Campaign Director, Safe Sick Pay Policy

The Centre for Progressive Change is looking for a Safe Sick Pay Campaign Director that will be part of the newly formed Executive Team. This is an exciting time to be joining the campaign, as we capitalise on our successes so far and plan for our next big policy gain - increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay.

This role will be in charge of the Safe Sick Pay campaign including the strategy to see an increase in the rate of Statutory Sick Pay, fundraising to implement the strategy, hiring campaign team members, supporting the team to implement the strategy, holding the key stakeholder relationships, driving the campaign, and delivering parts of the campaign where needed.

As a member of the Executive Team, they will be part of the team responsible for the strategy, structure, team, culture and finances of the organisation.

You will:

• Work with the Executive Director to analyse what works when creating change on a national scale, including through an evaluation of the campaign so far and of other successful national policy campaigns, to build a draft methodology.
• Work with the Executive Director and an external partner to form experiments to test out and develop the methodology further, especially where we see gaps.
• Develop the strategy for the next phase of the Safe Sick Pay campaign with the aim to see an increase in the rate of Statutory Sick Pay by analysing the current barriers, what will be needed to overcome them, what others in the alliance could do and what CPC will focus on to have the most impact.
• Build relationships with key grant funders, bring them on board with our vision and strategy for sick pay legislative change, and raise the grant funding needed for the campaign, including for staff costs and action resources.
• Recruit a high-performing campaigns team and develop and support the campaign team to implement the strategy.
• Coordinate stakeholder management for the campaign, including building relationships with key stakeholders across Parliament, the press, business, trade unions, charities and civil society organisations to build power and ensure stakeholders are kept engaged.
• Support key stakeholders to take public and private action together to ensure we are maintaining pressure and making progress with the campaign’s aims.
• Support the community organising and mobilising across constituencies, including by analysing the key seats we need to be active in and giving direction to the organising team on the methodology they need to be utilising in different areas.
• Coordinate the campaigns’ key moments including the national days of action and parliamentary lobbying days.
• Take an active role in the Executive Team, including in driving and delivering the organisation’s strategy, providing a campaigning lens to discussions, and bringing high-level campaigning decisions to the Team.

You should:

• Be an expert in community organising and/or campaigning including in the theory, practice and methodology.
• Have a track record of leading a successful national policy or legislative campaign, including through analysing the political context and building a successful campaign strategy.
• Have experience of enabling low- and middle-income communities impacted by an issue to lead a campaign, and an appreciation for community organising and how it can be central to a campaign.
• Have excellent skills at recruiting and forming well-functioning campaign teams - where staff feel motivated, are clear on the current priorities and the trajectory, and are given training and support to achieve their campaign targets.
• Have experience of persuading a diverse range of stakeholders on a national level, including cross-party MPs, to work together to take action, including by managing competing interests and relationships.
• Have a proven track record of raising the funds needed for a campaign - at least £90k in funding - and of financially managing a campaign.
• Have experience of planning and executing effective national actions, including gaining national press.
• Have an ability to be strategic and pragmatic, and excellent skills at testing the impact of strategies, risk mitigation, problem solving and quickly pivoting in a campaign of national scale.
• Have good skills at creating and managing systems to ensure the smooth running of the campaign, and that the organisation captures information for future campaigns and actions.
• Have an ability to work in a fast-paced environment, out of hours, doing what needs to be done to get campaigns over the line.
• Have excellent skills at self-directed work, an ability to be flexible and work in a startup environment with high levels of uncertainty and small budgets, where everyone has to collaborate to get things done outside of their job role.
• Have a commitment to the Centre for Progressive Change’s strategy, values and culture.