Send My Friend to School Campaign Manager
This is a full time, permanent post, based in central London. Salary: £40,291
Send My Friend to School is a UK civil society coalition of international development NGOs, teachers’ unions and charities.
It brings together young people, politicians, teachers, civil society and the media in joint campaigning to demand quality education for all children across the globe. Each year thousands of schools and young people take part in the campaign, teaching young people the power and importance of using their voices in chorus with others across the globe to create positive change.
Send My Friend to School is the UK coalition of the Global Campaign for Education movement which is present in over 90 countries around the world.
Further information can be found at: www.sendmyfriend.org
Location
This role will be employed by Send My Friend to School Steering Group member RESULTSUK, on behalf of the Send My Friend to School coalition, and will be based in RESULTS UK’s office near Waterloo. Hybrid working is in place whereby staff are required to work from the office at least 2 days a week.
Terms & Conditions
This is a full time (35 hours per week), permanent contract, with a 3 month probation period. There is likely to be occasional evening and weekend work involved, for which time off in lieu will be received. Holidays are 25 days pro rata per year plus bank holidays. Results UK’s terms and conditions of employment will apply.
Line Management
Although working solely on Send My Friend to School coalition activities the Campaign Manager will be employed as part of the RESULTS UK team. Consequently, they will be formally managed by the Results UK Head of Parliamentary Advocacy in terms of workplace-related and employment issues.
The postholder’s work objectives will be agreed and monitored by the Steering Group and the postholder will report to the Steering Group on work priorities, objectives and outcomes.
Role Description
The purpose of this role is:
- Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the Send My Friend to School campaign
- Coordinate the Send My Friend to School coalition, engaging the membership, managing the finances and coalition communications, and offering support to the working groups
- Line manage the Send My Friend to School Campaigns Officer
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the Send My Friend to School campaign
- Lead the development of a collaborative campaign strategy on a selected theme under the umbrella of Sustainable Development Goal 4
- Develop a campaign narrative based on the selected theme) which our schools audience can readily engage with and be motivated by
- Manage the design and production of schools materials and learning resources, including sourcing suppliers, story gathering in conjunction with coalition partners, content production and editing
- Oversee the development and promotion of a creative action which is appropriate for a schools audience, is highly innovative and allows for varied levels of engagement and activity: work with coalition colleagues in devising and promoting the campaign through member organisations’ networks and more widely through additional education channels, social media and websites, to ensure mass participation
- Manage the development and promotion of the Send My Friend to School website, social media, e-communications to supporters and writing and editing engaging digital communications
- Be accountable for the coalitions’ youth work activities (Campaign Champions Programme and Young Ambassadors Network) that are managed by the Campaigns Officer
- Coordinate monitoring, evaluation and learning for the campaign
Coordinate the Send My Friend coalition
- Manage internal communications for the coalition and undertake engagement work with coalition member representatives to ensure active participation in coalition activities, good information flows, and to help ensure that activities across the coalition are well aligned and strategic
- Be the first point of contact for existing and potential coalition members and developing new partnerships, for instance with other campaigning organisations working on education for all
- Organise Joint Working Group and Steering Group meetings, ensuring that minutes are written up (by Campaigns Officer) and action points are taken forward
- Manage the coalition budget and financial reporting to the Steering Group, and undertake an annual fundraising drive from coalition members
- Maintain and update the website with news, publications and relevant content and ensure member lists and email groups are kept up to date
- Act as the UK link person with GCE International – the primary point of contact for GCE regionally (Europe and North America) as well as internationally/globally – researching and compiling coalition updates where required, participating in international conference calls, fielding appropriate information to coalition members and collating feedback as necessary
- Collaborate with working group members and the APPG secretariat on planning and delivery of activities including policy papers, launch events or meetings with parliamentarians
- Support coalition colleagues in gathering and collating inputs on policy documents, meetings, events, campaign plans and activities
- Where fundraising opportunities exist engage the coalition to increase and diversify its funding base and enable expansion of the schools campaigning activities
Line Management
Line management of the part-time Send My Friend Campaigns Officer
Other responsibilities
- Undertake any other duties, appropriate to the post, as requested by the Steering Group
- Work out-of-hours and at weekends as necessary to provide effective support when needed, for example during party conferences or parliamentary events
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
| Essential | Desirable |
| Demonstrated skill and effectiveness in building partnerships or coalitions | Knowledge of global education challenges and debates |
| Proven experience of developing and delivering change campaigning | An understanding of the rights-based approach to international development |
| Complex project management involving multiple stakeholders | Strategic knowledge of advocacy and influencing. |
| Management of budgets and financial reporting | Fundraising and grant management experience |
| Experience of measuring impact, tracking response and implementing improvements | Line management experience |
| A good understanding of the UK schools market / working with young people | |
| Knowledge and experience of advocacy and campaigning work | |
| Experience of using website content management systems, email marketing providers and social media |
Skills and Abilities
| Essential |
| Excellent interpersonal skills and behaviours, including relationship building and effective negotiation |
| Ability to think creatively and involve others in the process of campaign development |
| Ability to work fast and maintain accuracy: must be able to meet task deadlines quickly and well, working under pressure. |
| Ability to manage and prioritise own workload – must be able to think ahead and schedule tasks amid conflicting demands. |
| Ability to work independently and proactively with minimum supervision. |
| Accuracy and attention to detail |
| Excellent written and verbal communication skills |
Send My Friend to School is hosted by Results UK. This information is for all staff employed directly or in a hosted organisation.
Here are a few of the benefits of joining us, in addition to the salary, pension and annual leave outlined at the top of this document.
Work-life balance
- We offer flexible working so you can manage work around your own needs. Due to the part time nature of this role we are happy to discuss a range of different options on how to manage this role including school hours or term time only.
- Hybrid working means you don’t have to be trapped in a long commute every day and don’t have to be London based.
- Staff members have their birthdays off as a bonus day of leave and we close the office between Christmas and new year so you don’t need to take leave.
- We subscribe to the Bupa employee advice line – free confidential access to financial and legal advisors as well as telephone and online counselling sessions.
- In addition we run training on mental health at work and have named mental health first aiders who can be contacted in confidence if you would like help finding support.
- All staff have the opportunity to join working groups outside of their work areas according to their interests. Our staff wellbeing team explores how we can improve our staff wellbeing – most recently publishing a comprehensive guide – and reviews what we have done to date.
Anti-oppression
- We offer half a day’s anti-oppression learning leave each year
- As well as making reasonable adjustments, we support our staff in making applications to the Access to Work scheme to get. additional equipment where needed.
- We offer disability leave for disabled colleagues to manage specific needs they may have without having to give up their holidays.
- We have a staff working group on anti-oppression which helps to develop our work on anti-oppression and identify gaps in our current work.
Partnerships
- Results UK hosts 3 other organisations working on specific aspects of global health and education, so you benefit from other perspectives and get an in-depth understanding of other work going on in the sector.
- We are part of the ACTION global health partnership which brings together CSOs from around the world to share learning and coordinate advocacy.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Results UK, we believe in equality, diversity and inclusion, and that it should be the norm. As well as this being an issue of equality and fairness, we recognise that diverse and inclusive organisations are some of the most productive and impactful.
As an organisation, we are aware of the underrepresentation of certain groups and communities in our sector. These include – but are certainly not limited to – people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, refugees, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
We want to change this and are committed to playing our part as an organisation. As a committed equal opportunities employer, we actively welcome applications from people of a wide range of backgrounds, skills and abilities, recognising the value that these different perspectives bring to our organisation.