Head of / Associate Director of Organising & Campaigns (2 roles)

Job Overview

Level: Level 6 - 7 (Depending on experience)

Salary: £40,000 - 55,000 (annual, depending on experience; salaries under review as part of our ongoing pay review process)

Reports To: Director of Organising and Campaigns

Location: Liberation Centre Brixton, London (new office) / Remote working within the UK with at least 2 days in office (pro rata for part time)

Contract: Fulltime (40hrs/weekly), Fixed‑term contract for 2 years with potential for part‑time options

Hours: Flexible, with some expected evenings and weekends; extra hours reimbursed as Time off in Lieu (TOIL)

Start date: As soon as possible (with consideration for notice period)

Benefits: Laptop and phone, employee assistance and health cash package including staff supervision, counselling, dental, optical care and more

About the Role

In a context of the rise of the far right, increasing inequality, and climate disaster, the Advocacy Academy is growing to meet this moment. As part of this, we are expanding our Organising and Campaigns Team, looking to recruit two senior and experienced organisers and campaigners who are able to build the leadership of young people.

There are three key areas of responsibility:

• Oversee and deliver TAA's member‑led organising campaigns
• Play a lead role in delivering our Coalition Campaigns
• Oversee our HOST programme, our in‑house campaign accelerator and fiscal hosting programme

These responsibilities will be divided between the two roles in a way that aligns with the strengths of the candidates.

Areas of Responsibility

• Oversee and deliver TAA's member‑led organising campaigns
• Support members to develop and select key campaigns to prioritise on the basis of:

• People: What our young people want and need to learn to support their growth as organisers and leaders in their own right.
• Power: How we want and need to build power together.
• Change: Where there is an opportunity to win material change on important issues that directly affect our young people and others.

Once campaigns are selected, support members to design clear‑sighted campaign strategies to achieve objectives under the three categories above. Support members to deliver on these strategies, providing necessary campaign infrastructure – meetings, briefings, comms outputs, creative public action, aligning with allies, negotiating with key targets.

Play a lead role in delivering our Coalition Campaigns, including but not limited to our Climate Coalition (Roots to Rise) and Gender Coalition (name tbc).

Work closely with the Programme's Team to develop and deliver organising and campaign training for key partner organisations, helping them to embed organising practices into their work, and support their young people to be organisers in their own right. Support the Programme's Team and partners to develop and select key campaigns to prioritise on the basis of:

• People: What our young people want and need to learn to support their growth as organisers and leaders in their own right.
• Power: How we want and need to build power together.
• Change: Where there is an opportunity to win material change on important issues directly affecting our young people and others.

Once campaigns are selected, support partners and members to design clear‑sighted campaign strategies under the three categories above. Support members to deliver on these strategies, providing infrastructure as above.

Oversee our HOST programme, including but not limited to:

• Work with the Director of Organising and Campaigns to set the strategic direction and priorities for the HOST Programme.
• Proactively build relationships with our HOSTed groups, coaching them to develop leadership through regular 1:1s and relational meetings.
• Identify opportunities to improve our offer to HOSTed groups and support them in tackling challenges, developing a clear understanding of their aims and needs, and using resources creatively to deliver effectively.
• Oversee the Lead Campaign Organiser’s efforts to ensure the HOST Programme runs smoothly by pulling in the right people at the right time.
• Oversee the budget for the HOST Programme, ensuring activities run within financial targets, working with the Programme leadership to identify efficiencies and savings, checking in regularly with the Head of Organising and Campaigns and relevant senior colleagues to raise risks or opportunities.

Be a key member of the Organising and Campaigns Team, including but not limited to:

• Support efforts to set the strategic direction and priorities for the Team each financial year.
• Proactively develop an interest in impacts of political, socio‑economic, sector specific changes that could impact the HOST Programme, department, and TAA in general.
• Support the Director and Head of Organising and Campaigns with the management and mitigation of organisational risks, escalating issues timely and supporting problem‑solving.
• Support colleagues in the Team to run events, training programmes, and other key activities to deliver on departmental aims.

Support our members to learn and grow as organisers in their own right, including but not limited to:

• Proactively build relationships with our members, growing membership via regular 1:1s and relational meetings, helping them identify and act on their developing political interests and aligning with opportunities for growth.
• Hold a list of members that you are the relationship lead for, developing and delivering a live learning plan, supporting them to become powerful organisers.
• Work closely with the Programme and Community teams to set trajectories and expectations for a young person's campaigning journey.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings, holding space effectively and designing and delivering creative learning journeys for young people.

Culture, values and wider strategy and mission

Embed the organisation's vision, mission, strategy, ideology and values across your area and wider organisation. Champion organisational culture and values, setting the standard across teams and holding others to account. Lead on identifying and driving opportunities that strengthen organisational impact, working with senior leadership. Hold ultimate responsibility for identifying, assessing and addressing risks to integrity, authenticity and alignment with culture and ideology. Enable and lead effective cross‑departmental collaboration, ensuring teams are aligned and working cohesively toward shared goals. Shape and model a culture of openness, care and accountability, supporting leaders across the organisation. Take ownership of your continued leadership development, actively developing others and building leadership capacity within your area. Communicate your own wellbeing and needs, and provide feedback on TAA wellbeing initiatives to your line manager, contributing to the TAA transformative culture.

Governance and Compliance

Provide strategic leadership on governance and risk management within your portfolio. Lead and hold accountability for risk identification, analysis and mitigation. Maintain oversight of risk across your area, ensuring systems, controls and practices are consistently applied. Ensure strong organisational compliance with TAA policies and practices, taking responsibility for their implementation, continuous improvement and alignment with wider standards. Support Programme and Community Departments by ensuring operations, structures, processes and practices align with and support TAA's campaigning and organising goals.

Ideal Skills & Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in organising and campaigning on social justice issues
• At least 5 years of experience supporting people to be confident and comfortable developing and implementing organising or campaign efforts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with different audiences or types of stakeholders
• Project management and experience collaborating across teams, both in person and online
• Excellent organisational skills with confidence managing multiple tasks and priorities to meet deadlines
• Confidence working in a fast‑paced environment
• Experience with our existing systems (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Canva)

Eligibility & Background Checks

All staff must have a returned satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) dated no earlier than 1st January 2021. The Advocacy Academy will assist with, and pay for, the processing of a new DBS for staff members where required. Please disclose in your application any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not protected (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974). We consider each person on their own merits, taking into account all circumstances. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and actively celebrate diversity in all its forms. We welcome applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQIA, working class, disabled people, those living with mental health conditions, refugees and migrants, and people who have faced marginalisation. Access to Work scheme may provide financial support to help you do all tasks successfully; we support the Access to Work scheme and are happy to facilitate assessments and reclaims.