Campaigns Manager – Asylum Reform Initiative At British Red Cross

Job Description:

Campaigns Manager (Asylum Reform Initiative) Location: Hybrid working from home and our London head office Contract type: Permanent Hours per week: 35 Salary: £48,344 per annum (Including inner London weighting allowance of £3,334)

**Are you passionate about campaigning for a kinder, fairer approach to people in the UK? Could you play a critical role in leading the creative development and hands-on delivery of our coalition campaign?

About the initiative & opportunity**

The Asylum Reform Initiative (ARI) is an alliance of six national charities set up to collaborate more closely to secure long-term, deep change in the UK’s approach to asylum seekers and refugees, – including helping to incubate and launch the broader, public-facing Together with Refugees coalition which now has over 500 diverse national and local member groups. The ARI is hosted by the British Red Cross.

Our Campaigns Manager vacancy is a new and exciting opportunity to play a central role in developing and leading the implementation of the ambitious next phase of the ARI and Together with Refugees coalition campaign strategy, working closely with the rest of the central ARI team and campaigners across the coalition. The Campaigns Manager will lead on all aspects of public campaigning, grassroots organ ising, movement building, and coalition development to ensure strategy and action is creative, inclusive, and effective to help achieve the deep change we seek.

More on the coalition and its campaigning since launch in June 2021 can be found here .

This role may be for you if…

You have a proven track record of successfully organising, mobilising, and campaigning
You can combine strategy, creative thinking and hands-on delivery of campaigns activity, steering collective work to strong, effective outcomes against long-term strategic goals
You have line management experience of staff and/or volunteers
You have strong project management and budget experience
You have strong communication skills and can produce high quality campaign communications materials for a range of audiences and channels

Please read the full Role Profile/ Job Description for more information about this vacancy including responsibilities and full person specification.

Diversity is something we celebrate

The Asylum Reform Initiative is hosted by the British Red Cross. At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone.

We are especially keen to hear from people with a refugee background.

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Wednesday 12th October 2022 with interviews anticipated to be held from week commencing 17th October 2022.

We also have a new opening for a Public Affairs Manager to join the Asylum Reform Initiative. To view the opportunity, click here.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, including: