Community and Communications Officer

Location: London/Remote and home working options (expected to work in central London at least 10 days per month)

Contract: to end of 2025

Hours: Full time

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata

Deadline: 12:00 21st February. Interviews will take place the week commencing 24th February.

In this role, you'll manage and grow Campaign Lab's volunteer community, overseeing our communications channels and recruitment. The main responsibilities will be developing and executing strategies to engage volunteers, working with the Networks and Partnerships Manager to deliver impactful events, and managing our digital presence.

• Develop and implement a community engagement strategy to grow and activate Campaign Lab's volunteer base
• Oversee Campaign Lab's communications channels, ensuring regular compelling content is posted
• Work with the Networks and Partnerships Manager to deliver engaging events that provide value to volunteers
• Collect and analyse data on community health and engagement to inform strategy and track progress
• Develop relationships with our key community contributors by actively participating in our volunteer groups and forums.
• Work with the Networks and Partnerships Manager to continuously improve the volunteer experience
• Work with the Director to align community activities and projects with Campaign Lab's overall mission and goals
• Represent Campaign Lab and recruit at external events and forums

Essential

• Proactive approach to work with the ability to work independently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences
• Strong project management skills, ideally with some experience managing volunteer led projects and documentation
• Creative problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Highly collaborative team player who can build productive relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders
• Firm commitment to progressive politics and enthusiastic about innovative approaches to campaigning
• Familiarity with using digital organising tools such as whatsapp and mailchimp and best practices

Desirable

• Proven track record of building and managing communities
• Political organising experience
• Some technical knowledge of coding and software development, with a general awareness of AI technologies and their applications

• 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.

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! You can find more information at www.campaignlab.uk

Apply here - applications close 12pm 21st February, with interviews taking place the week commencing 24th February. If you have any questions or would just like an informal chat about the role, please feel free to reach out to hannah@campaignlab.uk or tim@campaignlab.uk