Regional Coordinator - North of England and Scotland, Climate Change Charity (Maternity Cover)

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Job description

Are you passionate about halting climate change? Do you have project management and partnership-building skills and want to develop these further? Join our small but fast-growing charity, with a strong vision, supportive working culture, and the drive to make an impact. Hope for the Future is a leading specialist in training citizens to work with politicians on climate change. Our vision is to see politicians of all political persuasions joining together with each other and with communities across the UK to take decisive action on climate change.

You'll lead our team of Constituency Support Officers who are working with communities across the North of England and Scotland to engage politicians in the climate change agenda. If you're the right person for the role, you'll believe in the potential of political engagement to address one of the world's greatest challenges, and you'll have a desire to advance your own expertise further in putting this into practice.

This is a 12-month maternity cover role starting in January 2022. Liverpool and home-based hybrid working, with national travel as required. Benefits include 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension contribution, flexible working, training and personal development opportunities.

The role will be based from our North West Regional Office in Liverpool with some home working. Whilst the majority of meetings are now online there will be some travel to meetings and workshops in the region, across the UK and to our main office in Sheffield as needed.

Working with the Head of Research and Engagement, the Regional Coordinator (North of England and Scotland) is responsible for ensuring Hope for the Future's core work is successfully delivered across the region. The post-holder will manage a small team of Constituency Support Officers (CSOs) based across the region to ensure we are supporting constituents to effectively engage their local MP or other political representatives to take action on climate change. The role requires a self-motivated individual with some experience of project management and community / political engagement processes.

The Regional Coordinator has two main areas of focus:

● Ensuring Hope For The Future's engagement, delivery and impact targets are achieved within the region

● Acting as the regional contact / lead for Hope For The Future, maintaining strong partner relationships and knowledge of local developments whilst working with the Head of Research and Engagement to identify and develop new opportunities within the region.

We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in progressive movements, and we are committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; people with disabilities, which may include physical or mental health; people who identify as being LGBTQIA+; and people who identify as working-class or have done so in the past.

Apply for this role by visiting the jobs page of the Hope for the Future website and completing the online application form or by emailing us for an offline form.

Closing date is 9am on 6th December with interviews taking place during w/c 13th December.