Campaigner & Senior Campaigner

Location: Bristol HQ

Hours: 35 per week

Holidays: 4 weeks plus at least 5 days at Xmas (plus usual bank holidays), increasing with length of employment

Salary (depending on experience):

• Campaigner £25,000 to £30,000
• Senior Campaigner £30,000 to £35,000

Closing date: 17 November 2024

Interview dates: Beginning of December

Reports to: Campaigns Manager

Contract type: Permanent role

Experience/Qualifications

Experience in a public-facing role such as campaigning, PR, media, marketing, journalism, education or similar. The Campaigner role is suitable for someone with a minimum of 18 months relevant work experience; and the Senior Campaigner role requires several years relevant work experience.

Are you a driven campaigner and passionate about Viva! and our aims?

The Campaigner/Senior Campaigner will be key to Viva!’s animal campaigns, working closely with the rest of the team on high-impact public pressure and awareness campaigns to increase veganism in the UK and educate the public on reasons to go vegan for animals and the planet. They will be part of Viva!’s vibrant campaigns team, specialising in animal issues relating to veganism – but will sometimes work on other topics – and report to the Campaigns Manager.

We’re seeking a proactive and energetic individual with a creative mindset who can work both autonomously and as part of a team. The successful applicant will be a strong team player and enjoy working closely with others.

This is a busy role and will offer the right candidate an excellent opportunity to utilise their passion and campaigning skills to help Viva! bring veganism to the masses.

Job Description

• Become an expert on all things vegan, particularly relating to animals, the environment and reasons to go vegan
• Develop, coordinate and lead campaign activities, including street actions, photo-calls, stunts and other events
• Create, develop, project manage and implement new and exciting campaigns
• Be an active spokesperson for Viva! on national TV, radio, other press and public speaking opportunities
• Research all aspects of campaigns as necessary; produce written and fully referenced background reports
• Research all aspects of how animals are used by humans, including those that are eaten/worn, relating to the environment. Maintaining and updating this information as appropriate
• Write features, blogs and news items for Viva!life magazine and external publications and websites
• Produce campaign updates, evaluations and write-ups to share with the team, director and supporters
• Contribute to all other Viva! campaigns
• Due to the nature of this role, out-of-hours work will be required

Skills and Knowledge

• Experience in campaigning (grassroots, local or national), activism or advocacy
• Ability to come up with creative ideas
• Engaging and motivating personality
• Ability to deliver high-quality work quickly in a dynamic organisation and under time pressure
• Excellent verbal, written and visual communications
• Self-motivated and self-managing with ability to take initiative
• Strong public presentation and media communications skills (training provided)
• Working with people and organisations to achieve objectives
• Creating compelling resources/materials both on and offline
• Confident and articulate
• Strong team player
• Proactive, can-do attitude
• Excellent attention to detail
• Commitment and alignment to the objectives of the organisation
• Valid UK driver’s licence