We're Recruiting & Events and Organising Officer!

Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and campaigners who are working together to improve the way we analyse and understand campaigning. By working as part of a small dynamic team you’ll be helping to improve campaigning across the progressive ecosystem!

Location: London/Remote and home working options (expected to work in London at least 10 days per month)
Contract: 1 Year
Hours: 35 hours per week with some evening and weekend work
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata

In this role, you’ll plan and deliver effective and impactful communications and events, with a focus on building and growing a network. The main responsibilities of this post holder will be engaging our expert volunteer community with projects and running successful Hack Day events.

• Help to plan, organise and publicise our hack day events, 2 hacknights and 1 hack day per month.
• Work with the Director to identify well scoped out projects for our volunteers
• Recruit and onboard more volunteers to our community
• Monitor project progress and keep documentation up to date
• Develop relationships with our key community contributors by actively participating in our volunteer groups and forums.
• Collect feedback from volunteers involved in our projects and support Campaign Lab to implement improvements to our processes.
• Respond to prospective and current volunteer queries
• Develop content for Campaign Lab’s social media platforms and website, proactively producing content to keep our core community engaged.
• Plan, design and implement a social media plan to raise the profile of our work around campaign innovation.
• Be responsible for the maintenance of our online resources.

If you don’t have all the experience and skills listed below, please still consider applying. We don’t expect a candidate to have 100% of these, but we do want to know that you have relevant experience and an appetite to learn in other areas.

• You have excellent project management skills, and are comfortable managing competing priorities, including multiple projects.
• You enjoy organising fast-paced, energetic events. You have experience organising and coordinating various types of events (e.g. meet-ups, conferences, or corporate functions), and are adept at logistics, venue management, and ensuring the smooth execution of events
• You have experience working with, supporting, or managing volunteers, and/or volunteering yourself, and you enjoy making volunteers feel valued and supported.
• You like wearing many hats: You thrive in an environment where every day is a bit different, and you can successfully juggle multiple workstreams. You are flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances and can find creative solutions when faced with unexpected challenges.
• You like working autonomously and are self-directed and goal-oriented.
• You are a people person. Approachable and friendly, you enjoy building productive relationships with diverse people from different backgrounds and experiences.
• You are a great communicator, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and strong active listening skills.
• You are a collaborative team player.

• Agile working: This means you will have the flexibility to work in different locations including from home up to 3 days a week and from a co-working space).
• Flexible Working: our Flexible Working Policy allows requests to work flexibly from the start of your employment, though some weeks will require evening and some weekend work. 
• A contributory Pension Scheme.
• An initial Annual Leave allowance of 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and other statutory holidays.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to info@campaignlab.uk by 28th August.

We will then be in touch by 4th September to confirm if you’ll be invited to interview.

Interviews will take place in the week commencing 11th September.

Ahead of the interview you will be expected to complete a short task.