People’s Charter for Change
Campaign Manager
 
Job Title: Campaign Manager for the People’s Charter for Change 
 
Responsible to: To John Hendy QC and Imran Khan on behalf of the five ‘officers’ of the People’s Charter Commission
(Officially responsible to JH QC and IK)
 
Purpose of Job: To organise the People’s Charter Movement nationally through helping to set up rallies and other regional and local initiatives by organising publicity, leaflets, media involvement; to organise and maintain the central register of supporters of the Charter; to organise, minute and prepare meetings of the Commission and other national meetings of the People’s Charter movement as required by the Commission or its officers; to organise for any national initiatives of the People’s Charter movement as required above; to maintain a day-to-day monitoring of the finances of the People’s Charter movement, report on them and organise financial initiatives as required by the above. 
 
Salary: equivalent of £25,000 p.a.
 
Job share: Would suit two people job sharing.
 
Appointment: funding is already secured for first 3 months and is anticipated to be secured shortly for first 6 months. By that time it is hoped that indefinite funding will have been raised, part of the responsibility for which will rest with the Campaign Manager.
 
Office:  will be at the Charter office 28A Museum Street, London WC 1A 1LH
 
Person Specification: A politically committed, enthusiastic, energetic and creative person, who understands that they are part of a wider team and who works in an open, accountable and inclusive way.
 
Good administrator                                                              essential
Good communication skills                                                           essential
Self motivating and self starting                                       essential
Can manage word processing, databases, Email, Publisher (or other programme for preparing leaflets, circulars etc)             essential
Prepared to help organise on the ground                                   essential
Can manage an office                                                        essential
Can work to deadlines                                                        essential
Can maintain financial records                                        essential
Can manage fund raising and budgets                          essential
Politically committed to the charter                                   essential
 
Working knowledge of the TUs                                         desirable
Working knowledge of MPs                                               desirable
 
Working knowledge of ethnic and community group organisation
                                                                                                desirable
Can work flexible hours/weekends                                  desirable
Good meeting skills                                                             desirable
 Applications: by Monday 20th April 2009 to info@thepeoplescharter.com.

 

The Peoples’ Charter for Change,
London Civil rights and Arts Centre
28A Museum Street,
London
WC1A 1LH
 IK/JH 25030