a range of audiences, building constructive relationships with external and internal stakeholders, conducting ad hoc research as needed to support our campaigns and working with others to ensure the smooth running of our campaigns, internal alignment across programmes and to promote learning and improvement.

You’ll be leading on elements of our industrial decarbonisation work, challenging major global chemicals and industrial gases companies to decarbonise and pushing for higher standards for these industries, to help phase down fossil fuel usage and protect people and planet. Industrial decarbonisation will be the initial campaign focus of the role, but could change in the future depending on funding and future Programme focus. You will push investors to advocate for an enabling policy environment to deliver a Just Transition by engaging with policymakers and standard setters. You will also play a role in developing the ongoing strategy and campaigns of the Energy Transition programme.

While we hope we’ll find someone with the majority of these skills and experience we’re keen to hear from you, even if you don’t have them all. We appreciate lots of skills are transferable and we welcome opportunities to explore how we can harness your skills and experience in support of our strategic objectives.

We have a formal hybrid working policy in place. The Energy Transition Programme team meets in the office on a weekly basis on Tuesdays. As this role involves a lot of interaction with London-based colleagues and stakeholders, there is an expectation that you will be able to attend the office or meetings on average once a week.

We're really keen to hear from you if you're motivated by the chance to harness the investment system to accelerate climate action, and you're willing to challenge established norms and powerful institutions where it's needed to get there. You're versatile; comfortable leading a range of campaign activities across different workstreams, coordinating project teams, and working proactively and independently within agreed parameters.

Ideal candidates will bring a strong understanding of how to influence investors, businesses and policymakers on the climate crisis and wider environmental issues, along with proven experience of how different campaigning approaches drive change. And preferably, we're looking to hear from people who are not afraid to trial new tactics and bring the team along with you as you test new ideas.

Key skills for this role are juggling competing priorities and deadlines without losing sight of quality or detail; communicating with confidence, with an ability to tailor your message for different audiences to achieve campaign goals; and strong collaboration and team-playing.

It would also be great if you have knowledge of the energy transition, particularly industrial decarbonisation, and experience engaging with companies and/or investors on climate or environmental issues. Line management experience, a track record contributing to fundraising proposals and reports, research skills, and experience with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in a programme context would all be valuable additions, though not essential.

We are a fast-paced organisation that has grown substantially over the past few years. We recognise that our people work hard to advocate for responsible investment and drive meaningful engagement with those who have the power to create a brighter future. Every day they bring their expertise, passion and persistence to build a world where the financial system serves our people and planet. We want to ensure we provide the right environment for our colleagues to thrive and we are committed to improving our employee offer where possible.

Currently we are pleased to offer:

• Commitment to flexible working; over 60% of our employees have some sort of flexible working arrangement in place
• Hybrid working; we are committed to supporting our staff to work in a way that suits their lifestyle and meets the requirements of their role
• Internal promotion and development opportunities; we offer a range of ways to improve your skills and focus on what you love, including promotion, secondment, or sideways development opportunities. For some levels of roles, we also offer direct progression.
• Opportunity to help make a difference; we tackle some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges. We offer opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience in a friendly, flexible and supportive working environment.
• Unionised work environment; our staff have the opportunity to join the union, and are supported by our recognised union, Unite. We regularly consult and negotiate with our employees on workplace matters ranging from working conditions to pay
• Regular in-person meetings; including all-staff away days, retreats and directorate strategy days to create connected teams.
• 8% non-contributory pension; invested with NEST and their green funds.
• Healthcare plan; with Bupa
• Employee assistance programme; advice and support, lifestyle discounts and short-term counselling
• Death in Service cover of 3x salary
• 25 days’ annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus office closure at the end of the year; ensuring everyone gets time to switch off together.
• Enhanced family leave pay; up to 18 weeks’ paid at 90% for either parent.
• Enhanced sick pay; starting at 5 weeks’ full pay from day 1.
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.

To be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK, unfortunately we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Please note that using Artificial Intelligence to answer the application questions is not recommended, and it could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools will not accurately reflect your skills, knowledge or experience. It is crucial that you personalise your application by articulating these in your unique voice. If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, we ask you to declare this clearly in your submission.