Director of Communities and Networks

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Job description

We are looking for candidates across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This role will be based in any of our offices or at home but with travel within England, Wales and Northern Ireland as required.

As a core member of the senior leadership team, you will play a strategic role in the overall leadership and management of Friends of the Earth. This is a great opportunity to play a major role in shaping the development and future direction of a key environmental justice organisation in a decade when radical action on the climate and ecological crises must happen. You will have considerable experience of building and supporting networks of people to deliver change and the ability to engage communities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in creating change at the local, national and international level.

We are looking for someone who knows how to listen to communities and grassroots activists and ensure we understand how to advocate for a transition that will engage and benefit those who are at risk of being marginalised or left behind. It will require experience of building campaigns with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

Closing date: 2nd December 2021

In return we offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement, including people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people and other marginalised or oppressed communities

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.