UK Climate Campaigner

Working as part of a campaign team towards the successful achievement of campaign objectives, you'll undertake particular campaign projects and ensure the effective communication of campaign issues. Project work is likely to involve all of the following techniques: non-violent direct action, public communication and engagement activities, media work, political and corporate work and the use of legal and scientific approaches. Your focus as a Campaigner will be on UK Climate. However, the role requires a willingness to work on a wide range of issues, as you may be contributing to any of our issue-based teams, including forests, oceans, plastics, air pollution or energy. In exchange for your commitment and expertise we can offer you a friendly, fast-paced, immensely rewarding working environment where creativity is encouraged, ideas are supported, every day is different and where there's ample opportunity for personal development.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with experience, understanding, initiative - plus a strong drive to win - in campaigning to achieve real change.,

• Knowledge and experience of campaigning, with understanding of how campaigning can achieve change.
• Understanding of the importance of communications, with ability to devise innovative, high quality communication in campaigns.
• Understanding of the importance of direct action in campaigning.
• Ability to analyse environmental issues in terms of campaign opportunities and overall strategic objectives.
• Expertise in one or more of: use of direct action; public communication and engagement; use of traditional and new media; political and corporate work; use of science and the law.
• Ability to manage projects, external consultants, volunteers and staff.
• Good team working, planning, prioritising and organising skills.
• Ability to negotiate, persuade, build relationships and communicate widely.
• Interest in the politics and sociology of environmental problems, as well as the wider aims and core values of Greenpeace.
  
  Greenpeace UK is an independent national/regional organisation within the global Greenpeace campaigning network, which acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. The global network of Greenpeace organisations comprises 26 independent national/regional Greenpeace organisations with presence in over 55 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating and supporting organisation, Greenpeace International., Our commitment to diversity: Greenpeace UK is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and we're committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGBTQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class now or in the past.
  
  You'll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it's like to work for us and why you should apply.